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submitted 1 week ago by wuphysics87@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

When you go to the website and click to download, you are redirected to a letter to the community. I heard there is/was a changing of the guard and development is on hiatus. Does this mean you can't download CalyxOS from them at all anymore? Is this a reflection of the actions google is taking with the play store?

Should I be looking at a different OS than CalyxOS? I'm currently running /e/ amd was interested in trying something else. Do you have any other suggestions of privacy driven OS's?

Sorry for so many questions 🤣

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[-] Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 week ago

Calyx has been inactive since a few months. This is unrelated to google afaik. A good way to search for a custom ROM is go through the XDAforums forum of your device. Most custom ROMs are posted there.

[-] timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago

The images are back up I believe.

The project is reorganizing and changing security keys due to the head and lead Dev leaving. They plan to publish new images in the coming months AFAIK. A reinstall will be needed at that point.

This isn't related to the Google stuff.

[-] glitching@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

forgive my ignorance but I always thought calyxOS was lineageOS + microG, are there things in there I missed?

[-] nshibj@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

CalyxOS is not LineageOS + microG. It is a different operating system for mobile phones, based on LineageOS and includes microG, but it is not LineageOS + microG.

There is a different operating system, which is basically LineageOS + microG, called LineageOS for microG.

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

They are in pause until february.

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