Mastodawn

Просто сравните эти две статистики. Слева бюджетник от #Xiaomi 2018 года, работающий на кастомной прошивке LineageOS 22 (Android 15), а справа флагман #Google 2023 года, с установленным стоковым Android 16 QPR3.
Батарея ни там ни там ни разу не менялась!

На днях я достал с полки свой старый редмик, задавшись целью сделать из него дамбфон с возможностью бэкапить важные файлы на #MicroSD и настроил его на выполнение самых базовых задач. И что вышло? Офигенно. Он ещё и не лагает.

Вот что делает отсутствие #GApps.

carlos Jan 15

Hey! How can inital #GPS finding satellites on my #LineageOS phone be sped up? I have no #gApps or #microG installed.

It takes sooooo long until I can use GPS for navigation.

Can someone guide me in the right direction?

#unifiedNLP #mozilla

#followerpower #boostsWelcome #fediHelp

Edit: I don't want to use #Google services directly or indirectly.

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Kevin Karhan

Jan 10

@tudbut I just don't bother eith shit that can't work on a #Linux #Desktop and #GAPPS-free #Android!

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Ortwin Pinke Jan 10

@kkarhan

Was mich derzeit noch mehr nervt - Apps on Android die #gapps vorraussetzen. Gerade im öffentlichen Sektor ist das für mich ein no-go.
Hier sollte alle Apps auch auf CustomROMs wie @LineageOS etc und ohne gapps laufen.

#DiDay

Prof. Rachel Thorn 🍉🇺🇦🏳️‍⚧️🏳️Dec 12

I am a #Linux beginner who recently purchased a near mint Google Pixel 3a XL with #LineageOS preinstalled. I am assuming the build is #Gapps, which I do not want. (This is why I haven't done anything with the phone yet; I would prefer that Google never know this phone exists.) I want to replace Gapps with #MicroG. Can anyone explain to me as if I was your 80-year-old grandma how to do this step by step? I found this, but it assumes a lot of prior knowledge. https://xdaforums.com/t/guide-how-to-build-a-lineageos-based-custom-rom-with-microg.4762792/

[GUIDE] How to build a LineageOS based Custom ROM with MicroG

To use MicroG instead of the original GAPPS, Signature Spoofing must be enabled in the OS. LineageOS supports Signature Spoofing for MicroG in LineageOS 18.1 or newer since February 2025 -- see https://review.lineageos.org/q/topic:"microg-eval"...

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QuBit Dec 8

The worst thing about custom rom is you cann't use google apps and the best thing about custom rom is you are degoogled.
#gapps #microg

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Kevin Karhan

Oct 2

@anthropy nodds in agreement

And I think that's what @e_mydata does work on, as they want to be a more privacy-respecting alternative and #eOS is obviously a "customer acquisition tool" for them just like #GAPPs - #enshittified #Android is for #Google.

Not to mention the folks behind e/OS obviously need to ROI the cost of maintaining a custom Rom, since that takes more than "Just yoink the drivers and the Android sources, plop' in your APKs and yeet that on your device!" for the #developers!

IMHO I wished some folks would partner with gpl-violations.org and litigate the drivers out of vendors...

Cuz politely asking won't get you anywhere (ask @SexyCyborg about her experience trying to get the sources for a ROM of a device she bought!)...

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Kevin Karhan

Aug 23, 2025

@agatha and that's why there needs to be a fully-#FLOSS'd & functioning #Android distro/fork that supports as many devices as possible and.includes none of the #GAPPS and #Google Services...

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Kevin Karhan

Aug 22, 2025

@tranquil_cassowary @OpenComputeDesign @light @landley nodds in agreement

So the most effective means is to fill those #GAPPS "voids" with good #FLOSS that isn't spyware.

Like @fdroidorg instead of #GooglePlay (And maybe #AuroraStore if you can't live without Google-Play - exclusive Apps!)https://f-droid.org/de/packages/com.aurora.store/

Aurora Store | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

An unofficial FOSS client to Google Play with an elegant design and privacy

Kevin Karhan

Jul 4, 2025

Does anyone know a good, #FLOSS-licensed implementation of the Android Managment API for non-#GAPPS / #degoogled devices that supports #eSIM provisioning?

And no, I don't count #OpenWashing stuff that isn't #FLOSS but effectively #SourceAvailable to paying clients only unless one stumbles upon "development versions.

Basically like #MiniLPA but #remote and on #Android or any #Linux.

I don't need like a complete eSIM issue infrastructure, but just something to i.e. push an eSIM profile (i.e. via ntfy to a device and make it install & activate / use it.

Not sure if #LucaWeiss or @LaF0rge have any ideas...
https://lucaweiss.eu/post/2024-06-24-esim-manager-for-mobile-linux/

Granted a fully - #SelfHosting-capable managment #API is desireable as the #USA are unstable and I'd not want any #IT depend on the #vibes of the #Trump - Regime... ( See #CloudAct and how the #ICC as #Microsoft licensee got shafted!)

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