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I was always horrified by XDA solutions, and wondered how apparently so many people didn't find that scene incredibly sketchy and suspicious. And when more credible community open source models were already widely known.

I'd be very happy if PostmarketOS got more progress towards solid mainline kernel support for some devices -- including for the nascent 4G hard requirement of my carrier. (I tried to help a short while, but I can't currently. And I probably won't spend more time on it until I can be doing userland app and UI/UX development atop a solid foundation.)



> I probably won't spend more time on it until I can be doing userland app and UI/UX development atop a solid foundation.)

I wonder what you could do with GrapheneOS, maybe make it convergent, USB C dock?


I'm running GrapheneOS right now as an interim solution for my main phone. But the massive size of the Android source base, and the incomplete alignment with goals of who drives Android, means I'd really rather a solid mainline kernel (and X/Wayland and hardware platform take off. Then I suspect one motivated person can evolve a much cleaner and open userland environment foundation on top of that, while using some Linux desktop apps in the meantime.


Oh, most people do find it sketchy and suspicious. Hence they just stick with stock ROMs or solutions that a "big" and "reputable" company provides.




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