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by strcat 5y ago
> Tell me about the license for the source of "all the firmware." And keep in mind you found it important enough to reiterate the point about "no closed source" for the kernel drivers. There isn't anything remote
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by strcat 5y ago
GrapheneOS and AOSP are Linux-based and there are no closed source kernel modules. They aren't somehow not actual Linux due to not using systemd, glibc, binutils, GCC, pulseaudio/pipewire, polkit, NetworkManager, GNOME, etc. If th
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by strcat 5y ago
> In terms of user experience, it's pretty obvious that GrapheneOS suffers by comparison. For example, the camera app isn't as amazing as it is on Pixel with full Google Android, and it probably never will be. You can install a
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by strcat 5y ago
https://grapheneos.org/install/web is easy to use and GrapheneOS has broad app compatibility these days via sandboxed Play services ( https://grapheneos.org/usage#sandboxed-play-services ). We're wo
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by strcat 5y ago
We don't have any issue with Nitrokey selling phones with GrapheneOS. They're one of several vendors providing users with a way to buy a phone shipping with GrapheneOS. Our web installer is very easy to use and even very non-techn
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by strcat 5y ago
pshirshov is a CalyxOS user who is active in their community and tried to create drama on our issue tracker. The comment was removed and now the duplicate issue has been removed. An archive has been kept to document the raid. https:/&
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by strcat 5y ago
> I have been a proponent of GrapheneOS It's common for CalyxOS folks to claim to be a proponent / user of GrapheneOS or member of our community in order to spread misinformation about it or act badly in order to make the proje
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by strcat 5y ago
> I can't tell if they are developers or not, but I have seen what I'll refer to as "evangelists" of GrapheneOS spread a lot of misinformation about LineageOS and Mainline Linux phones, then when ignore technical argu
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by strcat 5y ago
The linked page is not from the GrapheneOS project. It's from a company selling the phones. The best place to read about what's offered by GrapheneOS is at https://grapheneos.org/features . Sandboxed Play services
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by strcat 5y ago
You don't see LineageOS, /e/ or countless other operating systems constantly spreading misinformation about GrapheneOS. It's only CalyxOS. Others are not doing this. I' not sure why you folks can't resist the u
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by strcat 5y ago
It can be plainly see that we were responding to the brigade of attacks from the CalyxOS group involved in spreading misinformation about GrapheneOS across platforms. You're responding to one of them above.
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by strcat 5y ago
> I did not want to get into this, but you're simply spread falsehoods. I'm not spreading any falsehoods. > We do not ship anything proprietary. You ship integration of proprietary services including Google services and What
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by strcat 5y ago
People can see for themselves the misinformation being regularly spread about GrapheneOS by the CalyxOS community whenever either CalyxOS or GrapheneOS is brought up. The raids on our channels are a well known fact and those people are open
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by strcat 5y ago
> Two People created CopperheadOS, one of them now works on GrapheneOS. No, that's not true. GrapheneOS is the continuation of the project by the original development team. There aren't any developers who stuck with Copperhead.
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by strcat 5y ago
Please look at the comments being replied to from that user in this thread. They're spreading misinformation about GrapheneOS in order to promote CalyxOS. This isn't something isolated but rather than community is highly hostile t
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by strcat 5y ago
You can still download the Pixel 2 images via getting the version from https://releases.grapheneos.org/walleye-testing if you really want to use it. There may be a final extended support release, but it's very insecure
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by strcat 5y ago
microG only provides a tiny subset of the Play services functionality. Only certain apps with work with it, not every app. It doesn't implement most.
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by strcat 5y ago
GrapheneOS now has https://grapheneos.org/usage#sandboxed-play-services providing the ability to install Play services in a sandbox. The core functionality is already working in the Stable/Beta channel releases. You ca
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by strcat 5y ago
You might be interested in the sandboxed Play services compatibility layer being developed by GrapheneOS: https://grapheneos.org/usage#sandboxed-play-services An early release of this is already available in the Stable&#x2F
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by strcat 5y ago
GrapheneOS has the substantial privacy and security features documented at https://grapheneos.org/features . This is a list of differences from AOSP. We've landed assorted privacy/security upstream in AOSP and AOSP
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by strcat 5y ago
GrapheneOS has https://grapheneos.org/usage#sandboxed-play-services so our users have the option to use Play services too, in a way that will provide more functionality and avoids losing the security checks and key pinning
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by strcat 5y ago
> Calyx has more focus on functionality and privacy rather than security. That's not true. GrapheneOS is heavily focused on privacy and offers much better privacy than CalyxOS. See https://grapheneos.org/features fo
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by strcat 5y ago
GrapheneOS doesn't ship integration of proprietary services like CalyxOS, whether that's WhatsApp or Google services. GrapheneOS does have https://grapheneos.org/usage#sandboxed-play-services providing a way to us
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by strcat 5y ago
Yes, they do, and GrapheneOS is heavily focused on both. The purpose of the project and what it provides is being heavily misrepresented by the comment above. GrapheneOS treats bypasses of privacy features as security vulnerabilities. It of
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by strcat 5y ago
> Yeah GrapheneOS is security over privacy No, GrapheneOS is heavily focused on both privacy and security. See https://grapheneos.org/features for a list of the enhancements compared to the latest Android Open Source Pro
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by strcat 6y ago
> He is also, in my opinion, overworked. It would certainly help if people like yourself were not prolifically spreading misinformation and false claims about the project and myself. Luckily, I am not writing most of the GrapheneOS code
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by strcat 6y ago
See https://grapheneos.org/faq#default-connections which is an accurate list of the default connections in the OS. There are no connections to Google made by default. We offer the option (opt-in) to use their connectivity s
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by strcat 6y ago
> I have spent time on the IRC channel and it is clear the founder/project lead (whom I'm not criticizing) has a different idea of what privacy means than what I do. You're misrepresenting what I think and the goals /
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by strcat 6y ago
The FAQ is accurate. There are no current known issues with what's documented there. Some time ago, we found and fixed an issue in the Vanadium WebView caused by it gaining support for fetching a static file with variations for A/
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by strcat 6y ago
I'm the lead developer of GrapheneOS. The default connections made by GrapheneOS are entirely documented at https://grapheneos.org/faq#default-connections . No connections to Google are made by default. This is not the

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