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submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hey people! I was wondering if anyone here has heard of/ used Morena's /e/OS and would be willing to share some opinions?

I was looking to get a FairPhone 5 sometime soon anyways and randomly came across the option to get it "without Google"

Which took me a bit off guard because I never really considered that something like that could be an option (without the hassle of rooting a phone and slapping a custom OS on it). So - is it any good? It says that you can still install most regular Android Apps. I don't think I would miss any specific Google features, and getting a fresh start with a phone does sound nice.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I'd recommend iodéOS instead of /e/OS as the former is considered a bit more secure than the latter, see overview of Custom ROMs here (summarized from a well known German IT-Security Blog). You can also buy a FP5 with iodé preinstalled.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Interesting, that's good to know! Is iodéOS significantly better than eOS or just a marginal improvement? Getting it pre-installed seems to be about 100€ more expensive, I'm not sure if that's worth it for me (and I'm unwilling to flash an OS myself)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

In my personal opinion it's significantly better! Though me testing /e/OS was in its early days.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Looking around, the latest release available is from ...February?

I would not recommend this to anyone if that's true.