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TIL that RestlessOS, fork of GrapheneOS, can run GOS on non-pixel phone - GrapheneOS Discussion Forum (discuss.grapheneos.org)

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I Installed a Graphene-Based OS on Non-Pixel Phones… Here’s the Catch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RjGjqBAAgQ

"I was watching youtube(Invidious) and notied RestlessOS . Have you heard of this and are there people actually tried this on non-pixel phone?

"RestlessOS is an unofficial, unaffiliated fork of GrapheneOS packaged as a Generic System Image (GSI) for Project Treble devices. It is not endorsed by, sponsored by, or in any way connected to the GrapheneOS project or its developers."

https://github.com/cawilliamson/treble_restlessos

I'm very hesitant to give money to Google pixel so I'm going to experiment on this one."

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[–] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Still better than nothing? And more privacy centric options out there are better as it gives people a way to figure out how it can fit into their life vs the all private where nothing works and you need to know tech to get around or nothing private but at least things work, world people are in.

[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Why are a multitude of poor options better than a few good options?

There's this weird mix of free market capitalism and FOSS philosophy that says more and shallower forks = better ecosystem.

Not commenting on this OS specifically, but just questioning your blase assertions that more options is better. Maybe it would be have been better to invest more time into an existing project.

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Why are a multitude of poor options better than a few good options?

because you see it wrong. it is not poor just because it is not shiny polished perfect. it is still an improvement over the factory rom, and if the maintainer is trustworthy then it's an improvement over lineage os too.

[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 hours ago

Re-read my comment?

[–] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Why are a multitude of poor options better than a few good options?

People make do with what they have.

It would be ideal if everyone had access to the "best" options, so a single approach makes sense, but we don't live in an ideal world.