Beginner's Resources

This book tracks the resources from:
https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/beginner-resource-collection and
https://github.com/molan-git/awesome-sailfishos/blob/master/README.md

Currently just Markdown dumps which need a bunch of work to make them useful.

Beginner's Resource Collection

Let's use this topic to collect some resources a beginner might find useful.

Keep this user-centric, there's other categories for development and other discussions.

*This is a wiki, so if you, dear reader, have something to add or edit, go ahead (you will need a certain [forum trust level](https://blog.discourse.org/2018/06/understanding-discourse-trust-levels/) though)!*

**Official Jolla Resources**
* [Jolla Store](https://shop.jolla.com/) get your SailfishOS licenses here!
* [SailfishOS Blog](https://blog.jolla.com/) for news, announcements and things
* [Jolla Together](http://together.jolla.com/):  legacy discussion and support forum (read-only, may go away)

* [Jolla Service and Support](https://jolla.com/support/) a.k.a. Jolla Care 
* [Jolla@Zendesk](https://jolla.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/) Jolla customer care, where you can [create a new request](https://jolla.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new) and  [search](https://jolla.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/search) for others

* [SailfishOS Wiki](https://sailfishos.org/wiki/SailfishOS) (developer-centric, with some user-related things)
* [SailfishOS Cheat Sheet](https://sailfishos.org/wiki/Sailfish_OS_Cheat_Sheet) for Power Users, and aren't we all
* [Community News](https://forum.sailfishos.org/tag/community-news) monthly-ish news series on this forum

**Official User Guides**
* [User Guides](https://jolla.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/categories/200392647-User-guides) the base (see also below links)
* [Jolla User Guide](https://jolla.com/guide/en/index.html) SF1.0 (outdated)
* [Jolla Tablet User Guide](https://jolla.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/206260208-Jolla-Tablet-User-Guide) SF2.0 (outdated)

**Community Resources**
* [The Awesome SailfishOS Collection](https://github.com/molan-git/awesome-sailfishos/blob/master/README.md) a, well, awesome list of resources just like this one, by @molan et. al. 
* [List of Android -> Sailfish OS applications](https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/list-of-android-sailfish-os-applications/6866)
* [Android apps and their Sailfish equivalents](https://github.com/sailfishos-community/equivalentsinsailfish)
* [SailfishOS forum on maemo.org](http://talk.maemo.org/forumdisplay.php?f=52) the mother of all forums
* unofficial app resource: [OpenRepos](http://openrepos.net)
* Telegram Group: [Sailfish OS Fan Club](https://t.me/+KeJKDDA60uU2M2Q0)
  * More discussion channels are linked in [this post](https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/sailfish-community-news-11th-march/5409), including links for different messaging platforms and languages.

**Third Party Resources**
* Sony [Open Devices](https://developer.sony.com/develop/open-devices/)

**Technical Resources/Guides**
* [Guide: Installing Sailfish X on Xperias](https://gitlab.com/Olf0/sailfishX#guide-installing-sailfishx-on-xperias)
especially: 
   * [Increasing the "root" LVM volume size](https://gitlab.com/Olf0/sailfishX#33-increasing-the-root-lvm-volume-size)

* [Guide: Creating partitions on SD-card, optionally encrypted](https://gitlab.com/Olf0/guide-creating-partitions-on-sd-card-optionally-encrypted)
* [Guide: Externalising android_storage and other directories or files to SD-card](https://gitlab.com/Olf0/guide-externalising-android_storage-and-other-directories-files-to-sd-card)
  Note that externalising Android storage does not work for AlienDalivik (AAS) on Xperia XA2, 10, 10 II ans 10 III, yet.
* [Guide: Fix certificate issues on SailfishOS, e.g. DST X3 root certificate on older SailfishOS (e.g. Jolla1 with 3.4)](https://gitlab.com/Olf0/guide-fix-certificate-issues-on-sailfishos)
* [Some export (backup) functionality](https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/how-can-i-issue-system-backup-over-ssh/4112/3)

**App Stores /  Repositories Guides**
(enlisted here or in a separated thread ?)
* [How to install app's thread](https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/how-to-install-apps-in-sailfish-x-guide-for-noobs-like-me/1726)

Awesome Sailfish

# Awesome Sailfish OS [![Awesome](https://awesome.re/badge.svg)](https://awesome.re)

[<img src="sfos_fans.jpg" align="right" width="120">](https://sailfishos.org/community/)

A curated list of awesome Sailfish OS resources.

