Hey there PrivacyGuides! I’ve been a bystander for several months, but now I’ve taken the leap and created an account. This is my first question. I’ve spend a lot of time perfecting my Pixel Tablet (running GOS) setup to make it as close as possible to a portable suedo laptop setup as possible, wi…

GrapheneOS would top it in Privacy and Security aspect yes. Second to me is Secureblue (I know MacOS and ChromeOS are more secure than this but they’re not privacy friendly, get over yourselves people)

I would assume you recommend Silverblue with the brace tools over Secureblue since the macbook doesn’t have TPM or secureboot? [image] Roast: My question is however. Which of these two is the most private and secure setup and why? My money is GrapheneOS, but I am not a tech-head at all, so I ha…

oh huge mistake you’re right I wanted to type secureblue, my bad. You can put your pitchforks back. And no Macbooks are secure enough I’m talking in both privacy and security aspect. The Mac can be tweaked to be privacy friendly (through [Limited*] settings mostly) But I’m talking out of the box i…

How is your experience using the Pixel Tablet as a desktop anyways? I am curious how simple stuff like productivity and web browsing works. Do you have an external monitor that you connect to it? I figured it might be doable once the Pixel officially releases desktop mode. No idea how the current s…

GrapheneOS or just plain AOSP is in a whole different realm compared to any traditional Linux distribution, all of them are decades behind basic security standards when compared to even AOSP or iOS. Your best bet is using Qubes OS, if you do it correctly it can be a lot better than just a standard …

[image] Eebzter: I would assume you recommend Silverblue with the brace tools Brace does not support Silverblue

Well, as a tablet (as you typed, don’t wether that’s a typo or not) it’s fine for my needs in terms of light gaming of Hearthstone, NewPipe and Podcasts + general web browsing. In terms of using it as a laptop (if that’s what you mean) it’s okay at best. The lack of a proper first party keyboard wi…

I meant as a laptop! Sorry about that. [image] Roast: And also not using the tablet with an external monitor, since Pixel Tablet doesn’t support this, sadly :-/ That is because USB C video output only support the Pixel 8 and later. Shame that the Pixel Tablet won’t get another model in the n…

I’ve been looking into creating a setup similar to yours. I haven’t bought anything towards making one yet, but I came across these devices called “lapdocks” that you might find interesting. Lapdocks are basically dumb laptop shells—usually just a screen, keyboard, touchpad, and battery—with no CPU…

There will probably be a more worthwhile comparison to be made when the overhauled desktop mode arrives with Android 16 QPR1. At that point GrapheneOS as a desktop operating system should be a no-brainer for anyone who’s work is largely browser based (a large percentage of people).

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anonymous261 (anonymous261) July 4, 2025, 12:29am 15

Brace can still work on Silverblue:

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