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Klod Cripta :archlinux:<p>Resurrezione tech riuscita!<br>Xiaomi Redmi Note 8, ormai inutilizzabile persino dopo reset: con LineageOS 22.2 (Android 15) ora è reattivo, fluido e totalmente degooglizzato!</p><p>F-Droid e Aurora Store;<br>Nextcloud, Organic Maps, Proton Mail &amp; Thunderbird, Aegis, Firefox, PixelFed, Mastodon, Element, KDE Connect, Signal, VLC, NewPipe... e molte altre!</p><p>Grazie al software open source e leggero, il telefono è tornato veloce, stabile, sicuro.<br><a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/lineageos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lineageos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/degooglizzazione" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>degooglizzazione</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://diggita.com/c/opensource" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>opensource</span></a></span></p>
🇩🇰 Klaus Alexander Seistrup<p>Perhaps take a look at the device list for <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23LineageOS" target="_blank">#LineageOS</a> at see if your devices are listed there: 🔗 <a href="https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wiki.lineageos.org/devices/</a> If they are, there will be specific instructions for installing LineageOS / <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Android" target="_blank">#Android</a>, and then you can take it from there.<br><br><a href="https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Devices | LineageOS Wiki</a></p>
R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: 🍵 :MiraLovesYou:<p>OK, dang, y'all.</p><p>Just tried the <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/aosp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AOSP</span></a> / <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/lineageos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LineageOS</span></a> / <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/calyxos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CalyxOS</span></a>-stock keyboard, and it has gotten <strong>so</strong> freaking good!!</p><p>It's actually giving <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/futo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FUTO</span></a> keyboard a run for its money, if you can believe that!</p><p><a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a></p>
Paeiro<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>GrapheneOS</span></a></span> what is your opinión about <a href="https://mastodon.gal/tags/MicroG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MicroG</span></a> for <a href="https://mastodon.gal/tags/lineageOs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lineageOs</span></a> or other open source alternatives to Google apps.?</p>
Wolność w Kieszeni.pl<p>Analiza /e/ os</p><p>Polecam bardzo szczegółową analizę i test forka LineageOS - /e/ os przeprowadzoną przez autora bloga kuketz-blog.de. Analiza obejmuje m. in. opis i zawartość systemu (aplikacje), konfigurację, funkcjonowanie, łączność, kwestie prywatności i bezpieczeństwa, omówienie procesu instalacji a nawet informacje o deweloperach i ich misji. Artykuł niestety w języku niemieckim, jednak automatyczne tłumaczenie na angielski przez Firefoxa jest całkiem akceptowalne.<br><a href="https://pol.social/tags/eos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eos</span></a> <a href="https://pol.social/tags/lineageos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lineageos</span></a> <a href="https://pol.social/tags/microg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microg</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.kuketz-blog.de/e-datenschutzfreundlich-bedeutet-nicht-zwangslaeufig-sicher-custom-roms-teil6/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">kuketz-blog.de/e-datenschutzfr</span><span class="invisible">eundlich-bedeutet-nicht-zwangslaeufig-sicher-custom-roms-teil6/</span></a></p>
MarkG<p>A friend of mine texted me about the Shein app (Shein being a clothing store). He suspects there's AI in the app that uses the phone's camera to detect who's checking it out. So, when his 11 year old daughter uses it, it sends her pictures of pricey stuff (IE, $33 T-shirts). When he uses it, it sends pictures of cute but cheap things.</p><p>Targeted advertising.</p><p>Now, I have neither the app nor even Google Play Store on my phone. I use LineageOS &amp; F-Droid apps. But, I figured I'd check out the Shein web site on my Fennec browser...</p><p>"For you: Emery Rose Plus Size Solid". </p><p>Eek! They think I'm fat!</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/tracking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tracking</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/apps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>apps</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/lineageos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lineageos</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/targeted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>targeted</span></a></p>
ThePfromtheO<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://skol.social/@rob" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>rob</span></a></span> <br>"The open source software just wasn't there when I tried my experiments."<br>Now it might be<br>On other OSes if not on <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/LineageOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LineageOS</span></a>.</p>
ThePfromtheO<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://skol.social/@rob" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>rob</span></a></span> <br>"What's the benefit of spending hours side-loading Lineage"<br><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/LineageOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LineageOS</span></a> is not the only de-Googled OS.</p>
