On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 05:01:05PM +0530, Ravi Kumar Tenneti wrote: > Dear Jason, > > > On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 4:47 PM, Jason Daly <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Greetings, > > > > So I've been building custom LFS systems for personal use regularly for > > several > > years now (every six months since 6.6), and I would never consider going > > back > > to something like Ubuntu or *gasp* Windows. In my early days of computer > > use, I > > was always trying to remove bloat and stop services in Windows. When I > > realized > > that was an effort in futility and I would never really achieve a very > > secure > > system no matter what I did, I moved to Linux and ended up settling on > > installing command-line Ubuntu systems. When my brother told me about LFS, > > I > > couldn't wait to build my first system, and I've been hooked ever since. > > You > > just can't beat the control you have over everything, so useability and > > security are as good as you make it. > > > > Now I'm in the market for a smartphone, and when I read the reviews about > > things like google bloatware and how slow Android phones can be, I feel > > like > > I'm back to square one. My dream is to buy a top-of-the-line smartphone and > > build a custom OS for it with full disk encryption using dm-crypt, Orbot > > browser, and some type of end-to-end encrypted voice client. It would be a > > totally lean system with no processes running that I didn't need. > > > > The trouble is, I don't have a whole lot of money to spare, so if I brick a > > device, I'm screwed. Also, I don't really have the technical ability nor > > the > > time to figure out how to do all this by myself. > > > > So I was wondering if anyone was aware of a project out there that's > > similar to > > LFS but for Android phones where I could achieve what I'm looking to do. It > > would be really helpful if this project had recommended devices that were > > proven to work. I just don't have a lot of room for experimentation or > > trial > > and error. > > > > I understand that this market is relatively new, so maybe I should wait a > > few > > years to see where it goes and continue using my 5 year old flip phone. > > > > Any guidance here would be appreciated. > > > > Thanks, > > Jason Daly > > > > -- > > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-chat > > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ > > Unsubscribe: See the above information page > > > > > You need to just look at this: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanogenmod > > It will open the doors for you just like LFS > > > -- > > With Best Regards* > > TSS Ravi Kumar > *
> -- > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-chat > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ > Unsubscribe: See the above information page Wow! Thank you so much for this, Ravi. Jason Daly -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-chat FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
