What a disaster of a week I picked to take off and the only week I could get off from work too. Oncall next to boot. My Wife breaks her foot and insists on going to work so I'm now a chauffeur, My youngest daughter who is expecting calls at the back of 5am to say she's going into labour so can I take our Grandson. My God I need back to work already.
Anyway our eldest daughter has taken Leo for me for the day so I'm going to try flashing #IodeOS over my Fairphone 4 #CalyxOS . Wish me luck as I don't seem to have any LOL.
Sorry moan over I'm just tired and was hoping for a bit of chill time before being oncall again.
Tommi 🤯 → 39C3
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so, while there were other things that influenced my decision to resign from #calyx, in the end, the biggest were the on-going outrageous behavior coming out of the engineering department, and a failure of leadership to do anything meaningful about it. although i deeply respect the #calyxos team and the many great folks at the institute, unfortunately, until/unless something is done, i cannot support calyx, and i cannot recommend donating to them right now. (9/9)
so, while there were other things that influenced my decision to resign from #calyx, in the end, the biggest were the on-going outrageous behavior coming out of the engineering department, and a failure of leadership to do anything meaningful about it. although i deeply respect the #calyxos team and the many great folks at the institute, unfortunately, until/unless something is done, i cannot support calyx, and i cannot recommend donating to them right now. (9/9)
none of this even delves into the #calyx engineering director's endless gaslighting, predictable derailing of discussions and decision-making, hoarding of access and information, attempts to delay / sabotage the revival of #calyxos, and apparent eagerness to direct $10,000's of member donations toward goods and services from the warmongering likes of AWS and thales. those would warrant threads of their own. (8/9)
some may think, "i don't mind if #calyx moves my name, email, address, etc to vultr. it's not like it's AWS" - or "this is why i never share any personal info that i can't afford to be leaked anyway". but in my mind, given that calyx has hosted its own services for years - VPN, tor exit nodes, #calyxos release server, etc - i think people have come to expect this and to hold them to a higher standard for data handling and transparency. it's your data. shouldn't you know who has it? (7/9)
All Europeans 🇪🇺
and 2 others
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What with my Fairphone 4 just receiving it's last #CalyxOS update for a while and when they do start again it has to be a full reinstall, So I'm wondering has any UK folk successfully got UK banking apps running in #Waydroid using a #PostMarketOS device ?? If so which apps work ??
I'm absolutely not bothered about phone calls just data and I'm considering a Fairphone 5 as most things apart from audio seem to work already. I do have a OnePlus 6T too but haven't used it for a year or two.
Boosts appreciated and thank you ❤️
#MobileLinux
What with my Fairphone 4 just receiving it's last #CalyxOS update for a while and when they do start again it has to be a full reinstall, So I'm wondering has any UK folk successfully got UK banking apps running in #Waydroid using a #PostMarketOS device ?? If so which apps work ??
I'm absolutely not bothered about phone calls just data and I'm considering a Fairphone 5 as most things apart from audio seem to work already. I do have a OnePlus 6T too but haven't used it for a year or two.
Boosts appreciated and thank you ❤️
#MobileLinux
There is a lot of disagreement about what qualifies as a "burner phone," but learning to put together a device that protects your most sensitive data from surveillance and seizure by govts and law enforcement is good, actually, so here is a guide from ACLU's Rebecca Williams:
@evacide#CalyxOS is mentioned in there. The timing may have been bad, but they've recently issued a letter to the community that is worth a read for anyone considering CalyxOS https://calyxos.org/news/2025/08/01/a-letter-to-our-community/
This week in #FDroid (TWIF) is live but late to toot:
* Slow updates? There's a reason, or 2️⃣
* Don't be surveilled, engage in our research 🔭
* Using #Calyx#CalyxOS? Read now! 💔
* #DeltaChat hits v2, #ArcaneChat soon™
* #NeoStore finally upgrades to Index-V2
* #NewPipe in your 🚗 ? Maybe...
* #Wesnoth is back 🐴 ⚔️
& 164 more updates
- 4 apps archived
Saturday reading break: https://f-droid.org/2025/08/07/twif.html
#CalyxOS releases and security updates will be paused for 4-6 months due to retooling, personnel departures and the recent changes to #AOSP. They've released a "letter to the community" here.
I'm debating on whether to move to GrapheneOS or, since their social media team attacked and "banned" me, and accused me of being some kind of spy because I mentioned CalyxOS in a comment, I may just use regular #Android and lock it down the best I can.
Link: https://calyxos.org/news/2025/08/01/a-letter-to-our-community/
Roland
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@pcublogue
Last updated: 9 June 2025, I will just leave this here!
https://eylenburg.github.io/android_comparison.htm
If you think anything is factually incorrect, please let him know.
