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Installed GrapheneOS for the first time (midwest.social)

submitted 4 months ago by clark@midwest.social to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I have not any prior experience with installing custom ROMs, but after trying it out (and getting stuck, and googling and finding answers) I successfully did it. Below is my home screen if anybody is curious:

I use OpenBoard for my keyboard. Unfortunately I am still dependent on Play Store since some of the apps I need can only be found there. Sometimes it feels meaningless committing to this whole thing because I'm not perfectly private; then I think this is better than using a regular iPhone or Android phone.

So far I'm liking it. I am naturally inclined to feel hesitant about using this as my main phone and plugging in a SIM since it's custom, but I'm slowly making the transition.

Feel free to share any beginners advice or your own experience using GOS for the first time. Cheers!

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[–] Codilingus@sh.itjust.works 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (13 children)

http://futo.org/keyboard

Been using that for a few days now, I'll never go back to AOSP, gboard, heli, nor anything else. Saw a video of who I think is the head of futo, giving a no fucks given presentation, says he's tired of non google keyboards that make it feel like your typing drunk. Website has a QR code to add the Futo repo to fdroid, ez pz.

[–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Unfortunately not FOSS

[–] Hellmo_Luciferrari@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Gitlab

Which they state is a fork of LatinIME

[–] communism@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Source available is not the same as FOSS. Being able to access the source code is only a precondition to software being considered free. Their licence is not a FOSS licence.

[–] Hellmo_Luciferrari@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago

I wasn't meaning to conflate the two, as I see your point. I didn't claim it was FOSS, just that the source was available.

I know for me, I don't mind using software that is licensed so that it doesn't directly fall under FOSS. I just like the availability to view the source vs closed source software being a total black box.

I have no plans to monetize their work, nor fork it, only use it.

[–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Well that’s the difference between source-available software, open source software and free software. FUTO’s license may be source-available, but it’s not open source.

FOSS stands for Free & Open Source Software. FUTO is neither free software nor open source.

[–] Hellmo_Luciferrari@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

I understand that. I didn't call FUTO FOSS...

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