GrapheneOS is the best! I can now confirm it works great on the tablet as well! I understand it’s ironic de-google phone/tablet with google hardware, but it just works better then anything else. Permission toggles, pin scrambling, auto-reboot, scopes, MAC randomization, isolated user profiles, longer passwords, sandboxed apps, open source firmware, no bloat & the battery life is incredible now.

It is easy to move to Linux & GrapheneOS full time & remove Apple, Google, Microsoft etc. It exceeded expectations so much so that I want to share it with other people. I cannot recommend this enough to improve your life. #FOSS

grapheneos (dot) org = more information!

  • 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1713·
    1 year ago

    It has its own browser, attestation, backup, and play store interface. A ton of the code is also pushed upstream.

    You’re making this project sound like its some random fork of Android, which is a disservice.

    • kadu@lemmy.worldEnglish
      253·
      1 year ago

      So by that logic, those weird custom builds of Windows 11 where they remove all Microsoft apps and install new defaults like Firefox aren’t Windows - they’re a magical new OS that happens to be compatible with Windows apps.

      The actual changes the ROM itself is got over AOSP are not that big - some of the security patches are just Linux security features that aren’t usually enabled on Android.

      Having built in apps made by the project is great - and sure is a lot of work. No amount of built in apps makes it a different OS though.

      • crystal@feddit.deEnglish
        57·
        1 year ago

        Would you not call Ubuntu a different OS than Debian? And if you do, would you find it unreasonable to say that Ubuntu offers Debian app compatibility?

        GrapheneOS and stock Android have a similar relationship.

        • kadu@lemmy.worldEnglish
          171·
          1 year ago

          I would find weird if Ubuntu was marketed as “a different operating system compatible with Linux binaries” yes. Though the difference between your average Linux distros is a thousand times more significant than the differences between AOSP and Graphene.

      • nodsocket@lemmy.worldEnglish
        318·
        1 year ago

        The difference between custom windows builds and GrapheneOS is that one is buggy and broken and the other isn’t. Probably because Windows is proprietary and not designed to be modified, unlike Android.

        Also yes, you can modify AOSP and call it a separate OS. Plenty of other projects have done so in the past.