Since I’ve had a degoogled phone, I’ve been happy to share my experiences with those who are also looking for a solution.

[georgweissenbacher@fediscience.org]

@david_bardos I agree with most limitations, but the fingerprint sensor actually works perfectly fine on #UbuntuTouch 24.04 on my #Fairphone5, and the new Qt6-based version of Morph is a significant improvement. But as all the OSes in your list (except postmarketOS), it is dependent on the Android drivers and kernel (via Halium), which at this point is quite outdated. I really enjoy Ubuntu Touch (in fact, I am writing this on UT in the uMastonauts App), but as a daily driver, GrapheneOS is probably a better choice.

[david_bardos@mementomori.social]

@GeorgWeissenbacher Thanks, I updated the article with these info.

[kurt@chaos.social]

@david_bardos GrapheneOS is niot based on lineageOS

[david_bardos@mementomori.social]

@Kurt Thanks for your comment. Perhaps you're referring to where I wrote, “Most de-Googled variants are forked from LineageOS.” I deliberately wrote “most,” not “all.”

[kurt@chaos.social]

@david_bardos if i read "most" followed by "example", i think the example refers to most. But I'm not a native speaker

[jdb_env@mastodon.social]

@david_bardos Hello Dávid, thank you very much for sharing your trip to #ungafam #ungoogle
Your blog makes it very clear.
I 100% agree with you when you say we don't escape google by using their stuff. So 1° for me, no google pixel and no android at all
2° LINUX is very reliable.
3° if I didn't have 2 ooooold Samsung Galaxy phones (one A6 and one a10), I would choose the fairphone, for the same good reasons you gave.
4° I will try hard anything I can do with these phones, before deciding to 1/2

[jdb_env@mastodon.social]

@david_bardos ... buy a fairphone.

Thanks again, very helpful
2/2

[adam@toots.adamu.jp]

@Kurt @david_bardos I also read it as examples of LineageOS forks.

[david_bardos@mementomori.social]

@adam @Kurt Then maybe it wasn’t clear enough after all. Fixed.

[opensourceopenmind@social.vivaldi.net]

@david_bardos Interesting article, and even more interesting website design!

One thing to note is that most people do not (and will not, ever) install an OS; they simply buy a device and Windows, macOS, Android, iOS come preinstalled. You could say they chose their OS by choosing the device.

In the same fashion, there are mobile Linux OSes, e.g. #PureOS and #FuriOS that just come preinstalled for users on devices: #Librem5, #LibertyPhone, #FLX1S+

I think it's this category of OSes that has the higher promise of adoption by normal non-technical folks.

[debacle@framapiaf.org]

@david_bardos

#Mobian ftw.

[doubleubee@mastodon.social]

@ancientsounds @david_bardos wow that takes a decent picture!

[oysteini@mathstodon.xyz]

@david_bardos I think there is a formatting error in the section about postmarketOS: The text after "The plus side:" and after "Known issues:" should probably have been formatted as lists.

[acesabe@infosec.exchange]

@david_bardos
A great read and thanks for testing out the alternatives to Google/Apple(/Windows?) on mobile devices, I used to run all manner of "ROMs" like 10+ years ago, sadly the same deal breakers persist: camera, radio and incomplete alternative package bases.
Also being rather limited in supported devices isn't ideal.
What has happened for desktop computers regarding open source alternatives has not happened effectively for mobile devices unfortunately and this is a great shame.

[david_bardos@mementomori.social]

@oysteini Thanks! Fixed!