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Hello Lemmians,

I've recently moved over to Linux Mint for Windows and I'm very happy with the decision. There are only like 2 things I can't do on Mint but I'm confident I could do them if I invested some more time. Anyway, my system is on dual boot so I could start Windows if I wanted to / needed it.

Now, I'd love to do the same on my phone, basically eliminating techbrofash stuff and replacing it with something FOSSy. It's a Samsung from 2018, do I have any chances? Specifically, having to use a Google account all the time bugs me.

I'm not a heavy phone user since I prefer computers, but as you all understand I'm not keen on having Netanyahu & friends know at what time of night I pee.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

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[–] AbidingOhmsLaw@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I have an older phone (Motorola 5G Ace) and a new Lenovo tablet that I run /e/ OS on. Both work great but there is a bit of a learning curve if your not familiar with boot loader unlocking. And don't expect every app to work. What ever OS you go with check that is uses microG, that emulates Google services locally without using Google. And you need to use an anonymous app store like Aurora and FDroid. Also you should be aware that Google is playing hardball trying to kill off 3rd party app stores and developers with their "Certified developer" program that starts in September (I think). /e/ OS offers cloud accounts for backup and data sync but you can self host as well (I run everything to a TrueNas with Nextcloud) IMHO self hosting is the better option, why take the data from google and give it to someone else.

[–] Rogelio_Marciano@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Which reminds me I have a couple of devices to experiment on, one of them a tablet. Thanks! :)

[–] AbidingOhmsLaw@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The site has a lot of info on rooting/unlocking/jail breaking/etc. for various devices: https://xdaforums.com/

Will take a look, thank you!