Violet :neofox_flag_gay:<p>Alright, this week I'll get my old Samsung a52s back. What should I do?</p><p><a href="https://fellies.social/tags/android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>android</span></a> <a href="https://fellies.social/tags/rooting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rooting</span></a> <a href="https://fellies.social/tags/samsunggalaxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>samsunggalaxy</span></a> <a href="https://fellies.social/tags/lineageos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lineageos</span></a></p>
Sylvhem<p>Question for the people using LineageOS. I installed it without Google Services. What can I do now to have access to a localisation service? I didn’t found anything about this in the documentation.</p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/LineageOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LineageOS</span></a></p>
Kevin<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@LineageOS" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>LineageOS</span></a></span> Today I installed Lineage OS on my Samsung Tab S7 and it was very simple process and now have an updated and reliable device for years to come as Samsung abandoned after 3 years. I want to thank the team for all their hard work and I am extremely thankful for the whole open source community.</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>android</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/samsung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>samsung</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/lineageos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lineageos</span></a></p>
R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: 🍵 :MiraLovesYou:<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://maly.io/@yonerf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>yonerf</span></a></span></p><p>It's a bit of a spectrum, but here's my understanding of it:</p><p>100% FOSS: only the Replicant project, which only fully supports 10+ year old phones<br>FOSS: <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/lineageos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LineageOS</span></a>, <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/grapheneos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GrapheneOS</span></a>, and <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/calyxos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CalyxOS</span></a>. Likely contain proprietary drivers and blobs (low-level firmware and the like)<br>Mostly <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a>: I believe /e/OS has some proprietary modules or bits of software<br>Less FOSS: I think Iodé is a fork of /e/OS that has more proprietary bits<br>Proprietary Android: Stock Android, Samsung's Android builds, etc. Only small portions of the underlaying OS are FOSS</p>
R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: 🍵 :MiraLovesYou:<p><a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/poll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poll</span></a>: Hey <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> (<a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/calyxos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CalyxOS</span></a>, <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/grapheneos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GrapheneOS</span></a>, <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/eos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eOS</span></a>, <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/lineageos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LineageOS</span></a>, whatever) folks, now that Android is demonstrably changing for the worse (in FOSS-hostile ways), what are you planning on doing?</p>
Nefisa<p>Question : Qu'installe t'on sur des tablettes pour remplacer Android et Mac OS. <br>: deux tablettes Android bas de gamme et deux vieux iPad (+ de 10 ans) </p><p>Quelque chose de léger c'est juste pour les utiliser comme liseuse / browser et éventuellement galerie photo. </p><p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/linux_help" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux_help</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/lineageos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lineageos</span></a></p>
18KW<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://cultur.social/@marcuwekling" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>marcuwekling</span></a></span></p><p>bin ich dabei:<br><a href="https://energiewende.social/tags/nextcloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nextcloud</span></a> und PC-Backups selfhosted,<br><a href="https://energiewende.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> auf den PC der Kinder,<br><a href="https://energiewende.social/tags/lineageos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lineageos</span></a> auf den Smartphones,<br>demnächst fliegt Win10 vom Laptop...</p><p>Nur die gymnasiale Lehranstalt des Nachwuchses ist immer noch der Meinung, dass Digitalisierung darin besteht, analoge Prozesse auf elternfinanzerten iPads abzubilden. 🤮</p><p><a href="https://energiewende.social/tags/DUTgemacht" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DUTgemacht</span></a><br><a href="https://energiewende.social/tags/iDIDit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iDIDit</span></a></p>
Tommi 🤯<p>My mum completely destroyed her Pixel 3, it’s time to get her a new phone. I am thinking about gifting her my <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/Fairphone5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fairphone5</span></a>.</p><p>What should I get instead?</p><p>For sure I will have to deGoogle my new device, either installing, <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/LineageOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LineageOS</span></a>, <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/CalyxOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CalyxOS</span></a>, or <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/GrapheneOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GrapheneOS</span></a>.</p><p>My top priorities:</p><ol><li>A SMALL DEVICE AS SMALL AS POSSIBLE</li><li>a <em>very good</em> camera, ideally with 2× optical zoom</li><li>long-lasting battery (with a custom ROM)</li><li>As much stability and reliability as I can get</li></ol><p>(note: Pixel 10 is supposed to launch in August)</p><p><a href="https://pan.rent/tags/Pixel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pixel</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/Fairphone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fairphone</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/smartphone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>smartphone</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/poll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poll</span></a></p>
