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The /e/ Google-free, pro-privacy Android clone is now available

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Re: The /e/ Google-free, pro-privacy Android clone is now available

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Post by sschueller »

csagan5 wrote: post #21

Bromite author here ( https://www.bromite.org ); I was contacted some time ago about the possibility to maintain a modified version of Bromite with a customised /e/ home page and list of search engines. Nothing particularly murky there, but after some Q/A I did not want to proceed with this type of cross-branding because fundamentally I do not want Bromite to be using or be affiliated with any cloud service and I con…

I get an error in fdroid trying to add the repo.

Error getting fdroid index file - > No mirrors available.

Re: The /e/ Google-free, pro-privacy Android clone is now available

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Post by RMPR »

stereolambda wrote: post #46
nxrabl wrote: post #2

“Google-free” in that the name is impossible to google? /s I had not heard of Qwant before this. How does it compare to other privacy-focused search engines e.g. Duck Duck Go?

One thing that I like about DuckDuckGo is that you can browse results with arrow keys and enter. No simple way to load the next page, sadly. If you have it set as the search engine in Firefox, you can get mouseless search with ctrl+t and f6 if needed. This is not to say that Qwant is horrible because of not having this (I just ran a couple of test queries and the results seem decent), just it would be nice if differe…

> you can get mouseless search with ctrl+t and f6

You can get "very mouseless" with vim vixen add-on

Re: The /e/ Google-free, pro-privacy Android clone is now available

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Post by anoncake »

AdmiralAsshat wrote: post #25
andred14 wrote: post #23

what's wrong with cyanogenmod?

For one thing, it hasn't been called "Cyanogenmod" for about three years? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LineageOS

To rephrase the question for pedants: What's wrong with LineageOS née Cyanogenmod?

Re: The /e/ Google-free, pro-privacy Android clone is now available

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Post by zwaps »

The advantage here is that they sell phones.

It is very difficult to install Lineage OS, as it is completely unclear which phone one should buy to install it. There isn't a single viable answer online for the question: "Which phone should I buy for Lineage OS". I am dead serious!

The support is up to individuals able to produce ROMs, so for example a Galaxy A5 is supported, while A6 and A7 used to be, but are no longer (!) supported. So if you bought an A7 for Lineage OS, you are out of luck now.

Of course it is also difficult to install Lineage OS itself. For most of us, it is probably at least possible. But there is no chance rest of the 95% of the world will ever do this. Indeed, I would also feel at least anxious to attempt it (alas, for my current phone no Lineage OS is available).

So this is great. You can buy a Samsung phone and get it preinstalled with a good distro. I am not aware this is possible otherwise, let alone for less than 300 euro.

Everyone who doesn't understand why this is better than "just install Lineage OS with microG" has some serious disconnect going on.

I am fairly incompetent with computers, but I don't think I could fork my own Lineage OS for my phone of choice. Therefore, having something preinstalled and actually supported is a serious selling point for me!

Edit: Additionally, they will offer a service for you to send in your phone to flash it. I really like this!

Re: The /e/ Google-free, pro-privacy Android clone is now available

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Post by perlwle »

nxrabl wrote: post #2

“Google-free” in that the name is impossible to google? /s I had not heard of Qwant before this. How does it compare to other privacy-focused search engines e.g. Duck Duck Go?

I use it in China whenever my VPN is down. It's not blocked, yet.

On an unrelated note, hackernews has been blocked for at least a month or two. Probably due to lots of HK protest submissions in recent months.

Re: The /e/ Google-free, pro-privacy Android clone is now available

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Post by 0-_-0 »

zwaps wrote: post #64

The advantage here is that they sell phones. It is very difficult to install Lineage OS, as it is completely unclear which phone one should buy to install it. There isn't a single viable answer online for the question: "Which phone should I buy for Lineage OS". I am dead serious! The support is up to individuals able to produce ROMs, so for example a Galaxy A5 is supported, while A6 and A7 used to be, but are no long…

> There isn't a single viable answer online for the question: "Which phone should I buy for Lineage OS". I am dead serious!

Check out https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/

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Post by zwaps »

0-_-0 wrote: post #67
zwaps wrote: post #64

The advantage here is that they sell phones. It is very difficult to install Lineage OS, as it is completely unclear which phone one should buy to install it. There isn't a single viable answer online for the question: "Which phone should I buy for Lineage OS". I am dead serious! The support is up to individuals able to produce ROMs, so for example a Galaxy A5 is supported, while A6 and A7 used to be, but are no long…

> There isn't a single viable answer online for the question: "Which phone should I buy for Lineage OS". I am dead serious! Check out https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/

Yeah but that site had mentioned phones officially supported, and then no longer.

It doesn't answer the question which of these phones is a viable one to get now to have Lineage support. Clearly, its not better to get a newer one, it is best to get the one with most support. Which one that is, I do not know.

Re: The /e/ Google-free, pro-privacy Android clone is now available

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Post by oh_boy »

zwaps wrote: post #69
0-_-0 wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> There isn't a single viable answer online for the question: "Which phone should I buy for Lineage OS". I am dead serious! Check out https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/

Yeah but that site had mentioned phones officially supported, and then no longer. It doesn't answer the question which of these phones is a viable one to get now to have Lineage support. Clearly, its not better to get a newer one, it is best to get the one with most support. Which one that is, I do not know.

I used the following site lately to choose a phone. I found it much easier to understand than the device list of LineageOS.

https://piotr-yuxuan.github.io/choose-a-new-phone/

Still, individual research still required e.g. to find out that the fancy 48 MP camera mode is not supported in LineageOS.

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