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Community about running GNU/Linux on phones. Projects like Ubuntu Touch, Plasma Mobile, PostmarketOS, Mobian etc. Either on former Android phones or hardware like the PinePhone.

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what foss phone OS do you use and why? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 months ago by merompetehla@lemmy.ml to c/linuxphones@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/16868638

I was thinking about using graphene OS, but I've read some lemmy users dislike this OS due to perceived misleading advertising and the pixel 7a you're supposed to install graphene on because it's from google (an advertising company).

Another option would be lineage OS, but there is so much false information about this OS, namely compatible phones that simply don't work with this OS and no support.

what works for you? I want a phone with no google, that doesn't force me to use the manufacturer's ecosystem and that won't show the apps I don't want or need (on an asus I own you cannot neither get rid nor hide bloatware)

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[–] sloppy_diffuser@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm using Graphene. The Pixel requirement I believe is due to the Titan chip: https://security.googleblog.com/2021/10/pixel-6-setting-new-standard-for-mobile.html?m=1.

https://divestos.org/ has caught my eye. When I last installed Grapheme, you had to install eSIMs using the factory ROM then install Graphene. Divest I guess had support without Google services. I think Grapheme does now also, but before I get my next phone I'll weigh it as an option.

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Ditto!

I do have a pine phone pro I play with. But it's not a daily driver