▲ 167 ▼ Should you DeGoogle your smartphone? (peertube.wtf) submitted 4 months ago by Sunshine@piefed.ca to c/linuxphones@lemmy.ca 48 comments fedilink hide all child comments The experience of using a degoogled phone, both from the AOSP and Linux side of things. I had to update to description since people kept thinking that I made the video.
[–] Hxrmit@thelemmy.club 2 points 4 months ago (8 children) Do not mention Ubuntu or E/os permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] vatlark@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago* I just watched it, and it mentions ubuntu touch and /e/os. Edit: oh you are saying people shouldn't mention those? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Tore@piefed.world 6 points 4 months ago (6 children) Why not mention Ubuntu or e/Os? I've used both on my Fairphone 3+. Used Ubuntu Touch for years and I've got e/OS installed right now. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Hxrmit@thelemmy.club 4 points 4 months ago (5 children) Both are backed by corporations. E/OS also relies on hidden google services, it is also a more bloated lineageOS having worse security than EOL grapheneOS. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [+] leftascenter@jlai.lu 9 points 4 months ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Hxrmit@thelemmy.club -1 points 4 months ago (1 child) Canonical, a UK-based software company mantains it though, the snap packages are also proprietary permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] TotalSonic@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago Ubuntu Touch uses deb and its own fully open source package format called click - none of the system or system apps is installed as snap. It has support for installing snap packages though, although there are still some bugs in using these. permalink fedilink source parent [–] TotalSonic@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago in the case of Ubuntu Touch this simply is not true. Canonical stopped maintaining the code for it in 2017, and since then it has been overseen by the non-profit foundation UBports, which has a few core developers that depend on contributions from a volunteer community as well. Yes, it uses an Ubuntu base and some of the Ubuntu repositories (as do many other Linux distros), and it has an agreement with Canonical to be able to use the name and logos for Ubuntu for no charge, but is otherwise completely independent of Canonical. https://ubports.com/ (posting this from a Poco X3 NFC running Ubuntu Touch 24.04.2) permalink fedilink source parent [–] maam@feddit.uk 3 points 4 months ago Ubuntu Touch is ran by the UBports Foundation after Canonical gave up on it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vatlark@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago* I just watched it, and it mentions ubuntu touch and /e/os. Edit: oh you are saying people shouldn't mention those? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tore@piefed.world 6 points 4 months ago (6 children) Why not mention Ubuntu or e/Os? I've used both on my Fairphone 3+. Used Ubuntu Touch for years and I've got e/OS installed right now. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Hxrmit@thelemmy.club 4 points 4 months ago (5 children) Both are backed by corporations. E/OS also relies on hidden google services, it is also a more bloated lineageOS having worse security than EOL grapheneOS. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [+] leftascenter@jlai.lu 9 points 4 months ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Hxrmit@thelemmy.club -1 points 4 months ago (1 child) Canonical, a UK-based software company mantains it though, the snap packages are also proprietary permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] TotalSonic@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago Ubuntu Touch uses deb and its own fully open source package format called click - none of the system or system apps is installed as snap. It has support for installing snap packages though, although there are still some bugs in using these. permalink fedilink source parent [–] TotalSonic@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago in the case of Ubuntu Touch this simply is not true. Canonical stopped maintaining the code for it in 2017, and since then it has been overseen by the non-profit foundation UBports, which has a few core developers that depend on contributions from a volunteer community as well. Yes, it uses an Ubuntu base and some of the Ubuntu repositories (as do many other Linux distros), and it has an agreement with Canonical to be able to use the name and logos for Ubuntu for no charge, but is otherwise completely independent of Canonical. https://ubports.com/ (posting this from a Poco X3 NFC running Ubuntu Touch 24.04.2) permalink fedilink source parent [–] maam@feddit.uk 3 points 4 months ago Ubuntu Touch is ran by the UBports Foundation after Canonical gave up on it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hxrmit@thelemmy.club 4 points 4 months ago (5 children) Both are backed by corporations. E/OS also relies on hidden google services, it is also a more bloated lineageOS having worse security than EOL grapheneOS. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [+] leftascenter@jlai.lu 9 points 4 months ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Hxrmit@thelemmy.club -1 points 4 months ago (1 child) Canonical, a UK-based software company mantains it though, the snap packages are also proprietary permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] TotalSonic@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago Ubuntu Touch uses deb and its own fully open source package format called click - none of the system or system apps is installed as snap. It has support for installing snap packages though, although there are still some bugs in using these. permalink fedilink source parent [–] TotalSonic@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago in the case of Ubuntu Touch this simply is not true. Canonical stopped maintaining the code for it in 2017, and since then it has been overseen by the non-profit foundation UBports, which has a few core developers that depend on contributions from a volunteer community as well. Yes, it uses an Ubuntu base and some of the Ubuntu repositories (as do many other Linux distros), and it has an agreement with Canonical to be able to use the name and logos for Ubuntu for no charge, but is otherwise completely independent of Canonical. https://ubports.com/ (posting this from a Poco X3 NFC running Ubuntu Touch 24.04.2) permalink fedilink source parent [–] maam@feddit.uk 3 points 4 months ago Ubuntu Touch is ran by the UBports Foundation after Canonical gave up on it. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] leftascenter@jlai.lu 9 points 4 months ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Hxrmit@thelemmy.club -1 points 4 months ago (1 child) Canonical, a UK-based software company mantains it though, the snap packages are also proprietary permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] TotalSonic@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago Ubuntu Touch uses deb and its own fully open source package format called click - none of the system or system apps is installed as snap. It has support for installing snap packages though, although there are still some bugs in using these. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hxrmit@thelemmy.club -1 points 4 months ago (1 child) Canonical, a UK-based software company mantains it though, the snap packages are also proprietary permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] TotalSonic@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago Ubuntu Touch uses deb and its own fully open source package format called click - none of the system or system apps is installed as snap. It has support for installing snap packages though, although there are still some bugs in using these. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TotalSonic@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago Ubuntu Touch uses deb and its own fully open source package format called click - none of the system or system apps is installed as snap. It has support for installing snap packages though, although there are still some bugs in using these. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TotalSonic@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago in the case of Ubuntu Touch this simply is not true. Canonical stopped maintaining the code for it in 2017, and since then it has been overseen by the non-profit foundation UBports, which has a few core developers that depend on contributions from a volunteer community as well. Yes, it uses an Ubuntu base and some of the Ubuntu repositories (as do many other Linux distros), and it has an agreement with Canonical to be able to use the name and logos for Ubuntu for no charge, but is otherwise completely independent of Canonical. https://ubports.com/ (posting this from a Poco X3 NFC running Ubuntu Touch 24.04.2) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] maam@feddit.uk 3 points 4 months ago Ubuntu Touch is ran by the UBports Foundation after Canonical gave up on it. permalink fedilink source parent