I noticed that CalyxOS is no longer mentioned as a recommendation on the site and I was wondering why that’s the case. I mean it in a genuine way and not as in “why isn’t my favorite ROM not listed” kind of way. In looking into it I did find the blog post discussing why GrapheneOS is recommended ov…

Update: They said they would test this. (After discussing in their Matrix room) Calyx doesn’t seem to want to look into this, so I think I’ll just give up on this thread unless they respond. It’s clear that I’m the only one on the team advocating for them anyways, so I guess I’ll leave it up to pub…

This was never really reported anywhere, but on some samsung devices (I know P205, dunno about others) Onedrive is a system app, uninstalling it with adb bricks the system

No, uninstalling onedrive with adb does not break the system. I have an S23 that has been debloated through adb.

[image] anon39565454: Onedrive is a system app, OneDrive is part of a system app (Gallery). Itself is not a system app that can’t be disabled. I disabled mine without adb: [sss]

It depends on the device, I know it doesn’t affect all systems, but it definitely does affect some systems

Practically speaking, Calyx fits the criteria and supports more device than Graphene. So whilst I think that lineage is better than Calyx, for all intents and purposes Calyx does fulfill some of the gap graphene has (device support) and thus should probably be added

I don’t really feel much for it. The only reason one should consider perhaps to use CalyxOS is if you already have one of those motorola or fairphone devices and you have no funds to buy yourself an actual secure device. We shouldn’t recommend people to get such hardware and we already don’t . I do…

I think it bottles down to my philosophy that we should not list every option to gain privacy but rather a golden path that anyone can follow. For more advanced topics and discussions people do a deep-dive anyway and are welcome to discuss so on the forum. It is not really a recommended route lets s…

Whilst I do agree with the general sentiment, I do think that this site does still allow for some amount of compromise (eg. iOS software recommendations in general, iOS is obviously not exactly a privacy friendly system even if it’s considered secure). I think the discussion is moreso whether or no…

I think there are two schools of thought: Unable to switch from/already have default stock OS. With this, some users need to do their best to secure what they have, rather than jump onto a new OS which might not be their threat model or even capability. Having a hardening guide for iOS, stock Andr…

[image] starkle: We all miss DivestOS but CalyxOS just doesn’t fill the hole it left behind. Inclined to agree as a former-DivestOS user. I don’t hate Calyx or anything (like I think it’s still preferable to things like /e/OS) , it’s just not a significant improvement over Graphene in terms o…

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