Re: [Trisquel-users] As close as possible

[gnuser]

I know this is an old thread, but I am going to leave here some thoughts  
anyway.
First, that was a bad timing man =/ I am sorry you couldn't change your  
phone.
I too have a phone that does not support Replicant (which I had no idea of  
what it was back when I bought it) and so, I have decided to stick with the  
usual "second best" solution, CM and FDroid.
I have to say that so far I am quite pleased, but I would also make a  
suggestion: KISS. Keep It Small and Simple. I actually removed some services  
and apks from the ROM image, either because I did not trust them entirely  
(like the stats) or just because I didn't used them at all (like calendar for  
example, which I don't use but heard can still send some of my data to  
google). Not only it saves me memory space, it also make the rom faster and  
"freer".
So, seeing you can't change the phone, go ahead with CM, the latest version  
you can get for your phone (preferably from the official team). They are now  
working in encryption by default, to protect users from NSA Prism, and also  
the Incognito Mode which protects your private data. If you can get the  
latest CM version, you will actually have a "safer" phone. The only problem  
will be mostly some drivers that might be proprietary/closed source. They  
might be spying on you, or not. Who knows? But at least you won't have  
obvious spywares like CarrierIQ installed.
As for applications, FDroid will actually allow you to use the phone to the  
maximum running only free software. You can even have GPS for free =)