How does Lineage OS differ from android? Doesnt it have all the google components in it? So how can it be free software?
How does Lineage OS differ from android? Doesnt it have all the google components in it? So how can it be free software?
Samuel Rodriguez
Luis Thompson
>How does Lineage OS differ from android
it doesn't, it's just yet another useless custom rom that doesn't actually add anything significant
Brody Smith
You don't have to install google anything. Basically, you can have a "pure" android system. This of course isn't with reliance on blobs and other proprietary components, but at least you don't have google's dick up your ass. Google is making it so the open-source aspect of Android is dependent on Google services and ecosystem, which is something that shouldn't be tolerated
Brody Harris
Is it more secure than android? I mean because i dont trust google and would love to remove all google parts from the system, is it possible?
Henry Morales
its no different from any other custom rom in that regard, just choose whether or not to install gapps or not
Matthew Brooks
How can i have pure android? I mean i must install apps through google play etc. And u cant uninstall some basic google software
Blake Taylor
Lineage OS is an open source fork of stock Android, and it doesn't come with any Google services installed. Therefore it is both de-Googled Android and free software. The only thing non-free about it is the drivers for various pieces of hardware that need to be included so that stuff like cameras and wireless stuff works. You're an idiot.
Justin Sanders
Doesnt it come with google play? So one is forced to use google. And how else can one install apps than google play
Dylan Green
You can install Google services if you want spyware, but you can get apps from F-Droid if you don't want to put your phone into the Google botnet.
Juan Foster
>how else can one install apps than google play
f-droid.org
github.com
github.com
just to name a few
Adrian White
>>/sqt/
James Morgan
It definitely adds great stuff like a good modular theme engine and I think a lot of stuff in the Settings weren't in vanilla Marshmallow, but it's very close to vanilla. Definitely try it out if you're privacy conscious.
It doesn't include Google Apps by itself, you flash them separately if you want.
Liam Howard
So if i install lineage os it will format/delete the android which comes preinstalled. or does it install lineage os alongisde the normal android. I would like to get totally rid of the google shit
Ryder Ross
It's basically as good as the Android OS can get. Doesn't come pre-installed with bloatware or google trash. If you desperately need the playstore for whatever reason then you can install something like micro gapps would be more than enough and use less resources than the stock gapps cancer.
Liam Kelly
Completely replaces, so be careful.
Jeremiah Davis
It does not come with Google play services at all. If you want them, you install them separately. What part of "doesn't come with any Google services" did you not understand, you dimwitted fuck?
Aaron Carter
what if the only google thing I really use is gmail?
Evan Davis
I tried Lineage OS a while ago, it was shit. Don't use it.
Cooper Martinez
then download gmail.
Henry Hughes
Install Lineage OS and use the default mail app, or sign in through the browser.
>waaaah it has no app store built in and I want to play angry turds!
Andrew Taylor
Then you can't have pure Android. If you can live with something like F-Droid however, you'll be able to do that.
Juan Parker
>I installed pre-release nightlies and expected release-like stability
Neck yourself