I have been running lineageOS on my OnePlus 2. I liked it, but Lineage has stopped supporting my phone. There are two options that I have been able to find as replacements - postmarketOS and /e/OS. Any thoughts on those or other recommendation? Anything that gets security updates, is open source, and is functional meets my needs.

    • SlatlunOP
      5·
      3 years ago

      Great general info! Thanks for taking the time to put it together. Specifically, Graphene and Calyx support a combined total of 12 devices 11 of which are Pixels. Great for those users and it might inform what I buy in the future. Lineage supports tons of devices - great for anyone reading this who doesn’t care about the softened security (or doesn’t have another choice). Lineage is out for me specifically because my device is old/unpopular enough. /e/ still list support for my device, but I am guessing that since it is based on Lineage it won’t get meaningful support either.

      • Jama
        2·
        3 years ago

        It depend, /e/ could still continue to support your device if trees aren’t so outdated. Still, check frequently at least the security patch version

        • SlatlunOP
          1·
          3 years ago

          Thanks for the distinction. Just for the record and anyone asking the same question - /e/ does still support even though lineage dropped my device.

        • SlatlunOP
          1·
          3 years ago

          Maybe if I am ever looking at graphene I will. As I said it isn’t available on my device.

    • Jama
      5·
      3 years ago

      LineageOS don’t use permissive selinux and disabled nearly every function of userdebug build except for root functions over adb (that is disabled by default).

      The only real danger about LOS is the unlocked bootloader, but it can’t be solved by LineageOS developers, since it depend deeply by manufactorer.

      Still, even if it is a security risk it depend a lot about your threat model and if you usually install only trusted apps and navigate on trusted sites (or usually disable JavaScript) the actual attack surfaces isn’t really a problem for the common users, and there are only theoretical risks.

      The great thing about official LOS is the support of a lot of devices (and not only Google made) and the big community approval needed for every change.

      Community standards for LOS are actually really strict, and you can be pretty sure to have a stable system when you use official LOS on your device. Since there are dozens of supported devices it gives users a lot of freedom.

    • SlatlunOP
      6·
      3 years ago

      Good thoughts in the article about what needs to get prioritized in development. Yeah, my phone specifically isn’t quite there, but at least they’re pretty far along in the process, and this is good discussion for anyone else looking for a new OS who might have a different old phone. My ability to contribute to code is so limited that it might as well not exist. Best I can usually do is finding and reporting issues.

  • PublicLewdness
    4·
    3 years ago

    PostmarketOS would be my choice of those options. They support full disk encryption which the others don’t.

      • SlatlunOP
        2·
        3 years ago

        You’re right that they are probably just edge cases. As a thought experiment I see three possible use scenarios - 1) Lose the phone and it dies 2) Malicious person gets phone, tries to restart for whatever reason, and is locked out 3) I know for some reason that someone is about to try to get data off my phone in person and I have time to turn it off.

        More to the point there really isn’t a downside. Entering a password when I restart is nothing for me, and the read/write slow down isn’t going be noticeable because I don’t ask much of my phone.

    • SlatlunOP
      1·
      3 years ago

      That is a nice-to-have that could push me that way

    • SlatlunOP
      1·
      3 years ago

      Thank you! I must have been looking somewhere with outdated info when I looked into this one.

        • SlatlunOP
          1·
          3 years ago

          Yeah, I don’t think it was super popular and it’s getting old (6yrs). I think spotty support is all I can hope for, but I’d rather do that than toss it.

  • DessalinesA
    51·
    3 years ago

    I highly recommend just going to the xdadevelopers forum for your device, and see what the most supported ROMs are. They’ll all be AOSP-based of course, but many of them will have de-googled / de-play-store download options. Most importantly the most popular ones will always support all your phone hardware.

    • SlatlunOP
      2·
      3 years ago

      I’ve never been in the xdadevelopers forums. I will definitely go take a look. Thanks for the new resource.

        • nutomicA
          7·
          3 years ago

          Dont accuse other users of racism for no reason. No one even talked about Indians before you. This is a warning.

          cc @Helix@feddit.de

            • nutomicA
              6·
              3 years ago

              Sorry I didnt notice before that he edited the comment, and unfortunately we dont have any edit history stored in Lemmy. Anyway, when you see a rule violation (eg racism), then you should report it to the admins/mods and have them take care of it. Attacking another user is also a rule violation (rule 2), and is just gonna lead to more trouble.

