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What operating system do you primarily use on mobile devices? (lemmy.ml)
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I’ll start: I use iOS primarily since iPhones don’t have custom ROMs

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[–] Shimitar@downonthestreet.eu 12 points 6 hours ago

Given how many years people is answering LineageOS or GrapheneOS, I would like to state that "LineageOS" or "Graphene" means Android.

Yeah, those are all android under the hood.

Maybe customized to various depths and details, but still it's android.

It's much more correct to say that Lineage or Graphene are Android than saying that Android is Linux.

Both Lineage and Graphene would not exists and could not exists without Google developing the AOSP.

While they improve stock Android quite a lot, they are still Android.

I stress this because lots of people think that those could be alternatives to Android and the Google monopoly, but it's not true. Only a true Linux mobile OS would be.

[–] destiper@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 hours ago

Made a poor decision a few years ago and I’m stuck on iOS nowπŸ˜•. Really keen to get my hands on something that can run Graphene or Furi

[–] CalcProgrammer1@lemmy.today 1 points 4 hours ago

Android (currently GrapheneOS, just switched to a Pixel Fold) and postmarketOS (OnePlus 6/6T). I have SIM cards in both of them. Mobile Linux is awesome for pocketable PC and development purposes, but Android is better as a daily driver communication device, so I carry both. I did get Termux set up on my Pixel Fold though and got code to compile there as I want to be able to use the large fold screen for development. Hopefully one day we can run Phosh full screen with GPU accel and full touch input on top of Android.

[–] atropa@piefed.social 7 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Grapheneos and lineage

[–] real_username56@lemmy.ml 7 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I wish graphene supported more phones. Would definitely give it a try if my Android phone was supported!

[–] atropa@piefed.social 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Next year it will be avaible on some phones from motorola

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

i'm been wanting to use graphene, but refuse to buy a pixel new or used so i'm looking forward to this and hope that its implementation isn't measured in years.

[–] haxboar@hexbear.net 2 points 6 hours ago

Linux! I have an FLX1s, so it's actual Linux, not Android.

It does have an Android compatibility layer. But the core system is Debian, not Android

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 hours ago

I used LineageOs before, but GrapheneOS now.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 6 hours ago

android but I hate smartphones so its off quite often. Its for phone calls and pictures and once in awhile to have a doc displayed, use the calendar, or map.

[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 hours ago

iPhone: iOS

Main Android phone: grapheneos

Anything else: whatever it came with.

I gave up on custom roms like a decade ago and switched to iOS. Graphene is stable enough I’ll deal with it. Although I hate how annoying it is about locking the bootloader and root.

[–] wallybeavis@lemmy.today 1 points 6 hours ago

Android (stock)