#Privacy#Security#Android#GrapheneOS#CalyxOS#EOS#LineageOS#Android
Domenico De Treias
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I’m running CalyxOS on my old Fairphone4, not because it’s a bad choice, but precisely to observe how incredibly behind this OS is on security updates.
My primary device today is a Pixel 9a running GrapheneOS, not this outdated, insecure, and privacy-compromised Fairphone 4.
This Fairphone never became my daily driver once I realized just how far behind it is on security and privacy. I used it from October 2022 until I switched to my Pixel 6a running GrapheneOS in early May 2023, and only recently upgraded to the 9a (see links below):
https://social.linux.pizza/@midtsveen/114785407166445792
https://social.linux.pizza/@midtsveen/114801787891495911
https://social.linux.pizza/@midtsveen/114840637379788570
Now, heading into August 2025, and the Fairphone is on Android 15 with vendor and firmware updates on CalyxOS stuck at versions from March 5 for vendor, and June 1 Platform and June 5 for kenel updates, months behind in a critical security landscape. 😐
A hand holds a smartphone displaying the time 06:41 with a green background. The phone is in airplane mode. The setting appears calm, with a couch and artwork in the background.
Device settings screen showing Android version 15, CalyxOS version 6.8.21, with security and module updates. Time is 6:25, icons for battery and signal.
I’m running CalyxOS on my old Fairphone4, not because it’s a bad choice, but precisely to observe how incredibly behind this OS is on security updates.
My primary device today is a Pixel 9a running GrapheneOS, not this outdated, insecure, and privacy-compromised Fairphone 4.
This Fairphone never became my daily driver once I realized just how far behind it is on security and privacy. I used it from October 2022 until I switched to my Pixel 6a running GrapheneOS in early May 2023, and only recently upgraded to the 9a (see links below):
https://social.linux.pizza/@midtsveen/114785407166445792
https://social.linux.pizza/@midtsveen/114801787891495911
https://social.linux.pizza/@midtsveen/114840637379788570
Now, heading into August 2025, and the Fairphone is on Android 15 with vendor and firmware updates on CalyxOS stuck at versions from March 5 for vendor, and June 1 Platform and June 5 for kenel updates, months behind in a critical security landscape. 😐
A hand holds a smartphone displaying the time 06:41 with a green background. The phone is in airplane mode. The setting appears calm, with a couch and artwork in the background.
Device settings screen showing Android version 15, CalyxOS version 6.8.21, with security and module updates. Time is 6:25, icons for battery and signal.
@pcublogue
Last updated: 9 June 2025, I will just leave this here!
https://eylenburg.github.io/android_comparison.htm
If you think anything is factually incorrect, please let him know.
#Privacy#Security#Android#GrapheneOS#CalyxOS#EOS#LineageOS#Android
Domenico De Treias
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If you think GrapheneOS isn’t private and secure, check out this comparison chart covering GrapheneOS, CalyxOS, IodéOS, /e/os, LineageOS, and Stock Android.
https://eylenburg.github.io/android_comparison.htm
It shows how much more GrapheneOS focuses on security and privacy compared to the others!
Edit: GrapheneOS only supports Pixel devices because they meet the project’s security requirements, offering hardware features like memory tagging (MTE), StrongBox keystore, hardware key attestation, pKVM, hardened malloc, and more: https://grapheneos.org/faq#future-devices
If you think GrapheneOS isn’t private and secure, check out this comparison chart covering GrapheneOS, CalyxOS, IodéOS, /e/os, LineageOS, and Stock Android.
https://eylenburg.github.io/android_comparison.htm
It shows how much more GrapheneOS focuses on security and privacy compared to the others!
Edit: GrapheneOS only supports Pixel devices because they meet the project’s security requirements, offering hardware features like memory tagging (MTE), StrongBox keystore, hardware key attestation, pKVM, hardened malloc, and more: https://grapheneos.org/faq#future-devices
alcinnz
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Further news from the #CalyxOS team regarding Android 16.
It seems that their security updates will be delayed due to a shifting emphasis on re-tooling for the new changes in how Android is shared (or not) with the FOSS community.
This... this is bad. :(
https://calyxos.org/news/2025/06/26/community-update-android-16/
Further news from the #CalyxOS team regarding Android 16.
It seems that their security updates will be delayed due to a shifting emphasis on re-tooling for the new changes in how Android is shared (or not) with the FOSS community.
This... this is bad. :(
https://calyxos.org/news/2025/06/26/community-update-android-16/