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Review: Copperhead OS

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Re: Review: Copperhead OS

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OP here. I actually liked the pointers to F-Droid apps, too. I'm on LineageOS. I've used F-Droid for years but mainly for things like Adaway. Timber and notes apps look interesting, also K-9 of course.

Are you using Lineage OS on a Pixel? I don't seem to be able to find that on the LineageOS website.

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I use that but it's all Google based. Not sure if you can decouple it from Play Services without breaking everything.

You can with microG, which even provides preconfigured builds with microG instead of Play Services - https://lineage.microg.org/

Interesting. I wasn't aware of that. I'll give it a try.

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There's always LineageOS

I use that but it's all Google based. Not sure if you can decouple it from Play Services without breaking everything.

LineageOS runs fine without Play Services. It's actually the default mode. It just limits your app choices. My needs are simple so I don't really mind, and I appreciate the improved battery life and speed.

It turns out many apps from the Play Store don't actually have a hard dependency on Play Services. Example: Slack works, except for notifications and (IIRC) receiving calls, which is good enough if you don't need to be reachable all the time.

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> do think it will happen, however. The use case involves corporations, especially those involved in privacy sensitive fields such as health care. Wouldn’t it be cool to have a locked down “business” VM that is separate from a “personal” VM with your Facebook, games and private stuff on it. This already exists for businesses with Samsung Knox / Android for Business. No it's not a full OS but it fits all of their need…

I'm a big fan of the "Island" app [0], which lets you set up a locally-administered Android for Work profile. It's great for, say, cloning a second copy of a messaging app for an alternate account.

[0] https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/closed-b...

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There's always LineageOS

I use that but it's all Google based. Not sure if you can decouple it from Play Services without breaking everything.

There is also eelo https://eelo.io/ based on LineageOS and is Apple and Google free. By Mandrake Linux creator. It has a kickstarter campaign now on: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/290746744/eelo-a-mobile...

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I use that but it's all Google based. Not sure if you can decouple it from Play Services without breaking everything.

You can with microG, which even provides preconfigured builds with microG instead of Play Services - https://lineage.microg.org/

Also the name of a vape :)
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