Sunshine (she/her)@piefed.social to Linux Phones@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 days agoWe Must Break The Chainsmedia.piefed.socialimagemessage-square183fedilinkarrow-up1792arrow-down121file-text
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minus-squareSunshine (she/her)@piefed.socialOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down10·2 days agoThere’s Graphene.
minus-squarethe_weez@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down3·2 days agoThat’s… android?
minus-squareeclipse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoAndroid is a literal Linux Mobile OS. GrapheneOS is Android without Google. So, a perfect response.
minus-squareEat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 days agoWithout GMS google can’t stop you from side loading
minus-squarethe_weez@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·2 days agoThat’s true. But it’s still android, and it uses the Linux kernel but it’s not gnu/Linux like on a desktop or server, the userland is completely different.
minus-squareEat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoI didn’t bring up any of that, this is about side loading which you can do on any ROM that doesn’t use GMS.
minus-squareSunshine (she/her)@piefed.socialOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-22 days agoIt’s a different os that is actually private. It’s the most usable alternative for your average user. Android is also based on Linux.
There’s Graphene.
That’s… android?
Android is a literal Linux Mobile OS. GrapheneOS is Android without Google. So, a perfect response.
Without GMS google can’t stop you from side loading
That’s true. But it’s still android, and it uses the Linux kernel but it’s not gnu/Linux like on a desktop or server, the userland is completely different.
I didn’t bring up any of that, this is about side loading which you can do on any ROM that doesn’t use GMS.
It’s a different os that is actually private. It’s the most usable alternative for your average user.
Android is also based on Linux.