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@nixCraft There's also #CaylxOS for if the device isn't the latest, as #GrapheneOS focuses on a select few devices
Also for anyone considering a Pixel solely for #GrapheneOS or #CalyxOS, I'd advise you to Avoid the #Pixel8. Mine randomly died on me after 1 year after it went flat. Got told it was $300~$400 to replace it 
@Beiz @maexchen1 @ryanc my national I'd works without issue, see below!
Last updated: 9 June 2025, I will just leave this here!
https://eylenburg.github.io/android_comparison.htm
If you think anything is factually incorrect, please let him know.
Last updated: 9 June 2025, I will just leave this here!
https://eylenburg.github.io/android_comparison.htm
If you think anything is factually incorrect, please let him know.
I’m running CalyxOS on my old Fairphone4, not because it’s a bad choice, but precisely to observe how incredibly behind this OS is on security updates.
My primary device today is a Pixel 9a running GrapheneOS, not this outdated, insecure, and privacy-compromised Fairphone 4.
This Fairphone never became my daily driver once I realized just how far behind it is on security and privacy. I used it from October 2022 until I switched to my Pixel 6a running GrapheneOS in early May 2023, and only recently upgraded to the 9a (see links below):
https://social.linux.pizza/@midtsveen/114785407166445792
https://social.linux.pizza/@midtsveen/114801787891495911
https://social.linux.pizza/@midtsveen/114840637379788570
Now, heading into August 2025, and the Fairphone is on Android 15 with vendor and firmware updates on CalyxOS stuck at versions from March 5 for vendor, and June 1 Platform and June 5 for kenel updates, months behind in a critical security landscape. 
It is very funny when you get blocked for sharing a "Comparison of Android-based Operating Systems" that I didn't make, and if you think anything is factually incorrect with the comparison chart, you can contribute to it.
Last updated: 9 June 2025, I will just leave this here!
https://eylenburg.github.io/android_comparison.htm
If you think anything is factually incorrect, please let him know.
@quokka1 @Linux @alyx @housepanther @calyxos
Last updated: 9 June 2025, I will just leave this here!
https://eylenburg.github.io/android_comparison.htm
If you think anything is factually incorrect, please let him know.
OK, dang, y'all.
Just tried the #AOSP / #LineageOS / #CalyxOS-stock keyboard, and it has gotten so freaking good!!
It's actually giving #FUTO keyboard a run for its money, if you can believe that!
New #blog post: Some thoughts on Android launchers, or, The Need For Spatial Regularity In Touch Interfaces
1204 words
cc: my wonderful #chorus: @joel @dm @sotolf @thedoctor @pixx @orbitalmartian @adamsdesk @krafter @roguefoam @clayton @giantspacesquid @Twizzay
(I will happily add/remove you from the chorus upon request! :)
Another success this weekend! This is a moto g42 which I absolutely bricked some time back, and now it is working seemingly flawlessly again. I have managed to get the latest CalyxOS installed onto it which comes with Android 15, so for a reasonably dated device it has a nice and relatively new kernel, which it wouldn't have if it was stock (it shipped with 12 when I purchased it, later upgraded by moto to 13).
Sometimes perseverance pays off!
@jackyan I guess this will be built into stock Android, not just any old Google app: "Learn how to disable it on -->Android<--"
Not on my #CalyxOS #Fairphone4
@arstechnica Guess I'll go with #CalyxOS or #GrapheneOS... or maybe a full-fledged Linux mobile distro
It's a bit of a spectrum, but here's my understanding of it:
100% FOSS: only the Replicant project, which only fully supports 10+ year old phones
FOSS: #LineageOS, #GrapheneOS, and #CalyxOS. Likely contain proprietary drivers and blobs (low-level firmware and the like)
Mostly #FOSS: I believe /e/OS has some proprietary modules or bits of software
Less FOSS: I think Iodé is a fork of /e/OS that has more proprietary bits
Proprietary Android: Stock Android, Samsung's Android builds, etc. Only small portions of the underlaying OS are FOSS
#Poll: Hey #FOSS #Android (#CalyxOS, #GrapheneOS, #eOS, #LineageOS, whatever) folks, now that Android is demonstrably changing for the worse (in FOSS-hostile ways), what are you planning on doing?
Further news from the #CalyxOS team regarding Android 16.
It seems that their security updates will be delayed due to a shifting emphasis on re-tooling for the new changes in how Android is shared (or not) with the FOSS community.
This... this is bad. :(
https://calyxos.org/news/2025/06/26/community-update-android-16/
My mum completely destroyed her Pixel 3, it’s time to get her a new phone. I am thinking about gifting her my #Fairphone5.
What should I get instead?
For sure I will have to deGoogle my new device, either installing, #LineageOS, #CalyxOS, or #GrapheneOS.
My top priorities:
- A SMALL DEVICE AS SMALL AS POSSIBLE
- a very good camera, ideally with 2× optical zoom
- long-lasting battery (with a custom ROM)
- As much stability and reliability as I can get
(note: Pixel 10 is supposed to launch in August)