From 86a3e5c3c659cc277c11830ce2fe98c76e473fca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jonas Smedegaard Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2025 16:36:12 +0200 Subject: extend and clarify discouraged phones and systems --- GET.md | 24 ++++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/GET.md b/GET.md index 97cc1b5..64cdc0a 100644 --- a/GET.md +++ b/GET.md @@ -33,19 +33,22 @@ Phone : Medium [tricky start]: Refurbished [Samsung Galaxy S5 Neo (s5neolte)][s5neolte] w/ [/e/ OS] : Medium: Pine64 [PinePhone] w/ [Mobian] : Medium [soon]: Pine64 [PinePhone Pro] w/ [Mobian] -: Medium [soon]: [Teracube 2e] w/ [/e/ OS] : Strong: Purism [Librem 5][librem phone] w/ [Mobian] ## Discouraged Phone -: Fairphone: eco- and repair-friendly, but relatively expensive -: [SHIFT]5me or [SHIFT]6mq: eco- and repair-friendly, but relatively expensive -: Pixel phone w/ CalyxOS or GrapheneOS: Strong phones and strongly security focused OS, but hardware is Google-centric, expensive, and closed +: [Fairphone], [SHIFT] or [Teracube 2e]: eco- and repair-friendly, but relatively expensive -Money is better spent on a phone with relatively open hardware and running mainline Linux by design -(PinePhone, PinePhone Pro or Librem 5). +System +: [CalyxOS], [GrapheneOS] or [iodéOS]: Strongly security focused, but partly non-free licensed and supporting only expensive and Google-centric phones ([comparison][OS comparison chart]) + +Money is better spent on either a **new** phone +with relatively open hardware and running mainline Linux by design +(PinePhone, PinePhone Pro or Librem 5), +or alternatively a **refurbished** phone +running a freely licensed system ([/e/ OS]) reliably (i.e. supported). ## Shops @@ -77,9 +80,15 @@ Money is better spent on a phone with relatively open hardware and running mainl [CalyxOS]: https://calyxos.org/ "strongly security-focused Android-based OS" +[iodéOS]: https://iode.tech/iodeos/ + "security-focused and de-Googled fork of LineageOS" + [/e/ OS]: https://e.foundation/e-os/ "de-Googled fork of LineageOS" +[Fairphone]: https://www.fairphone.com/ + "eco- and repair-friendly Android phones" + [GreenMind]: https://greenmind.dk/ "online shop selling refurbished smart phones" @@ -121,3 +130,6 @@ Money is better spent on a phone with relatively open hardware and running mainl [ifixit]: https://www.ifixit.com/ "IFIXIT - The free repair guide for everything, written by everyone" + +[OS comparison chart]: https://eylenburg.github.io/android_comparison.htm + "Android systems comparison chart" -- cgit v1.2.3