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Librem 5 April Update

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Re: Librem 5 April Update

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Post by acct1771 »

Tepix wrote: post #27
mikece wrote: post #7

I'm most interested in the Librem 5 from the point of view of Privacy: I don't consent to Google or Apple tracking me just because they made the phone/OS on the phone I bought. I just hope essential apps like Wire, Signal, KeePassXC, FastMail, ProtonMail and MySudo are quickly available for the Librem

Why not run something like AOSP with only open source software from F-Droid and a personal firewall? I did something like that back when CopperheadOS was around.

OT, sorry, but still desperately trying to fill the CopperheadOS void - what are you running?

Re: Librem 5 April Update

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Post by em3rgent0rdr »

Tepix wrote: post #27
mikece wrote: post #7

I'm most interested in the Librem 5 from the point of view of Privacy: I don't consent to Google or Apple tracking me just because they made the phone/OS on the phone I bought. I just hope essential apps like Wire, Signal, KeePassXC, FastMail, ProtonMail and MySudo are quickly available for the Librem

Why not run something like AOSP with only open source software from F-Droid and a personal firewall? I did something like that back when CopperheadOS was around.

For convergence...one OS on different devices: https://puri.sm/posts/converging-on-convergence-pureos-is-co...

Also I think they have a goal to integrate an android emulator, so you can still run F-Droid apps.

Re: Librem 5 April Update

#33

Post by em3rgent0rdr »

mikece wrote: post #7

I'm most interested in the Librem 5 from the point of view of Privacy: I don't consent to Google or Apple tracking me just because they made the phone/OS on the phone I bought. I just hope essential apps like Wire, Signal, KeePassXC, FastMail, ProtonMail and MySudo are quickly available for the Librem

They intend to integrate anbox so can run android apps in it...but that feature is not built in just yet: https://forums.puri.sm/t/is-it-possible-to-use-android-apps-...

Re: Librem 5 April Update

#34

Post by madez »

vbezhenar wrote: post #30
madez wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Drivers for Android are not drivers for Linux. You cannot get them and compile them together with the kernel from kernel.org and install it. That is why the devices are stuck on unmaintainable ancient kernel versions.

What do you mean they are not drivers for Linux? AFAIK they are blobs for Linux. Of course you can't compile them, as they are proprietary, but they are drivers for Linux.

If you have a binary blob that works only in conjunction with the specific kernel version 3.14.69 with a specific patch set, is that then a driver for Linux? It comes down to what information you are trying to convey and what the receiver understands. If you say something is a "driver for Linux", then that unqualified statements implies that you can grab Linux and combine them with the driver and make it work, which is not true.

There are drivers for Linux which work on virtually any kernel version. In contrast, the blobs that are in Android are binary blobs that happen to work with one specific kernel binary, they are not drivers for Linux.

Re: Librem 5 April Update

#35

Post by h4waii »

acct1771 wrote: post #31
Tepix wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why not run something like AOSP with only open source software from F-Droid and a personal firewall? I did something like that back when CopperheadOS was around.

OT, sorry, but still desperately trying to fill the CopperheadOS void - what are you running?

Not sure what device you have, but Rattlesnake OS [0] might be suitable. You can also build LineageOS for many devices and forgo installing Google Apps Framework.

0. https://github.com/dan-v/rattlesnakeos-stack

Re: Librem 5 April Update

#36

Post by jtl999 »

acct1771 wrote: post #31
Tepix wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why not run something like AOSP with only open source software from F-Droid and a personal firewall? I did something like that back when CopperheadOS was around.

OT, sorry, but still desperately trying to fill the CopperheadOS void - what are you running?

GrapheneOS exists now, from the same developer that worked on CopperheadOS after he took a bit of break and got going again.

https://www.reddit.com/r/grapheneos

Re: Librem 5 April Update

#37

Post by grumpy-cowboy »

jammygit wrote: post #26
mikece wrote: post #7

I'm most interested in the Librem 5 from the point of view of Privacy: I don't consent to Google or Apple tracking me just because they made the phone/OS on the phone I bought. I just hope essential apps like Wire, Signal, KeePassXC, FastMail, ProtonMail and MySudo are quickly available for the Librem

I wonder what it would take to port electron apps to the platform

Electron apps on my Librem 5?? Filling up RAM and draining the battery at the speed of light? No thanks.

Re: Librem 5 April Update

#38

Post by acct1771 »

jtl999 wrote: post #36
acct1771 wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

OT, sorry, but still desperately trying to fill the CopperheadOS void - what are you running?

GrapheneOS exists now, from the same developer that worked on CopperheadOS after he took a bit of break and got going again. https://www.reddit.com/r/grapheneos

Thanks very much!
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