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[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] Chulk@lemmy.ml 41 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Chulk@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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  • Google Services have been replaced by microG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.

[–] Tehdastehdas@piefed.social 2 points 2 days ago

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

[–] snowdriftissue@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

their site claims

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

[–] Chulk@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

What are they lying about? What part of their OS is not degoogled?

[–] TheMightyCat@ani.social 9 points 3 days ago (4 children)
[–] lmuel@sopuli.xyz 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)
[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 days ago
[–] lmuel@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 days 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)

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 10 points 3 days 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.

[–] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 days ago

All of the above, preferably

[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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 3 days ago (1 children)

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 3 days ago

Oh sweet, thanks