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diff --git a/microposts/lineage-os.org b/microposts/lineage-os.org new file mode 100644 index 0000000..75ea3d6 --- /dev/null +++ b/microposts/lineage-os.org @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +#+title: Lineage OS helps you degoogle your phone +#+date: <2022-02-10> + +Compared to [[https://replicant.us/][Replicant]], [[https://lineageos.org/][Lineage OS]] is not fully free, as it contains +kernel blobs and nonfree drivers. But if you are using stock android, +switching to Lineage OS will be a massive improvement. + +The best part: there will be no more proprietary Google apps and +services spying on you. No google play, google maps, gmail, chrome, +... You can ensure that all apps are free software by installing them +from [[https://f-droid.org][F-droid]]. + +The stock apps that come with Lineage OS are nice too. There's the +caffeine mode toggle switch in the status bar, which keep the screen +on for 5, 10, 30 minutes, or indefinitely. I find this feature very +useful when say I need to check the phone while cooking and I don't +want it to go to lock screen. The bundled browser comes with an +option to have all javascript disabled, fixing the Javascript Trap +with a sledgehammer. By extension, apps with internal browsers like +[[https://f-droid.org/en/packages/io.github.hidroh.materialistic/][Materialistic Hacker news client]] will also not accidentally execute +any Javascript. + +It also seems like the phone battery lasts longer, which could be due +to a more lightweight system. + +The only things I'm missing are in the I/O department: glide typing +and a Simplified Chinese input method. I used the proprietary Google +keyboard on stock android that came with these features, but the input +methods available on F-droid are missing them. I find myself typing +less after moving to Lineage OS because I can't type as fast as I used +to. |