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De-Googled Android operating system /e/OS V2 brings Android Auto support, UI and privacy enhancements - Liliputing (liliputing.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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/e/OS V2 is a de-Googled Android operating system with Android Auto support, UI enhancements, and privacy improvements.
The update includes features like a new launcher app, App Lounge app store with privacy ratings, and a "wall of shame" for tracking apps.
Based on LineageOS 20, /e/OS 2.0 offers bug fixes, security updates, and performance enhancements, along with device-specific improvements.

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Love the project, but I would really like if they stopped looking like a bootleg iOS. Stock android is fine, especially after Material 3. Also the name is annoying to type in an URL bar.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago

Yeah, I had to install a different launcher Bliss is not my style. I've been enjoying lawnchair tho

[–] [email protected] 35 points 5 months ago

I'm using e/OS - the operating system with the most annoying name - for ~5 years now with my Fairphones. Banking works, App Lounge is anonymous and it syncs everything with my Nextcloud. I really like it.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I want to check their source code but it looks like e/os goes closed source. Want an example? They say Bliss Launcher is version 3. But where is it? In their gitlab repo is the last one 1.8:

https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/os/BlissLauncher

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

This is really weird :(

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I’m really interested in trying it if one day I have to get a private phone on top of my company’s iPhone.

It’s great that we start having alternatives to Apple and Google again.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Wonder if they'll make fold friendly versions

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Those icons are terrible.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Why?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Just not a fan of them, they feel kinda iOS to me. That doesn't take away from the awesomeness of the ROM though.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

They’re good icons cause you’re right: they are blatantly cribbed from iOS. Moving away from Google doesn’t mean making the whole OS look like Apple’s…

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

I have heard that said by a few people about e/OS. I though they looked slightly better than the previous ones, but I can understand the criticism

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Use eOS for couple of years now. Not a fan of the Bliss launcher, but its the easiest thing to download a different one. I use Simple Laucher from fdroid.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Does android auto support need a change to the custom rom to work? From their site it just says to install a few apps and it'll work. I have yet to try a custom rom. I'll do that when my current phone goes out of support.