still better than ios lol
Nah, /e/os and GrapheneOS rule!
I’m an /e/os user and all I can say is even though it sucks the least among its competition, it STILL SUCKS! Not to downplay the immense effort put in by the devs and maintainers of course. Providing a privacy-respecting phone OS to ordinary people isn’t just a good deed, it’s necessary for a vibrant and diverse digital society. But still, we can all strive for better.
By the way, do you know of any other OS except for GrafinoS that does not bundle any MicroG or other tether to Google? I like /e/os, but MicroG bothers me. Can it be uninstalled?
GrapheneOS has been working flawlessly for me for years. Highly recommend!
Check out crDroid. I do not know how it’s like to daily drive it, but afaik it’s highly customizable.
idk I enjoy LineageOS
Gabe please make Linux mobile phone.
I want this too but I don’t get how you can call something like LineageOS dogshit.
It works perfectly.
I’m a desktop user mostly but my phone feels like the more polished experience
For sure. One or two super paranoid banking apps but literally everything else works great with microg.
I’ve even ditched microg a few years back.
Depending on your usage it might not be an option, but for me it didn’t make any difference
Sounds like OP was using an unnofficial miui port or smth like that
But Linux for mobile exists, it is just not popular. For instance you can install Ubuntu Touch on certain phones.
This one right here, officer! They did it!
Yeah, like the Nexus 5. Not anything you’d want to actually use today.
If only Arch Linux ARM existed… ;(
achtually, every Android phone is using the Linux kernel
achtually, every Android phone is using the Linux kernel
Yes and support for GNU/Linux applications is currently in beta.
Came here to say the same thing. I’m very happy with sailfish OS since the first jolla phone came out (10+ years). I’m certainly not a power user though.
I’m only using iOS because android is worse. Neither of them make me happy. IOS is just less terrible than Android.
The problem with a Linux phone is that there’s no market for it, and developing one is only possible if you fundamentally change what a Linux phone means thereby ruining it but getting profitability and therefore carrier support and manufacturer profitability.
We don’t get what we want. They do.
Basically this. I use my phone as a tool and Linux phones don’t have the toolset for me to be satisfied. Like NFC payment, online banking and GPS tracking. Android does have the toolset but I’d like to keep my phone 5 years and longer. Currently rocking an iPhone 14 Pro and I plan on changing it with the iPhone 20 or 30 or however they call that one on 5 years.
Phosh has a great UI, I genuinely love it – I’m just not thrilled by my phone’s battery life when running any mobile linux
Graphene rules
I’m currently trying to decide between private and repairable. Pixel with Graphene or an HMD Skyline. Wish Fairphone was an option.
How’s picture quality with Graphene? How big a downgrade is it from the one packed on the stock pixel?
I only use the camera for casual pictures and it’s fine. It’s still the same lenses and sensors after all. The camera app obviously isn’t as all singing all dancing as stock but perfectly functional, has all the features you’d expect.
Right on, thanks for the reply.
I often have to snap tiny labels, have you had to do anything like that with yours?
Where would you even find a phone without a locked bootloader to even try this on other than a pixel, because, a google phone, to degoogle, really ? lol!
I have fairphone, it comes with unlockable bootloader. Don’t get the new ones tho, they suck. 3+ was the last good model before they drank the koolaid and removed the headphone jack.
