Graphene is likely to run into issues soon. They were relying on the AOSP source tree including Pixel-specific files. Google isn’t releasing those anymore, so GrapheneOS would have to reverse engineer or extract the needed files somehow.

That’s true for LineageOS, etc too, but they have more releases on non-Pixel phones so they may weather the storm better.

Of course, if you bought a Fairphone, my impression is that these problems go away. It’s just a matter of their policies. I’m a huge fan of the idea of their phones but I don’t own one.

Yeah, I wish it wasn’t true. I miss my smaller phone. The one I have now is too big to be comfortable. Unless there’s significant money in it, manufacturers can’t justify the expense of making a smaller phone.

That said, it’s a chicken-and-egg problem. A lot of people want a smaller phone. However, they can’t even buy one. And the manufacturers can’t tell that people want a smaller one because it’s not possible to buy one. It might remain that way until one manufacturer takes a leap, makes a small phone, and it goes well.

Well, it can be the last version of Windows for you. 🙂

Ubuntu is nice. I use it daily. Others in my family too. And there are other options too. I hear Mint is nice though I haven’t used it much.

Give it some thought. 🙂