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Linux OS on Gen 1 Pixel tinkering (lemmy.ca)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/linuxphones@lemmy.ca
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I have an donated Gen 1 Pixel phone so that I can experiment trying a new OS on it. I use linux mint on my laptop but still consider myself a beginner. The goal is to eventually do this to my main phone (A galaxy S8) but I wanted to get a feel for how to do it. I'm stuck on the OS, I only use the phone as a clock, texting, and occasionally a call. Internet isn't a huge deal but it'd be nice in a pinch. I'm looking for an OS that's easy to use, privacy & security. Any recommends/guides?

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[–] 7 points 8 months ago (6 children)

i have a pixel 1, I would just flash it with lineageos without gapps. any kind of visual Linux interface would struggle hard on it if it even exists, and grapheneos doesn't support anything older than the 6 AFAIK

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    I'm going to try LineageOS first, but do you have any thoughts about CalyxOS? I'm in my last stages of degoogling so the further away I am from Google, the better. I'd love to use GrapheneOS but I can't afford a Pixel that's new enough to run it.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    I mean they could give it a try beforehand. I did install (an ancient version of) Lineage on a Wileyfox Swift in the end as well but I gave PostmarketOS (with almost all available DEs) a try and it had THE MOST AMAZING graphical glitches a have come across on a long time 😸

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