LineageOS, mostly due to the fact that it’s pretty close to the original vision of AOSP; and my devices do not support Graphene or PostmarketOS, so there are almost no viable alternatives.
Using Graphene, tempted by Lineage.
never seen nor expected to see this trajectory – what’s making lineage tempting?
Lineage OS is the ultimate deGoogle; I’m not comfortable with android at all given the influence Google has over its development.
LineageOS also can run on more phones; current Graphene ONLY runs on Pixels, soon to run on Motorola, but the Graphene hw requirements are HEAVY–only flagship phones have what Graphene requires, and I’m poor.
LineageOS is less secure, though, so I’d be sacrificing that.
my antipathy towards google greatly outweights my thread model so i prioritize degoogling over security and it also made me wait for motorola’s phone instead of buying any pixel today.
Lineage OS is the ultimate deGoogle
now knowing that motorola has graphene slated for its ultra high end folding phones next makes me question my decisions, so this is intriguing AF and i’ve never heard anyone say it before – what does it mean to you?
Oh, looks like I was confused. I thought LineageOS was a Linux based system, but it’s still Android so what I said doesn’t make a ton of sense… but my next attempt at my next phone will be some Linux OS so I can completely get off android. But if I have to stay within the Android ecosystem for whatever reason and don’t have the money for a Pixel (or fucking definitely not a fold), I’ll probably try Lineage.
GrapheneOS undisputed #1 for me, but also RestlessOS or LeOS for devices that are only compatible with GSI since those also strip out pings to Google.
I use GrapheneOS on my main phone, but I use Evolution X for my second phone, and crDroid for my tablet
Note that only GrapheneOS supports bootloader re-locking tho
Lineage, by virtue of it being the only one that has a version for my Samsung S10+.
Right now? GrapheneOS and I don’t think I’ll switch to anything else until a phone option outside of big tech emerges.
Favorite of all time was probably Cyanogenmod up to Gingerbread and AOKP for that holo era (ICS, Jellybean, KitKat.)
I think around the Nexus 5, I stopped using custom roms until GrapheneOS.
GrapheneOS on devices that can run it, LineageOS on devices that can’t.
I’m keeping an eye on AXP.OS since DivestOS has stopped being developed.
That is, of course, if you’re only counting Android and not Linux mobile. If you are, then I’d add PostmarketOS to the list, though it’s hard to find a device that can be used as a daily driver yet, though the Fairphone 6 is very close.
Linux mobile … PostmarketOS … as a daily driver … Fairphone 6 is very close
Seems like Jolla phone (or its Sailfish OS on a Sony 10 III) belongs to that group? I haven’t tried it.
I’ve been thoroughly enjoying e/os in s Fairphone 6.
I have always been happy with the main player.
Have been running Lineage OS since the days it still was CyanogenMod.I like e/os with micro-G
GrapheneOS is the only one I’ve used since the bad old days of trying random things posted on forums, and it’s excellent.
At the moment I’m using iodeOS
LineageOS, good enough to degoogle and if it’s possible for you to use F-Droid-only apps you are out of the surveillance machinery (with the exception of the TSP if you use a SIM card) and it’s a huge step from stock Android in terms of privacy.
A better question is how many are really out there at the moment.
Early 2000s there was so many for any model phone. Now it feels like those are mostly gone and there’s only 5-6 left.
You had a phone with a custom rom in the early 2000s???
Respect!
You haven’t been working for Nokia’s dev team back then by any chance, have you? ;-)
GrapheneOS has best privacy and security, but also has the biggest disadvantage: available only on Google phones. But in 2027 it will be released on Motorola, too.
