78
Custom Roms are not the solution! (feddit.it)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
51 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

I think that if we want to be free from google and apple duopoly on mobile we need to embrace linux phones. It is the only solution. Google is trying to close the golden cage slowly and we need to escape on other operating system also on mobile. We re only delay a problem. We need phone preinstalled with linux for mass adoption. We need more apps for linux phones and more userbase.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 28 points 2 months ago (13 children)

Agreed! Google can and will tighten its grip. I think Graphene is amazing, but its only a stopgap solution until we can get a true open source alternative up and running. We don´t have a lot of time, and I think ultimately we might be looking at serious legal problems where governments mandate that accessing the internet anonymously is a crime.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • hideshow 13 child comments
    •
  • [–] [S] 14 points 2 months ago (10 children)

    Postmarket is quite usable rn

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 10 child comments
    •
  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Ubuntu touch and droidian are quite usable as well, the hardware parts work better (in my experience), but the software is a little bit buggy hahaha.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] [S] 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    which is the best for a normal user?

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
    •
  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

    To that question, idk. Postmarketos is more standard, using the mainline kernel (and having the downside of porting the android kernels, like my smartphone, a Redmi Note 9s, having 4g bugged because of the kernel), having normal applications installed with apk, using the same tools as desktops, but UT uses a hybrid approach, it uses the hybris and halium, that is a compatibility layer on top of the android kernel, but it's heavily built towards snaps, immutable images, that kind of stuff, waydroid didn't work, it seems bugged on my phone as well. Droidian is more standard debian, but with hybris, but I updated the system and it didn't boot, so I couldn't test it, but on my opinion, phosh on droidian > lomiri.

    The gold standard to me would be postmarketos with hybris or droidian working well, but only time will tell. I think it's best to shop around.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    Interesting. I busted my Pixel's USB port, so this is a project for my next phone. When that time comes, is there a central clearing house for information on open-source phone OSs? When I do a bald search, it's mostly suggestions for Ubuntu Touch and Sailfish.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
    •
  • [–] [S] 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    there is a website linux on mobile and resume all news of the week ! I m read weekly news from rss . https://linmob.net/

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 child)

    Too many trees, not enough forest. Edit: Yes, that is exactly what I was asking for, but I guess I should have asked for a place that might just regularly review and summarize and compare OSs so I could research which one I might want to install.

    But I do have a Moto G-Power from the generation that was good. I wonder if it would be worth it to update the battery and use that.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
    •