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Laurent posted an update 5 years, 8 months ago
That linux phone can’t get here soon enough.
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Yea I’m looking for alternatives to Apple and Android. If you have any suggestions, let me know.
take a look at this:
https://lineageos.org/
Its a linux fork for android phones
The easiest one to get into at this timme is the Pinephone. https://www.pine64.org/pinephone/
LineageOS is great but it requires you to get into your phone’s developers section which can be daunting for some that have not done it before and there is always the risk of bricking your phone if you do it wrong. It’s a great way to de-google if you have an extra android phone lying around that you don’t mind experimenting on. Just check the compatibility and the progress on that specific phone.
Then there is always the dumb phone approach. It is cheap and some phone’s still have decent functionality but even in the dumb phone market you will have to lookout for KaiOS which uses google services.
There is a new system called Graphite. I haven’t had the time to try it out but apparently its a straightforward download and install.
Ya, I’ve heard of it. If I remember correctly they were pretty security centric as well. I think it’s really awesome to see this type of development in the linux sphere.
I decided to create a burner phone with an old 5s iPhone and go with Mint cell carrier. Replacing the battery was not fun but I guess now that I have done it, I can go to the mall and set up a booth with all the other guys there.
Nice, I made a burner in 2016 after some backlash on facebook. I could see where the winds were going and so I stopped using the site and created a sudo for twitter. I was only banned a couple of times and after the second I just really didn’t care enough to get my phone all charged up and you know what, I’m happier for not being on there anymore.