Jolla Company Sailfish 3.2 operating system release. The builds have been prepared for Jolla 1, Jolla C, Sony Xperia X, Gemini, Sony Xperia 10 devices, and are already available as an OTA update. Sailfish uses a graphics stack based on Wayland and Qt5 libraries, the system environment is built on the basis of Mer, which since April as part of Sailfish, and packages from the Nemo Mer distribution. The user interface, basic mobile apps, Silica's QML GUI building components, Android app launcher, smart text input engine, and data synchronization system are proprietary, but their code was planned to be open sourced back in 2017.
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- Added support for the Sony Xperia 10 smartphone, which was the first device for which Sailfish enabled the encryption of a partition with user data by default and activated access control tools based on SELinux. SELinux is currently only used for screen controls and systemd services;
- The developers of the Aurora mobile operating system (a localized version of the Sailfish OS from Rostelecom) have worked to optimize the interface for making and receiving calls. For incoming calls, the display of the country has been added if the call came from abroad. Completely redesigned call end notification procedure, which got rid of the full-screen dialog and is now implemented as an unobtrusive pop-up window with buttons that allow you to call back or send a text message. Added the ability to display a reminder about the need to make a call - the reminder is set by long touching the subscriber's name in the list with the call history.
- Aurora OS developers have also implemented the following improvements:
- Added support for data partition encryption.
- Preparations have been made to isolate various parts of the OS using SELinux.
- Added support for various types of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) devices.
- Added sending of unavailability reminders via Active Sync.
- Displaying the size of directories in the file manager is provided (when opening a dialog with detailed information).
- Expanded the number of EAP options offered in the wireless network settings.
- Solved an issue with password-protected certificate authentication in OpenVPN.
- Made the low battery notification less annoying and rare;
- The interface has been adapted for new users - the menus have been made more visible, and the operations for deleting a note or an entry in the address book are more unambiguous;
- The application with the alarm clock has been redesigned. Added the ability to delay the alarm signal by 5-30 minutes. The timer can now be adjusted to the nearest second, and the readings of all saved timers can be reset at once;
- In the browser, problems with opening the Twitter site have been resolved and support for WebGL has been established;
- Optimized the search in the address book in the presence of a large number of contacts synchronized with other devices;
- The Android compatibility layer has been updated to the Android 8.1 platform. Improved Android app startup reliability and performance of Android address book contact search.
Source: opennet.ru