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   Bricky (thatbrickster@shitposter.world)'s status on Sunday, 25-Aug-2024 21:49:50 JST Bricky
   How about you find RAM savings so I can run Android comfortably again on my 6GiB Fairphone, instead of bloat that I don't use?
   https://www.phoronix.com/news/Android-16KB-Page-Size-Progress
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Sunday, 25-Aug-2024 21:49:49 JST 翠星石

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     • mangeurdenuage :gnu: :trisquel: :gondola_head: 🌿 :abeshinzo: :ignucius:
     @mangeurdenuage >64bit >x86
     
     Compiling replicant is not as resource intensive btw.
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     mangeurdenuage :gnu: :trisquel: :gondola_head: 🌿 :abeshinzo: :ignucius: (mangeurdenuage@shitposter.world)'s status on Sunday, 25-Aug-2024 21:49:50 JST mangeurdenuage :gnu: :trisquel: :gondola_head: 🌿 :abeshinzo: :ignucius:

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     @thatbrickster Imagine an operating system that is so shit that is requires these specs:
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     Sally (sally@shitposter.world)'s status on Monday, 26-Aug-2024 00:13:33 JST Sally

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     • mangeurdenuage :gnu: :trisquel: :gondola_head: 🌿 :abeshinzo: :ignucius:
     @mangeurdenuage
     @Suiseiseki
     
     The best thing is that AOSP nowadays requires all these specs to compile, and the end result doesn't even deliver a functional operating system as Google keeps removing and deprecating their own basic app implementations because manufacturers bring theirs (completely proprietary and redundant) to make it functional.
     
     Shit like a phone app to make calls? Or send SMS? That's not a thing anymore.
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 26-Aug-2024 00:13:33 JST 翠星石

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     • Sally
     @sally "AOSP" doesn't actually function on any mobile device, as it lacks the necessary drivers, as most of those are proprietary and not included in "AOSP".
     
     I believe CyanogenMod was the first distribution based off such sources that at least functioned - but a lot of proprietary software was added, even garbage that makes devices useless (it seems to install "google play services" by default, but if you go and painfully remove such rootkit, Android suddenly runs twice as fast and uses half the RAM).
     
     Replicant forked CyanogenMod and then got it to work without proprietary software.
     
     LineageOS was a fork as well, with many technical improvements, but they can't help themselves but to add proprietary software - although Replicant forks LineageOS now.
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     mangeurdenuage :gnu: :trisquel: :gondola_head: 🌿 :abeshinzo: :ignucius: (mangeurdenuage@shitposter.world)'s status on Monday, 26-Aug-2024 00:13:34 JST mangeurdenuage :gnu: :trisquel: :gondola_head: 🌿 :abeshinzo: :ignucius:

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     • 翠星石
     @Suiseiseki I know :)
     The moment you remove the proprietary malware-bloat things are surprisingly better.
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 26-Aug-2024 00:32:42 JST 翠星石

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     • menherahair
     @menherahair Yes - the only thing that has stopped most custom Android distros from shipping some malware is not having legal permission to distribute x malware - otherwise they put it all in, even if it causes massive breakages.
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     menherahair (menherahair@eientei.org)'s status on Monday, 26-Aug-2024 00:32:43 JST menherahair

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     • Sally
     @Suiseiseki @sally I think most android distros now don't distribute the google rootkit, largely because of legal idiocy. LOS doesn't even claim to support it. they still ship nonfree because of fucking drivers and firmware
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 26-Aug-2024 00:37:18 JST 翠星石

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     • Sally
     @sally google actually publishes most of the source code for most "gapps", so people have made custom releases that are still full of spyware, but maybe are actually under a free software license.
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     Sally (sally@shitposter.world)'s status on Monday, 26-Aug-2024 00:37:19 JST Sally

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     • menherahair
     @menherahair
     @Suiseiseki
     
     
     > I think most android distros now don't distribute the google rootkit, largely because of legal idiocy.
     
     Graphene does, it's optionally installed as stand alone. The distributions that ship with Google services use the "free" implementation which I forgot the name of.