[ale] Slightly OT: LineageOs is like discovering Santa Claus is real!!

[Jonathan Meek]

I have a Nexus 5X and it will be getting the EOF for security updates
around September. I am thinking to switch to LineageOS before hand but my
concern is security updates. Does LineageOS do a decent job on security
updates?

Also can anyone explain the EOF of security updates that Google is doing to
the Nexus line. Is it both software and baseband security updates?

I know it's a long shot that LineageOS would be able to do
baseband/firmware updates but if they are still pushing Android OS security
patches.

Jonathan

On Wed, Mar 28, 2018, 11:35 AM James Taylor via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> What model HTC?
> You may be surprised.
> -jt
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> James Taylor
> 678-697-9420
> james.taylor at eastcobbgroup.com
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> >>> Neal Rhodes via Ale <ale at ale.org> 3/28/2018 10:16 AM >>>
> Ok, there is some linux and android in here.
>
> We have a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1,  P5113.  Yes, release 2012.
> Which Samsung has declined to update since Android 4.3, and which has
> been running slower and slower.
>
> Even after a wipe and factory reset.    It spends about 50% of its CPU
> running around in circles, often in kswapd0, even when nothing is
> running, all apps have been removed, or a fresh reboot.
>
> In the past, digging around on replacing Android seemed to lead through
> this swamp of competing custom ROMs, endless threads of discussions,
> conflicting instructions, eg - nothing that made one want to enter that
> dark forest.
>
> This last weekend, after another wipe and reset, I figured we had
> nothing to lose.  Poking around I find LineageOS; apparently organized
> by adults, ROMS organized by device, and complete instructions.
>
> So, several hours later, I now have Android 6.   It's been running great
> for 72 hours now.   Idling CPU usage is 4-8%.    Everything is much,
> much faster.    GPS Apps like Maps.ME, Tom-Tom GO, or Waze that were
> hopeless before now are plausible.   Wall Street Journal still dies on a
> regular basis, but runs waaaaaay faster.
>
> It's like we got a brand new notebook for almost free.
>
> Granted, there were a few glitches in the instructions: Volume Up/Down
> might be backwards,  The Heimdall Suite wouldn't install on Centos 6,
> and wouldn't run on Windows 10, but did work on Windows 7,   and the
> "standard" GApps package won't fit; got to use the Nano package.   But
> all surmountable.
>
> But overall, a great result.    Now, if they only had ROMS for my 10
> year old HTC phone...
>
> Neal
>
>
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