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Sorry, but LineageOS is pretty much a joke now. Most maintainers just randomly stop maintaining devices after a little bit of time. Also, there is shady stuff a

Sorry, but LineageOS is pretty much a joke now. Most maintainers just randomly stop maintaining devices after a little bit of time. Also, there is shady stuff at the limits of legality when it comes to proprietary binaries. They preach security is their focus, but doesn't look like that. Also, vendor roms are quite good already, no need to install unstable roms like it's 2015.

rijoja 7y ago
yeah, so a more positive mind would call for more people to join in on a good cause here.
Jaecen 7y ago
The main value I find in LineageOS is for devices past the end of vendor support. If LineageOS supports a device I own, great, I get to keep using it with security updates for extra months or years I wouldn't have otherwise.
mimimi31 7y ago
>Most maintainers just randomly stop maintaining devices after a little bit of time. Hasn't that always been the case? The project is community-driven and nobody wants to maintain a device they don't use anymore. Often there are other maintainers, but sometimes there are none. >They preach security is their focus, but doesn't look like that. I wasn't aware of any big security issues. Can you give an example? In terms of security patches LOS is usually more up to date then the OEM roms. >vendor roms are quite good already, no need to install unstable roms like it's 2015. They also come with all kinds of stuff many people don't want on their phones. If want current security patches (especially on older devices) and no Google Apps, preinstalled vendor apps, telemetry etc. you still have to install a custom rom. In my experience LOS is very stable too.
- unicornporn 7y ago
  > They also come with all kinds of stuff many people don't want on their phones. If want current security patches (especially on older devices) and no Google Apps, preinstalled vendor apps, telemetry etc. you still have to install a custom rom. In my experience LOS is very stable too. This. I can highly recommend https://grapheneos.org https://grapheneos.org if you have a device that can run it.
  - tempuser24 7y ago
    Only Google Pixels if anyone is wondering.
niftylettuce 7y ago
It's not a joke. You can get a Nexus 5X or an original Google Pixel and have a beast of a phone. https://niftylettuce.com/posts/google-free-android-setup/ https://niftylettuce.com/posts/google-free-android-setup/
- oever 7y ago
  The Nexus 5X and Pixel C only have LineageOS 15.1 and the Google Pixel only has 16.0.
  - yjftsjthsd-h 7y ago
    > and the Google Pixel only has 16.0. ... which was the latest version until 17.1 came out 2 days ago. I hope you're not going to hold that against them...

rijoja 7y ago

yeah, so a more positive mind would call for more people to join in on a good cause here.

Jaecen 7y ago

The main value I find in LineageOS is for devices past the end of vendor support. If LineageOS supports a device I own, great, I get to keep using it with security updates for extra months or years I wouldn't have otherwise.

mimimi31 7y ago

>Most maintainers just randomly stop maintaining devices after a little bit of time. Hasn't that always been the case? The project is community-driven and nobody wants to maintain a device they don't use anymore. Often there are other maintainers, but sometimes there are none. >They preach security is their focus, but doesn't look like that. I wasn't aware of any big security issues. Can you give an example? In terms of security patches LOS is usually more up to date then the OEM roms. >vendor roms are quite good already, no need to install unstable roms like it's 2015. They also come with all kinds of stuff many people don't want on their phones. If want current security patches (especially on older devices) and no Google Apps, preinstalled vendor apps, telemetry etc. you still have to install a custom rom. In my experience LOS is very stable too.

unicornporn 7y ago
> They also come with all kinds of stuff many people don't want on their phones. If want current security patches (especially on older devices) and no Google Apps, preinstalled vendor apps, telemetry etc. you still have to install a custom rom. In my experience LOS is very stable too. This. I can highly recommend https://grapheneos.org https://grapheneos.org if you have a device that can run it.
- tempuser24 7y ago
  Only Google Pixels if anyone is wondering.

niftylettuce 7y ago

It's not a joke. You can get a Nexus 5X or an original Google Pixel and have a beast of a phone. https://niftylettuce.com/posts/google-free-android-setup/ https://niftylettuce.com/posts/google-free-android-setup/

oever 7y ago
The Nexus 5X and Pixel C only have LineageOS 15.1 and the Google Pixel only has 16.0.
- yjftsjthsd-h 7y ago
  > and the Google Pixel only has 16.0. ... which was the latest version until 17.1 came out 2 days ago. I hope you're not going to hold that against them...