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I'd like to hear your experience with Lineage OS (piefed.ca)

submitted 6 days ago by ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca to c/android@programming.dev

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Hi there!

I have a Samsung S20 5G. I just got a new job recently and I was trying to set up a professional profile with Microsoft InTune to have Teams, Outlook, Edge, etc. to have access to my messages and intranet on the go. But, I found out my OS was out of date and didn't have the latest security updates, and therefore the professional profile couldn't be completed.

My options are:

Buy a new phone ($$$$$)
Keep the phone and Install LineageOS (MS InTune and professional profile might not work?)

Have any one of you had to create a professional profile on Lineage and succeeded? What has your experience been on Lineage?

By the way, I'm not trying to de-Google my phone. I'm just trying to extend the life of my phone and I read that to create a professional profile or for your banking apps to work, you need to install Google services a certain way when Installing Lineage. Have any of you tried this?

Also, I originally bought this phone (used) because it claimed to have e-sim functionality which is great for travelling. However, the Canadian version of the factory OS disabled that feature. I had to replace it with a U.S. image for the same model and that unlocked it. Will Lineage OS prevent me from using e-sims?

Please let me know your experience.

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[–] bignose@programming.dev 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I've never had a good time with the install instructions. They are okay when the extremely finicky steps work, they are terrible for recovering from a mistake. It's all too easy to get your device into a worse state than you started. This is not something we can blame on the LineageOS project; most hardware manufacturers deliberately make it an awful, risky experience to change the operating system.

Having said that: All my mobile devices were on LineageOS (and earlier names for the same project years ago), and it has been far more stable, far more free from horrible user-hostile behaviours that I see people putting up with on Google-ified devices.

Bear in mind that a lot of the awful stuff is now part of the Google Play layer (the “gapps” bundle), which I strongly recommend you don't install. Installing that allows the creepy, anti-democratic surveillance and lack of user agency that you see in much of the proprietary world. Purge it with fire.

But without that, a lot of proprietary apps will not work properly. Doesn't bother me, I only ever install from F-Droid because I know they build from source, and ensure the source is free software.

(Why “were” on LineageOS? Not from anything wrong with LineageOS. Some of my devices are now on operating systems that don't support as wide a range of devices but are somewhat better suited to the purpose, like GrapheneOS.)

[–] ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca 1 points 4 days ago

I have my doubts about Graphene OS. Louis Rossman tried to talk to the man behind that OS and he turned out to be a creep. So yeah...