# 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.

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

\* \[Jolla Service and Support\]( [https://jolla.com/support/ )](https://jolla.com/support/)) a.k.a. Jolla Care   
\* \[Jolla@Zendesk\]( [https://jolla.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/](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](https://jolla.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new) ) and \[search\]( [https://jolla.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/search](https://jolla.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/search) ) for others

\* \[SailfishOS Wiki\]([https://sailfishos.org/wiki/SailfishOS](https://sailfishos.org/wiki/SailfishOS) ) (developer-centric, with some user-related things)  
\* \[SailfishOS Cheat Sheet\]([https://sailfishos.org/wiki/Sailfish\_OS\_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](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](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\* \[Jolla User Guide\]([https://jolla.com/guide/en/index.html](https://jolla.com/guide/en/index.html) ) SF1.0 (outdated)  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](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) SF2.0 (outdated)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](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. more current version [here](https://sailfishos.wiki/books/beginners-resources/page/awesome-sailfish)  
\* \[List of Android -> Sailfish OS applications\]([https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/list-of-android-sailfish-os-applications/6866](https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/list-of-android-sailfish-os-applications/6866) )  
\* \[Android apps and their Sailfish equivalents\]([https://github.com/sailfishos-community/equivalentsinsailfish](https://github.com/sailfishos-community/equivalentsinsailfish) ) also more current version [here](https://sailfishos.wiki/books/beginners-resources/page/android-equivalents-in-sailfish) also includes entries from the forum list above  
\* \[SailfishOS forum on maemo.org\]([http://talk.maemo.org/forumdisplay.php?f=52](http://talk.maemo.org/forumdisplay.php?f=52) ) the mother of all forums  
\* unofficial app resource: \[OpenRepos\]([http://openrepos.net](http://openrepos.net) )  
\* Telegram Group: \[Sailfish OS Fan Club\]([https://t.me/+KeJKDDA60uU2M2Q0](https://t.me/+KeJKDDA60uU2M2Q0) )  
 \* More discussion channels are linked in \[this post\]([https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/sailfish-community-news-11th-march/5409](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/](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](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](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](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](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](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](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](https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/how-to-install-apps-in-sailfish-x-guide-for-noobs-like-me/1726) )