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Android 17 is the first since 3.x to add new APIs without releasing to the AOSP

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ahmd-sh · 1789760365 · focus · HN ↗
i despise where Google is going with this. it's a duopoly in the smartphone OS space and we need (for lack of a better analogy, spare the technicals) open-source distros like we have with Linux on desktop.
Graphene is reaching that status for me every day and i'm looking forward to switching to it as my daily driver.
1. pojntfx · 1789760661 · focus · HN ↗
  GrapheneOS is pretty neat, <a href="https://postmarketos.org/" rel="nofollow">https://postmarketos.org/ is also pretty damn polished out of the box these days. I'd argue the "mobile desktop Linux systems" are actually a bit more polished than Graphene, esp. when it comes to default apps (no AOSP abandonware dialer, contacts etc. apps to fight with, it's all just maintained, responsive GNOME/KDE apps)
  1. cobertos · 1789761505 · focus · HN ↗
    I tried getting it to run on a Pixel 3a and struggled for hours, eventually gave up (albeit I tried running it with Wayland and Niri which seems less tried-and-true).
    brnt · 1789762473 · focus · HN ↗
    I recently installed pmos on two 3a's and it was as simple as a Lineage image. Works well too!

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