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Graphene is only on pixels, why not their /e/os?

[-] Chulk@lemmy.ml 40 points 1 day ago

Graphene is only on pixels

Only because Pixels have met their hardware requirements. They are going to start working with Motorola now.

why not their /e/os?

From what I understand, the two OS are not aiming for the same objectives. /e/os is a degoogled OS and that's its main purpose. GrapheneOS is focused on hardening security on AOSP.

[-] snowdriftissue@lemmy.world 0 points 10 hours ago
[-] Chulk@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 hours ago

On some technical level you may be correct, but their site claims that /e/os is degoogled.

https://e.foundation/e-os/

/e/OS is a “deGoogled” version of Android OS. It has an open-source Android OS core, with no Google apps or Google services accessing your personal data.

  • Google default search engine has been removed from the OS everywhere and replaced with our new ethical search engine: Murena Find
  • Google Services have been replaced by microG
  • Connectivity checks do not use Google servers
  • We do not use Google’s Network Time Protocol servers
  • We do not use Google’s Domain Name System servers
  • Geolocation uses BeaconDB Location Services in addition to GPS

So I would love to know more about what you're talking about.

[-] snowdriftissue@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

their site claims

Yes, they lie. GrapheneOS is the only fully degoogled android based OS, full stop.

[-] Tehdastehdas@piefed.social 2 points 7 hours ago

This comparison chart shows which parts of /e/OS are not deGoogled:
https://eylenburg.github.io/android_comparison.htm

[-] TheMightyCat@ani.social 9 points 1 day ago
[-] rumba@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 day ago

I want postmarket so bad.

They did actually get a camera working for fairphone 6+, yesterday, kinda, mostly https://catcrafts.net/posts/fairphone-6-postmarketos-working-main-camera

I need an ok camera, ok video, gps, volte, sms, and ~18 hours of battery life with maybe 6-8 of it active.

[-] lmuel@sopuli.xyz 13 points 1 day ago

I love Linux as much as the next guy but I've got PostmarketOS as well as Ubuntu touch running on a Fairphone 4 and the experience is far from polished, postmarket doesn't even do VoLTE.

Not saying it sucks - I love it. But it's not for everyone and unlikely to replace android for most use cases at the moment unfortunately.

[-] TheMightyCat@ani.social 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)
[-] rumba@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 day ago
[-] lmuel@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 day ago

Yeah I think it just doesn’t work on the FP4 yet. At least I haven’t managed to get it working. On Ubuntu touch it also took years (although that community is also very… special)

[-] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 day ago

All of the above, preferably

[-] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

That's definitely possible, although it will take some work, because the processor is different from the Fairphone 6, which is currently running post-market OS already.

[-] TheMightyCat@ani.social 4 points 1 day ago

It won't take any work, Luca has confirmed the image works on both Fairphone 6 and Fairphone 6+

https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Fairphone_(Gen._6)_(fairphone-fp6)

its on the wiki now too

[-] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

Oh sweet, thanks

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