Samsung has great hardware, but their version of android is getting more and more bloated. And android itself is moving in a direction reminiscent of how I felt about Windows after win7.
Some 20 years ago I used Cyanogenmod on a Samsung phone, and that worked great, but it seems to no longer be active.
I see many alternatives, such as graphene, lineage, et.al… what are the pros and cons of each? For one I see that GrapheneOS only supports the pixel.
Note: I’m not 100% ready to deegoogle entirely, so if possible I would like to keep some features related to Google Play and its services.
I’d love an actual linux phone again; I bought a Neo FreeRunner early 2008, and while the tech wasn’t very mature at that point, it was my daily use phone for a while.
And no, I’m not buying a fucking iPhone. Made that mistake in 2009.
lineageos is the direct continuation of cyanogenmod since 2016. just grab any android phone that supports lineageos and you’re good. microg provides you google services, but it’s still dependant on google’s servers. i use mine without google services at all, aside from not having push notifications it’s very usable.
I actually already use microg for ReVanced. I think the long term plan will be graphene, but short term will be lineage on my current device.