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  • BearOfaTime@lemm.eetoAndroid@lemmy.worldGraphene vs LineageOS what's the diff?
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    Graphene is technically more secure than Lineage, because you can re-lock the bootloader.

    But wait, the latest versions of Lineage you can re-lock the bootloader on Pixel devices (or is it with DivestOS, a Lineage fork, on Pixels? I forget). Either way, both can be re-locked on Pixel (I know, I’ve done it).

    At that point there’s little difference in my opinion, if you aren’t using any kind of Google services.

    Once you go to use Google services (either sandboxed on Graphene, or microG on Lineage), it can be argued that Graphene is more secure. Though Lineage and Divest install microG as user apps, so you could install them to a second profile and isolate it there.

    But if you’re going to run some form of Google services, you’re kind of negating the advantages of Graphene at that point (though some would argue it’s still more secure, again, depending on your threat model - if a state actor is after you, don’t go putting Google stuff on your phone).

    Really it all comes down to your threat model. I’m currently running DivestOS on a Pixel with microG, because there were a few apps I still needed. My next reset (in about 3 months) that will be gone, and I’ll no longer need anything Google. But I’ll probably stick with DivestOS, as there’s no clear advantage for me to switch to Graphene.






  • I’d certainly use it more.

    I don’t hate Linux, I think it’s an amazing bit of kit. A brilliant idea to build a Unix-like OS for desktop hardware.

    The flexibility it has is astounding. The different distros really exposes this.

    This flexibility is also it’s Achilles Heel - no single UI to Rule Them All means it’s not approachable by the average user. The lack of standard tools in all distros means you have to add them, but which ones? (Of course this lack of tools means you can assemble a smaller, more compact, reduced risk-surface build for specific purpose).

    I currently run 3 or 4 different distros/builds for different purposes - Proxmox, UnRAID, Mint, Truenas, etc.

    The problem with Linux is the community. Us tech folks are (as a group) terrible at clearly documenting things in ways that address why someone would be reading docs, e.g. the minimalism of man pages that only show switches. That’s tolerable for man pages (or was 30+ years ago, when the only people using these systems were studious technical folks who had put lots of effort into learning the systems first), but most other docs today look just like them.

    Related, we’re also not great at working with people, often assuming they know what we know, so our answers tend toward only answering the very specific part of a question, rather than the bigger picture, e.g. “Use this command”, without explaining what’s going on, how this command addresses the issue, or even trying to understand what they’re actually trying to do. We tend toward efficient terseness.

    Just step into a business meeting with Senior Management and tech folks - the tech folks are gritting their teeth to get to the next thing, because in our minds we’ve already solved what management proposed, while management wants to spin the idea around seven ways to Sunday before they feel good about it. (Neither is “wrong” just different sets of priorities and responsibilities).

    TL:DR, Don’t hate Linux, we (the tech head community), are the problem.





  • Wow, just wow.

    Someone couldn’t even cut a straight opening, left it all messed up.

    Hard to tell, but if you cut it square, would a double-gang fill it? If it would, then that does seem the easiest option (or just a low-voltage double gang size, as somone else mentioned).

    Stuff like this is part of why I really dislike texture. It doesn’t hide imperfections (as some people claim) even when new - I can still see poor drywall work through it. I’m not really sure what purpose texture is supposed to serve. This knock-down type just traps dust and dirt in it.