Sailfish OS is a mobile operating system based on open source and developed by the Finnish mobile company Jolla Ltd. and the Sailfish OS community.

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- [Sailfish OS](#sailfish-os)
- [Jolla](#jolla)
- [Application Sources / Stores](#application-sources--stores)
- [Useful Communications Apps](#useful-communications-apps)
- [Tips and Tricks](#tips-and-tricks)
- [Instant Messaging, Social Media and other](#instant-messaging-social-media-and-other)
  - [In English](#in-english)
  - [In German](#in-german)
  - [In French](#in-french)
  - [In Spanish](#in-spanish)
  - [In Italian](#in-italian)
  - [In Turkish](#in-turkish)
  - [In Chinese](#in-chinese)
  - [In Russian](#in-russian)
  - [In Arabian](#in-arabian)
- [Academic](#academic)
- [Related](#related)
- [License](#license)

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## Sailfish OS

* [Sailfish OS Forum](https://forum.sailfishos.org/) - Official discussion forum
* [Sailfish OS Release Notes](https://forum.sailfishos.org/tag/release-notes) - Sailfish OS and SDK release notes
* [Sailfish OS Documentation](https://docs.sailfishos.org/) - Documentation for Sailfish OS and app developers and translations
* [Sailfish OS Community](https://sailfishos.org/community/) - About the Sailfish OS community
* [Sailfish OSS](https://wiki.merproject.org/wiki/SailfishOSS) - List of the different components of Sailfish OS and whether they are OSS
* [Community Hardware Adaptations](https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/community-hardware-adaptations/14081) - List of unofficial Sailfish OS ports

## Jolla
* [Jolla Website](https://jolla.com/) - official Jolla website
* [Jolla Shop](https://shop.jolla.com/) - download and/or buy official Sailfish OS ports
* [Jolla on Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/jollaofficial) - official Facebook account
* [Jolla on Twitter](http://twitter.com/jollahq) - official Twitter account

## Application Sources / Stores
* [Openrepos.net](https://openrepos.net/) - Unofficial app website maintained by the community
* [Storeman app for Openrepos.net (Github)](https://github.com/storeman-developers/harbour-storeman) - Sailfish OS client for openrepos.net
* [Sailfish OS Chum Community Repository (Github)](https://github.com/sailfishos-chum/main) - provides a collection of applications, tools and libraries
* [Sailfish OS Chum GUI](https://chumrpm.netlify.app/) - Sailfish OS client for the chum community repository 

## Useful Communications Apps
* [Communi](https://openrepos.net/content/thaodan/communi) - IRC client
* [Sailtrix](https://openrepos.net/content/hengyedev/sailtrix) - Matrix client
* [Fernschreiber](https://openrepos.net/content/werkwolf/fernschreiber) - Telegram client
* [Tooter β](https://openrepos.net/content/molan/tooter-v) - Mastodon client
* [Piepmatz](https://openrepos.net/content/werkwolf/piepmatz) - Twitter client

## Tips and Tricks

* [Sailfish OS Cheat Sheet](https://sailfishos.org/wiki/Sailfish_OS_Cheat_Sheet) - Collection of Development Commands
* [Sailfish Useful Commands](https://github.com/olpeh/sailfish-useful-commands) -
  Collection of useful commands that are not so easy to remember
* [Equivalents in Sailfish](https://github.com/maidis/equivalentsinsailfish) - List that shows Android apps and their Sailfish equivalents (outdated)

