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WorldTravelerAll7 May 11

figure out i'd reach out to #Mastodon, the best #opensource #Linux community i've found

i'm about to buy a #Murena #FairPhone 6 with their e/OS

i was leaning towards #Ubuntu Touch, but having trouble finding a phone that comes w/ it that meets my wants

anyone advise against it or recommend a different linux phone before i pull the trigger?

https://murena.com/america/shop/smartphones/brand-new/murena-fairphone-6/

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@WorldTravelerAll7 I'm partial to Grapheme on Pixels, purely because when my family says, "Install this app so you can do some task for the kid's school/medical/soccer/whatever" then I can. That is an upside or a downside depending on how you look at it. As soon as the kids move out then I'm going to run Ubuntu Touch or something.

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WorldTravelerAll7 May 12

@chrisp GrapheneOS was one of the 1st i looked for. i couldn't find a vendor who sold phones w/ GOS other than ebay
& i was hoping to find a phone other than Google Pixel that it works on. trying to abide by my self-imposed #BreakTheOligarchy boycott😅
also, i'm old & new to Linux. as close to "out of the box" i can get, the better for me😁
Did you buy the phone & load GrapheneOS yourself, or did you buy it loaded? & if so, where? 💙

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@WorldTravelerAll7 I love Graphene, but I hate that they only support Pixel phones because they are the only phones that are open enough and have the security features they need (Or it is an excuse and they don't have enough developers to support too many manufacturers). I just got a secondhand Pixel 5 off eBay and put Graphene on it, but I am a software developer and I've done this other phones in the past with Cyanogenmod and LineageOS.

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@WorldTravelerAll7 The Pixels are relatively easy to work on, but a pre-flashed one would be good if you are worried. Once the new OS is on the phone it is like it came like that from the factory. I have messed around with UbuntuTouch a long time ago but the phone I picked didn't have full support for the camera or voice calls and I couldn't get every app working how I wanted, I tried running Signal under Waydroid but it didn't quite work.

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@WorldTravelerAll7 Fairphone with /e/ OS would be good too. That has the advantage of manufacturer support. There are too many options :) Eventually I want to move away from Google altogether, so not even GrapheneOS.

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WorldTravelerAll7 May 12

@chrisp As much as i would like to go full Linux, the Murena Fairphone with its deGoogle e/OS is looking more & more like the best option

and both Fairphone & Murena appear to be examples of companies trying to pair relationships to provide hardware & software support

Fairphone works w/ several OS developers, and Murena works w/ several manuf. i'm curious about Gigaset w/ whom they partner but don't show products. it looks interesting

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WorldTravelerAll7 May 12

@chrisp oh, you just reminded my of an excellent point! i was thinking i don't really need to worry about the camera bc i can use a different camera when i'm filming feeding my birds. but i 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 need it for video calls w/ my friends.

i deleted fascist-owned WhatsApp & switched to the Swiss app Wire. but no one i know uses it😅 i learned Signal is the 2nd most popular vidcall app in Europe, so i'm about to switch to Signal

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WorldTravelerAll7 May 12

@chrisp having that skillset makes a 𝘣𝘪𝘨 difference😅
i'm wondering if i should (or even can) learn this new skillset. i learned to program in 8th grade over 45yrs ago on an Apple II w/ a green screen. i didn't program after college until '97 when i learned html to build a website for our base
near 60, as i learn of my complacency once confronted w/ oligarchic fascism, i'm wondering if it's time to fire up the old noggin & upgrade my tech skills again 😁💙