              Edit: also I suggest that both of you stop arguing, because it is not going anywhere. Just accept that you disagree, and ignore each other. @Helix@feddit.de @TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml

              • Helix
                51·
                3 years ago

                also I suggest that both of you stop arguing, because it is not going anywhere. Just accept that you disagree, and ignore each other.

                Good idea, sorry.

                • nutomicA
                  6·
                  3 years ago

                  I appreciate that you try to fight against racism and discrimination. That isnt the problem, the problem is how you are doing it. You have to understand, most people in Europe dont hate nonwhite people (except for a small, vocal minority). The racism here is much more subtle than that, and people dont even realize that their beliefs and worldviews are racist. I know because I used to hold such beliefs as well (its almost impossible to avoid because the media really misrepresents things).

                  I think the best way to fight against this racism is with education. If people in the west could understand how people in the global south are being exploited and oppressed by imperialism, they would change their beliefs. Another thing is that many people view racism as something like person A saying a bad word to person B, but thats only a minor part of it. I would say the main aspect of racism is the economic relationship between imperialist and neocolonial countries (again, exploitation and imperialism).

            • Helix 🧬@feddit.de
              21·
              3 years ago

              I would like to point out that the term he used before making the edit was pretty obnoxious and targeted towards Indians

              I edited ‘usually’ into ‘often’, as far as I remember. I myself can’t show the history.

              I am an Indian.

              Nobody cares. Even if I said 12yo Indians, that’d still be obvious hyperbole and not racism, because I didn’t use ‘pajeet’ or other racist words. I also didn’t insinuate that only Indians do this.

              It’s just like if I said CSGO is full of 16yo German cheaters. Which incidentally is true and ruins the game for many people, including Germans. If you cared about understanding my comment you wouldn’t have thought it was racist.

                • Helix 🧬@feddit.de
                  21·
                  3 years ago

                  And the admin unfortunately does not see racism because he does not know how racism against Indians work, because he is a foreigner.

                  Yeah because magically only targets of racism know how racism works. You even contradict yourself there as that’d mean I myself couldn’t be racist because I wouldn’t know how.

        • Helix 🧬@feddit.de
          23·
          3 years ago

          Can you provide a source for your dubious claims?

          My experience and subsequent hyperbole. Many of those 12 year olds are probably legal now.

          Is this the “12yo p*jeet ROM” racist meme?

          Don’t call me a racist, mudslinger.

          Because I am an Indian, who has been enough on 4chan and reddit to know what this means.

          OK bruh. I don’t care if you’re Indian or twelve. You shouldn’t pack spyware into my ROMs and know what you’re doing is all I’m saying.

            • Helix
              32·
              3 years ago

              You call other people racist, which in my book is a serious crime, and then cry about when they tell you to fuck off? What are you, 12? Or have you simply never grown up?

              Stop causing drama and stop trolling me. The new ignore feature will be live in a few weeks and I can’t wait to test it on you.

              I don’t even know what a “12yo p*jeet ROM” is. After a short research I found out it’s a derogatory term for people shitting in the street, who in my understanding probably don’t even have the means to create ROMs as they don’t have access to more basic infrastructure needed to piece them together. Your allegation doesn’t even make any sense.

                • Helix 🧬@feddit.de
                  21·
                  3 years ago

                  Acting ignorant towards these dogwhistles being called out is a favourite tactic of people like you.

                  I can’t even imagine what horrors 😱 you went through due to my comments. I sincerestly apologise for hurting your feelings. Of course, you caught me, I’m a 👌dog-whistling right wing extremist fascist and I like to start genocides and generally hate everything that is not 👩🏻‍🦲 white, libtard or gay 🏳️‍🌈. That’s clear due to my other racist comments on this site. 🙃

  • TechieDamien
    4·
    3 years ago

    I have been running /e/ for over a year and I have to say that it has been great. As opposed to lineage, they have stripped out as much of the Google stuff as possible while keeping it working (they use microG).

    • SlatlunOP
      3·
      3 years ago

      Great to have perspective from a real world user. Thank you!