I am a Linux Mint user for several years, currently using Mint 19.3 Cinnamon on my laptop…
In the Mint family, there is a Software Manager that we can search for Apps to install… I have been browsing this forum and so far, have not run across the equivalent other than mention of Aurora …
Searching for “Aurora” just led me to building up something. I am not interesting in programming period. I just want to have a cellphone that is free of Google and running a familiar OS like Android that I have been using for nearly 15 years…
I have two Samsung Galaxy S5 phones as spares, I am using a Note8 as my personal phone, and I ordered yesterday an Galaxy S10e for my daughter because her S5 is locking up, requiring the battery be removed.
So, I thought I would practice using /e/ on the S5, or maybe just buy a ready to go /e/ phone… we use Verizon as our carrier which is CDMA.
Is the current /e/ OS compatible with CDMA and will it register with my current VZW Simcard on their service?
If I get good enough at /e/, then my son who is super Paranoid about being tracked by Apple or google, he would like to have a /e/ phone…
but first, I need to get my feet wet, and find out where to find the apps that we need, or the equivalent to the Play Store apps we now use…
I am a bit familiar with F-Droid having downloaded a couple of apps from there and installed the APK successfully.
I’m in Northeastern Oklahoma, so hence the username.