# LineageOS vs. CalyxOS vs. DivestOS

**URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/lineageos-vs-calyxos-vs-divestos/15447
**Category:** Questions
**Created:** 2023-12-05T14:13:59Z
**Posts:** 33
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## Post 17 by @anon39565454 — 2023-12-06T05:48:05Z

> [@anon63378630](#):
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> CalyxOS doesn’t, that is why it is “somewhat”, which also answers your original question.
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> I’ve asked the table author to change the status for LineageOS and derivatives to minimal: [Misc Android table updates · Issue #13 · eylenburg/eylenburg.github.io · GitHub](https://github.com/eylenburg/eylenburg.github.io/issues/13#issuecomment-1842114825)

Thank you

> [@anon63378630](#):
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> vayu may not have explicit carrier junk (it still has RCS) but it still has nasty blobs from Tencent in the form of Soter, blobs from Alibaba for Alipay, and blobs from Google for hotword triggering: [android\_device\_xiaomi\_sm8150-common/proprietary-files.txt at 3a357b9826d65c4c3497d24eb37e603468def5c3 · LineageOS/android\_device\_xiaomi\_sm8150-common · GitHub](https://github.com/LineageOS/android_device_xiaomi_sm8150-common/blob/3a357b9826d65c4c3497d24eb37e603468def5c3/proprietary-files.txt)
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> Both vayu and gta4xl also include Widevine for DRM as well.

Interesting, I checked vayu tree but forgot to check SM8150-common, that kinda sucks then.

Anyway, with calyx also having relatively minimal deblobbing (I guess a bit more on some device as you said, but both still not reaching divest). Back to my original original question

> [@CalyxOS (Android ROM)](https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/calyxos-android-rom/11614/87):
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> Aside from locked bootloader/integrated microG, does calyxos even do anything really special when compared to LineageOS?

I personally think that if we are going to reconsider calyx on the ground of availability (which I think we are). Lineage would generally be a better fit for that role

(or maybe you could automate rebuilding every official lineage device to divest and we can just not consider calyx/lineage on PG) /halfjoke

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