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Does anybody use Ubuntu Touch as their daily driver? If not what other OS could you recommend.

Im looking to de googlefy as much as I can and also looking to have more freedom with what I can / cannot do with my own phone.

I have a fairphone 5, graphene isn't supported and I don't think I want /e/os.

Open to suggestions however I won't be able to change hardware.

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[-] ByteMe@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

Why not just pure lineage os?

[-] Technoworcester@feddit.uk 6 points 1 day ago

Assume i know next to nothing. Why would it be a good choice in your opinion? Better / worse than Ubuntu?

[-] rodsthencones@startrek.website 2 points 16 hours ago

LineageOs is basically android without google. You can install the google stuff if you want it, or use open source alternatives like microg. F-droid replaces Google play. It gives you access to all the open source apps that do the stuff you do.

Ubuntu touch is more of a full Linux distro that has been optimized for a phone. It works. Mostly things function, but it is limited. Not a lot of support for mobile type apps.

I've used both on a few phones. I daily use lineages. I don't think Ubuntu is ready for daily use yet. I think with lineages, you could install it get it set up in a few hours. Take a week to find apps to replace the ones your used to. And you would not really notice that your on lineageOS.

My recommendations is to just install f-droid now and start using open source apps instead of whatever you are using. Slowly eliminate all the apps from google play. Take a month to see if you can live without google. If you can, switch to lineageOS. If not, at least you learned something.

[-] Technoworcester@feddit.uk 1 points 13 hours ago

Thanks. That's really helpful.

Already using F droid (have been for a couple of months now) and OS was the next step I was thinking off.

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