I’m going to attempt to kindly countermand this, there is a web installer for chrome based browsers that I believe anyone intelligent enough to navigate the fediverse can step through easily enough.
The base install with play services enabled is a stock android experience all things considered; the extra features and additional security are there for those that want to engage with it.
I’ve done this with an old Pixel (partly to wipe the phone, and partly as a hope that if it’s refurbished/resold, the new owner will have Graphene). If you can read and follow a recipe, it’s virtually stupid-proof. I don’t remember having to know anything for which the directions didn’t specify or offer explicit directions.
Graphene is still Android, which is only tangentially Linux at this point. PostmarketOS is more a proper Linux phone (there are a few others but that one seems to be the most along version to date). It does boot on certain models but even the best ones are a bit finicky still.
Yeah, if you have a Pixel, GrapheneOS looks to be the least complicated, but it’s still daunting. I haven’t tried it yet.
I’m going to attempt to kindly countermand this, there is a web installer for chrome based browsers that I believe anyone intelligent enough to navigate the fediverse can step through easily enough.
The base install with play services enabled is a stock android experience all things considered; the extra features and additional security are there for those that want to engage with it.
That is my push to get you going. =)
I’ve done this with an old Pixel (partly to wipe the phone, and partly as a hope that if it’s refurbished/resold, the new owner will have Graphene). If you can read and follow a recipe, it’s virtually stupid-proof. I don’t remember having to know anything for which the directions didn’t specify or offer explicit directions.
I echo Hominine’s comments - the most difficult part of installing GrapheneOS is getting your hands on Pixel hardware (for a good price).
Graphene is still Android, which is only tangentially Linux at this point. PostmarketOS is more a proper Linux phone (there are a few others but that one seems to be the most along version to date). It does boot on certain models but even the best ones are a bit finicky still.