@Logical_Error @cas and it is clear he might have done something for Micay to have his own thread there
(that's also why I'm concerned about his health)

@Logical_Error @cas well having a KF account, no matter the reason, is a huge red flag.

GrapheneOS version 2026011000 released:

https://grapheneos.org/releases#2026011000

See the linked release notes for a summary of the improvements over the previous release.

Forum discussion thread:

https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/30465-grapheneos-version-2026011000-released

#GrapheneOS #privacy #security

@b @Logical_Error @cas It seems he also got KF involved in the harassment of Micay.

@nina_kali_nina I think China DOS Union already did that before

for what it's worth, I *do* think there is too much shit talking in free software, and I think it *has* harmed the mental health of maintainers in general. i don't know what to do about it though.

@GrapheneOS @domi @elly @mei I think trying to mainline things as much as possible could greatly help you in this, then you have only few patches to carry downstream and rebasing becomes easier

@GrapheneOS @domi @elly @mei yep! I'm aware of that, actually used that as an argument in some discussion over on IRC ;)

@GrapheneOS @domi @elly @mei I do know I got LTS updates on mine though, but I don't run the stock OS (wiped it as soon as I got it to install LineageOS instead, yes, I know, not all that great but gets the job done for now)

@GrapheneOS @domi @elly @mei I'm well aware of the EOL 5.4 kernel issue, that's why I'm all for using mainline (maybe with patches to harden security).

Anyway, if said OEM produces phones with the major benefits of my FP5 (good repairability and perhaps good mainline support) I can consider it as my next phone ^^

@GrapheneOS @domi @elly @mei That's awesome to hear!

@GrapheneOS @domi @elly @mei heh, isn't that wonderful :P

me: "so I switched to GrapheneOS to have better control of where my data is stored, specifically only syncing to my NAS at home"

my mom: "I did that when Trump got elected again"

(my mom is a highly technical person who maintains library management software)

EDIT: please don't use the comments to attack grapheneos or Daniel Micay, that's literally doing the thing they are accusing me and the postmarketos community of doing! We are better than that.

The post that motivated me to write this has been deleted, I would much rather live and let live

To Daniel and the rest of the grapheneOS team: I would very much like to clear this matter up, maybe a discussion with a neutral moderator present? I'm open to ideas. You can reach me via email: kcxt@postmarketos.org

I was 21 back when the events i described below happened, I'm not going to pretend I did nothing wrong, but I certainly didn't intend or expect for events to play out the way they did. If i'm forever marred with no opportunity for recourse then so be it, but I would rather avoid that outcome since it clearly hasn't gone great so far.

I want to be able to collaborate and lift each other up, GrapheneOS have done a lot of great work, their web flasher genuinely blew me away when i used it back in 2022. It directly inspired flash.postmarketos.org!

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I've spent the last 3 years explicitly avoiding talking about GrapheneOS or Daniel Micay online because I assumed good faith after last time when he said my behavior (dunking on him on twitter) was deeply distressing to him.

I'm breaking my vow of silence cuz I'm feeling kinda gaslit right now, I'm pretty sure I don't deserve this shit

https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/115867751108659970

@GrapheneOS @domi @elly @mei It seems my message did not go through (technical difficulties heh)

I personally don't think your project is a dead end or not doing any valuable work, quite the opposite actually! I do work on postmarketOS because I'm sick and tired of the whole Android ecosystem but I'm glad projects like GrapheneOS still exist to this day. I know of a few people that use it and are overall happy with it. Personally I don't use it because it doesn't support my current phone and I don't really want to fund Google very much, but it's great that it remains an available option that is still actively maintained (which is sadly not the case for many other Android distros that died off circa 2018...)

@GrapheneOS @domi @elly @mei To be clear I don't think your project is non-viable or a dead end, nor do I think you're not doing any valuable work - quite the opposite!

I like what y'all do on the technical side of things, I know some people who use GrapheneOS as a daily driver and are very happy with it. I personally don't use it because it doesn't support my current phone (Fairphone 5) and I am very reluctant to buying a Google Pixel, but you're still doing nice work and it's great that this is another available option that can be used.

@b @Logical_Error @cas From further research he apparently has a KF account.

@GrapheneOS @domi @elly @mei @ariadne If there's anything else you need from me, I accept PMs from irc/matrix (irc preferred but matrix also works), so you know where to find me

@GrapheneOS @domi @elly @mei That's nice of you ^^

Yeah perhaps avoid fingerpointing in Twitter at this point in time, I want this solved peacefully and I'm sure you want this too. Fingerpointing may just make things worse.

@GrapheneOS @ariadne @domi @elly @mei I hate drama and I'm sure you hate it too so if this can be solved well I'm all for it :)