## Instant Messaging, Social Media and other

### In English

* Sailfish OS Fan Club (group chat for all things related to Sailfish OS)
  * [Information and chat rules](https://telegra.ph/Sailfish-OS-Fan-Club-05-19)
  * [Telegram](https://t.me/+KeJKDDA60uU2M2Q0)
  * [oftc.net IRC #sailfishos-fanclub bridge](https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=sailfishos-fanclub)
  * [Matrix bridge](https://matrix.to/#/#_oftc_#sailfishos-fanclub:matrix.org)
* Sailfish OS News Channel 
  * [Telegram](https://t.me/sailfishosnews)
  * [Mastodon](https://mastodon.social/@sailfishosnews)
* SailfishOS-Meeting (official regular meetings by Jolla)
  * [Meeting announcements and information](https://forum.sailfishos.org/tag/community-meeting)
  * [oftc.net IRC #sailfishos-meeting](https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=#sailfishos-meeting)
  * [Matrix bridge](https://matrix.to/#/#_oftc_#sailfishos-meeting:matrix.org)
  * [Telegram bridge (read-only)](https://t.me/joinchat/AAAAAFcbasJX67Fu-aGxxQ)
* Sailfish OS on IRC (official channel by Jolla)
  * [oftc.net IRC #sailfishos](https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=sailfishos)
  * [Matrix bridge](https://matrix.to/#/#_oftc_#sailfishos:matrix.org)
* Sailfish OS Porters (group chat about hardware adaptions)
  * [oftc.net IRC #sailfishos-porters](https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=#sailfishos-porters)
  * [Matrix bridge](https://riot.im/app/#/room/#freenode_#sailfishos-porters:matrix.org)
  * [Telegram bridge](https://t.me/sailfishos_porters)
* NemoMobile (Nemo Mobile UX group chat)
  * [Telegram](https://t.me/NemoMobile)
  * [IRC bridge](https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.freenode.net:+6697/#NemoMobile)
  * [Matrix bridge](https://riot.im/app/#/room/#freenode_#nemomobile:matrix.org)

### In German

* [Sailfish OS Community](https://t.me/joinchat/CCMYXQnxqdpVWVooiTdWTQ) - Telegram group chat

### In French

* [SailfishOS Francophonie](https://t.me/sfosfr) - Telegram group chat

### In Spanish

* [Sailfish ES](https://t.me/sailfish_es) - Telegram group chat

### In Italian

* [Jolla Community Italia](https://jollacommunity.it) - Website with Sailfish OS related news, guides, forum and other resources
* [Jolla Community Italia Channel](https://t.me/jollait) - Telegram channel with news from the Italian community (read-only)
* [Jolla Community Italia Club](https://t.me/jollaitclub) - Telegram group chat 

### In Turkish

* [SailfishOS TR](https://t.me/sailfishostr) - Telegram group chat
* [Sailfish OS - MaxiCep](https://www.maxicep.com/forum/kategori/sailfish-os.765/) - Sub forum about Sailfish OS

### In Chinese

* SailfishOS Fan Club
  * [Jolla-Sailfish OS 中文交流群](https://t.me/jollacn) - Telegram group chat
  * [IRC bridge](https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.freenode.net:+6697/#jolla-cn) - IRC-bridge to the Telegram group chat
  * [旗鱼俱乐部](https://sailfishos.club) - Community forum

### In Russian

* [Sailfish OS / Aurora OS chat](https://t.me/sailfishos) - Telegram group chat

### In Arabian

* Sailfish OS Arabic Community
  * [Telegram](https://t.me/SFOS_AR)
  * [Matrix bridge](https://matrix.to/#/#SFOS_AR:matrix.org) 

## Academic
* [Asterism: Decentralized File Sharing Application for Mobile Devices](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330758943_Asterism_Decentralized_File_Sharing_Application_for_Mobile_Devices)
* [Method and Tools for Automated End-to-end Testing of Applications for Sailfish OS](https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3180065)
* [Cross-platform development for Sailfish OS and Android: Architectural patterns and “dictionary trainer” application case study](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7892194)

* [Awesome Qt](https://github.com/mikalv/awesome-qt-qml/blob/master/README.md) -
  Curated list of awesome Qt and QML libraries, resources, projects, and shiny
  things

## License

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