My opinion of VanillaOS + a dev response to it: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/66437447/27748310

Agreed. Even if you trust her words, she’s only one person and Apple could override any decisions she makes.

It makes me wonder about the people in Google who worked for, maintained, and advocated the openness of Android. Only now for Google to continually lock it down.

Personally, I wouldn’t recommend Vanilla OS.

• They released v1 based off a non-LTS Ubuntu released and then quickly stopped supporting it while they worked on v2. No security updates.
• They released v2 with no upgrade path from v1. v2 was based on either Debian Testing or Sid. It did not regular receive updates. Right now the website says that last updates were released in January. Presumably they stopped working on it to work on v3.
• I’m not sure if you can upgrade from v2 to v3. A fresh install is probably necessary.
• Mirko founded Vanilla OS but his main focus now seems to be Sinty OS.
• On a petty note, the website makes you opt out of sharing and selling your personal info to third parties.

That’s a lot of churn and issues for such as young project that advertises itself to new users.

Personally, I wouldn’t recommend Vanilla OS.

• They released v1 based off a non-LTS Ubuntu released and then quickly stopped supporting it while they worked on v2. No security updates.
• They released v2 with no upgrade path from v1. v2 was based on either Debian Testing or Sid. It did not regular receive updates. Right now the website says that last updates were released in January. Presumably they stopped working on it to work on v3.
• I’m not sure if you can upgrade from v2 to v3. A fresh install is probably necessary.
• Mirko founded Vanilla OS but his main focus now seems to be Sinty OS.
• On a petty note, the website makes you opt out of sharing and selling your personal info to third parties.

That’s a lot of churn and issues for such as young project that advertises itself to new users.