• @[email protected]
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      61 year ago

      I thought about it last time but the whole thing where I’m not getting OS updates anymore make me anxious. I’m not sure that’s actually a problem though.

      • @[email protected]
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        51 year ago

        It’s a little more hands on, but when you reach the end of OS updates support, you can switch to a community-supported OS.

          • @[email protected]
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            61 year ago

            Sorta. (Android is technically Linux) What you would want to look into is a custom Android ROM. Something like OmniROM or ArrowOS.

            As a side note though, installing can be a bit technical for some people and some apps don’t like to work outside of the “security” of a factory version of Android. If you are interested, I would browse around the custom Android communities here (if there are any yet) and check out sites like https://www.xda-developers.com/

              • @[email protected]
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                31 year ago

                Rooting is a slightly separate thing from sideloading a custom rom, rooting gives apps you give permission to access to system files whereas sideloading a rom replaces the system files but doesn’t necessarily give you root access. Both involve a similar process of unlocking the bootloader, installing a custom recovery and flashing a file so it is easy to get the two things mixed up.

          • @[email protected]
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            31 year ago

            No, there are unfortunately no truly workable Linux OSs for phones yet AFAIK. But there are plenty of Android-based OSs that work really well, and are usually maintained for quite a while, depending on the popularity of your device. Look into LineageOS, or Pixel Experience, to name a few.

            • Fubber Nuckin'
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              11 year ago

              There’s ubuntu touch. I’m not sure how many phones that works on though.