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LineageOS vs /e/OS? (piefed.social)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Monkey@piefed.social to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
 

I am wondering what is better for both privacy AND security, I already installed Lineage but I'm fine with switching to /e/OS.
I've heard Lineage isn't good for security, but I know very little about /e/OS.
The phone is a moto g power 2021 so it doesn't support GrapheneOS.

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[–] voxel@feddit.org 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I can tell you that LineageOS is definitely good when it comes to security and data protection practices, but GrapheneOS is miles ahead by comparison due to its security preview releases and extensive hardening; LineageOS only applies monthly security patches once they're released, and it makes good efforts to fix security vulnerabilities itself, like the VPN leak over QUIC, which Google refused to fix.

I don't know much about /e/OS, but I personally wouldn't recommend it if it doesn't have anything you need. I don't know of any security or data protection benefits it would offer over normal LineageOS. IodéOS, another LOS fork, does have some benefits, but it's often far behind LineageOS when it comes to monthly security patches, which is concerning. I would therefore recommend sticking with LOS.

[–] Monkey@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] Courantdair@jlai.lu 4 points 1 month ago

LineageOS for MicroG has it too, and it works flawlessly.

[–] voxel@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Normal LineageOS has integrated MicroG support, you can install it via the official MicroG F-Droid repository.

https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/wiki/Downloads

[–] Monkey@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago

Thanks, I'll try this.