Alternative smartphone OS

But /g/ doesn't hate Android. /g/ is full of consumerist whores that love Android because it isn't iOS.

>Hey lets replace android with "android by another name"

That's what you're doing.

Better off making a slimline android distro instead.

>>59456724
>Ubuntu
>not botnet

lmao

>Dear cis gay men
>@AutistLiam
>@QueerNationNY

Well, that lost any shred of my interest.
I'm not going to replace an OS that secretly hates me with an OS that openly hates me.

>>59456748
Oooh, what about porting tiny core to smartphone with an Android like DE?

>>59456724
>no native apps
>proprietary components
>the os is just shit
It's not worth it.

>>59456724
>de-botnetting a smartphone
you can't do that, the phone itself is a botnet.

>>59457029
>no native apps
There are enough
>proprietary components
You are correct about this. Fucking sad
>The os is just shit
Is not!

I would prefer Sailfish over Android anyday if only it were compatible with decent, atleast xiaomiesque hardware

>>59456724
Anybody actually having a Sailfish OS phone around here? If yes, how is it?

I'd use it, not to mention it has an included Android emulator for my Uber needs.

w e b O S

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>>59458950
Yes, low powered but android apps work fine for me (whatsapp+ all apps from F-droid I've tried)

Considering Jolla C was 80$ indian phone originally, it's not that bad.

pros:
>build quality: after 9+ mo of use it's still in one piece
>light weight
>decent screen brightness + colors
>2gb of ram is plenty
>battery life without gps/ android layer running

cons:
>low/mediocre 3/4G reception sometimes
>battery life ~2 days in use when android compability is on (drains battery idle like "normal" android phone)
>lack of GPU power, even multitab web browsing with icecat sometimes spends a few seconds rendering fonts
>screen is soft plastic, must use a protector

I'm fine with it in everyday use, haven't used android phone in last 3 years properly so I cannot really compare it OS wise.

>>59460320
Darn nice.

Was tempted by a Jolla, but I said to myself that it's too expensive. Now I believe it actually sounds tempting, taking into consideration the past stuff.

"Android" isn't a botner. Most version of it are.

For example, Replicant is not:
http://www.replicant.us/

And I'm fairly sure that there are other distributions/"custom ROMs" that are, while not fully free, at least not quite botnet.

Isn't Lineage os non botnet?

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>>59460598
It's still on 4.0. Moat of the CIA exploits can be used on Replicant.

>>59460645
Until you install Google Services.

>>59458388
So are modern CPUs, but that's not an excuse to use Windows 10.

>>59456748
How are Ubuntu Touch and SailfishOS 'Android by another name'? They only share kernel and drivers, everything else is different. UT, for instance, is closer to your average GNU/Linux than Android will ever be.

>>59462279
Retards on here will argue that android uses a Linux kernel, even though that's not enough to make it just like the others.

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>>59456724
Just use pen and paper for notes, 2 stones for music and draw memes in the notepad like in the good ol' golden age of technology

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>he doesn't use LineageOS with no GApps

>>59456724
Sailfish is supposed to be ported to the xperia x.

AOSP (or any custom ROM) is botnet-free as long as you don't install GApps.

WebOS/LuneOS is open source waiting for people to make it great

>>59456724
>so what's your excuse?
I don't need one, I joined the BB10OS masterrace around two years ago.

As someone who's never owned a smartphone before, how good is cyanogen? I seem to hear about it a lot.

Nexus 5 with Copperhead OS my dude

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>>59460645
>isn't that abnormination from the same guys that took a community driven work and made money by selling their contributions a non botnet?*

No it isn't, but i wouldn't use it unless you want to put a bullet in your head.