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)

  • Handles@leminal.spaceEnglish
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    5 months ago

    I’m fairly happy with LineageOS myself

    but there is so much false information about this OS, namely compatible phones that simply don’t work with this OS and no support.

    I think you’re overreacting a bit calling it “false information”. LOS is a FLOSS project that many individuals have ported to their device — and either at some point they buy a new phone and drop that development, or they realise what a massive project it is to maintain it. That’s just a general bummer with open source, especially when people volunteer their free time.

    • tritonium@midwest.social
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      5 months ago

      I mean, the website has officially supported devices. If you are running an unofficial rom made by some random on a forum, that’s on you.

      • Handles@leminal.spaceEnglish
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        5 months ago

        Same argument stands though. It’s not like LOS is a company with a ton of venture capital. Maintainers are the same randos from the same forums, they just banded together under a common flag. Some of the “official” LOS devs even release unofficial prereleases on other sites. And sometimes support drops because the maintainers may or may not have the physical device to test on.

        If you are running an unofficial rom made by some random on a forum, that’s on you.

        LOL you haven’t lived until you flashed a weird ROM off XDA-dev to realise it was developed for some regional variation of your device, the UI is all in a language you don’t read, and the developer customised the OS to their own niche use case that you’re not partial to.

        Mind, it used to be easier to casually flash ROMs (for me at least) back in the Jellybean/KitKat days. Fun times!

        • tritonium@midwest.social
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          4 months ago

          The official releases have standards, moron. That’s why an unofficial will go official when it meets the specific criteria. Unofficial releases have no standards. Official releases have been tested and known to fully work and meet minimum criteria… hmm… what an interesting concept! It’s almost like they make it very easy to know if it fully supports your device by going to their website where they list OFFICIAL releases. Lmao…