[Cialug] Android alternatives

[Dan Hockey]

https://tuxphones.com/2021-everything-running-linux-smartphone-guide/

On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 12:31 PM Barry Von Ahsen <vonahsen at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> > On Mar 24, 2021, at 1:32 PM, Nicolai <nicolai-cialug at chocolatine.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > Anyone using an open source Android alternative on a phone?  I have an
> > old freebie stuck on Android 5 with no further updates available, seems
> > like a perfect opportunity to try something out on it but I don't have
> > the first clue about options etc.  What's your experience?
> >
> > So what projects are stable?  What's good?  What do you like and why?
>
> I ran cyanogenmod up until the point they changed to lineageOS, but that
> was at least 5 years ago.  I was also never super comfortable with
> "download GAPPS from this random forum post", but it was sort of required.
> I don't know if lineage is any better about that these days
>
> I know Theron has been playing with PinePhone, which has physical dip
> switches for most of the radios.  The OS sounds like it's similar to early
> linux days (that is, needs tweaking and TLC) -
> https://www.pine64.org/pinephone/
>
>
> -barry
>
>
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