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• BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Like Linux? I don’t know anything about it. I’d definitely try.

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  • EtherWhack@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Sorta. (Android is technically Linux) What you would want to look into is a custom Android ROM. Something like OmniROM or ArrowOS.

    As a side note though, installing can be a bit technical for some people and some apps don’t like to work outside of the “security” of a factory version of Android. If you are interested, I would browse around the custom Android communities here (if there are any yet) and check out sites like www.xda-developers.com

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    • mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Also mention lineage OS, Graphene OS and Calyx OS too

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    • BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Is that where you have to root it and sideload the OS? I’ve read about it.

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      • ThePinkUnicorn@lemdro.id ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Rooting is a slightly separate thing from sideloading a custom rom, rooting gives apps you give permission to access to system files whereas sideloading a rom replaces the system files but doesn’t necessarily give you root access. Both involve a similar process of unlocking the bootloader, installing a custom recovery and flashing a file so it is easy to get the two things mixed up.

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      • EtherWhack@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Yeah

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  • anguo@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    No, there are unfortunately no truly workable Linux OSs for phones yet AFAIK. But there are plenty of Android-based OSs that work really well, and are usually maintained for quite a while, depending on the popularity of your device. Look into LineageOS, or Pixel Experience, to name a few.

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    • fubbernuckin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      There’s ubuntu touch. I’m not sure how many phones that works on though.

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