Marcos Dione<p>So, the bank app* stopped working on my spare pure Android 10 phone (my old <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/FairPhone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FairPhone</span></a> 2; main has <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/LineageOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LineageOS</span></a>). This is needed because of the 2FA closed app they force me to use.</p><p>Now, I have two options: a) find another bank and move everything there; or b) buy a second hand phone just because of this.</p><p>No poll, I wanna hear your thoughts.</p><p>Edit: missing word.</p>
EmpathicQubit<p>For those that run an <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XMPP</span></a> server, does it seem safe enough to enable XEP-0357 if one is concerned about third party data leaks to push notification services? Is <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/OMEMO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OMEMO</span></a> enough to nullify concerns? I'm using <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/Monocles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Monocles</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/Prosody" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Prosody</span></a> and I'm trying to optimize battery usage on <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/LineageOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LineageOS</span></a></p><p>Edit: Daniel Gultsch of Conversations.im <a href="https://gultsch.social/@daniel/114789652164812907" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">answered my questions</a> Thanks!</p>
nachogazpachof<p>📱<a href="https://masto.es/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> más intrusivo en tu teléfono</p><p><a href="https://masto.es/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> ha anunciado que, a partir del 7 de julio, su modelo de inteligencia artificial <a href="https://masto.es/tags/Gemini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gemini</span></a> tendrá un mayor control sobre aplicaciones en dispositivos <a href="https://masto.es/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a>, como <a href="https://masto.es/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhatsApp</span></a> y Mensajes, incluso si la opción de actividad de <a href="https://masto.es/tags/Gemini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gemini</span></a> está desactivada.</p><p>Este cambio, comunicado mediante correos electrónicos a algunos usuarios, ha generado preocupación por la falta de claridad sobre si Gemini accederá a información privada y cómo funcionará.</p><p>Aunque Google menciona que se puede desactivar esta función en la configuración de aplicaciones, no especifica dónde encontrar esa opción, y el enlace proporcionado en el correo no ofrece detalles al respecto.</p><p>No está claro si la medida afectará a todos los usuarios, ya que muchos no han recibido la notificación.</p><p><a href="https://t.me/anarcohacking/1207" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">t.me/anarcohacking/1207</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Como alternativa recomendamos el uso de "De-Googled Custom Roms" como <a href="https://masto.es/tags/LineageOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LineageOS</span></a> (con una configuración previa) y /e/OS (sin configurar a penas nada, ya viene sin <a href="https://masto.es/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> y es la que más recomendamos 🥰), para quienes tienen un dispositivo <a href="https://masto.es/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://masto.es/tags/Pixel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pixel</span></a> les recomendamos usar <a href="https://masto.es/tags/GrapheneOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GrapheneOS</span></a>.</p><p>Las Rooms de-googlizadas, son las que han eliminado los servicios de <a href="https://masto.es/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> del sistema operativo, protegiendo así la privacidad y evitando la oligarquía e impunidad de <a href="https://masto.es/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a>.</p><p>☝️🤓 También podrías instalarlo en un móvil antiguo y dale una nueva vida ☺️</p><p>LineageOS: <a href="https://lineageos.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lineageos.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>/e/ OS: <a href="https://e.foundation/es/e-os/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">e.foundation/es/e-os/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>GrapheneOS: <a href="https://grapheneos.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">grapheneos.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://t.me/anarcohacking/1209" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">t.me/anarcohacking/1209</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Marcos Dione<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://myside-yourside.net/@StarkRG" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>StarkRG</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://zirk.us/@ShaulaEvans" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ShaulaEvans</span></a></span> I have to be honest: I stopped updating my <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/LineageOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LineageOS</span></a> after two Android upgrades removed functionality I liked. And to be more honest, I have no idea what dangers it presents. Security patches, I guess, but I can't find an open port on my phone. Not sure what the attack surface is... the network stack of an old kernel, maybe? 4.9, jesus!</p>