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DivestOS ends development

This is so so sad, :( I've been using Mull for quite some time and recently Hypatia. I guess time to move to fennec since I doubt there's a fork in the horizon, :(

Privacy Guides @lemmy.one DivestOS ends development

Android @lemdro.id DivestOS ends development

Privacy @lemmy.world DivestOS ends development

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Anyone know Librewolf developers? They should work on a android build now that mull is dead.

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- https://github.com/fork-maintainers/iceraven-browser/releases/tag/iceraven-2.26.0
  
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Bummer!!! Sucks for all of us. But I understand the dev wanting to move on with his life. Hope someone takes the reins! I would if I had those skills. DivestOS is such a great project. I was literally about to buy a new phone specifically to run DivestOS.

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Hopefully we see some of these projects picked up by others. In a weird way, sometimes these sorts of events end up being exactly what a project needs to get forked/transferred and have even more funding/resources thrown at it.

Ive only recently been utilizing mull, mulch, and hypatia, but they've been fantastic. All the best to the devs.

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After a quick look at what I believe is mull's most up to date repo https://github.com/Divested-Mobile/Mull-Fenix

It doesn't appear to be too complex to maintain (only looked at the past 3 or so commits as I'm with fam right now)

Hoping someone continues with the project, as it was, in my opinion, probably the most privacy friendly browser for android other than Tor which has it's usability issues.

I may try to play around with setting up an fdroid build server for the interim after the holidays.

Edit: I wonder if the old maintainer would be open to having some sort of knowledge transfer session?

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- If you fork I'll contribute what I can
  
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  I'll reach out to the old maintainer early January, but I'll try to spend some time understanding the repo before then.
  
  If it requires a lot of maintainace, I'm afraid I won't have the time as I already work overtime as a software dev.
  
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Nooooooo Mull is dead now? It's my default browser.

I hope someone picks it up and forks it like we have Cromite for Bromite.

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- Wait, Bromite was discontinued too?
  
  I really wish more devs would utilize the "pop up the changelog after update" technique to let users know. There has to be a better way than having to check each project's individual page and/or discord regularly.
  
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- I have never really known the major differences between Mull and Iceraven. I keep them both installed, so I will probably be switching to Iceraven full-time now.
  
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  I personally don't use either of the browsers you mentioned: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/mobile-browsers/
  
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So now what will I run on my one plus one? ಥ_ಥ

I dunno how the guy managed this for 10 years for so many devices. I can't even build my own ROM for just this phone. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Damn, why?

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- I found this: https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/the-end-of-divest/23396/43
  
  I’ve worked on this project a decade. That is a long time and I need to move on in life.
  
  Sounds like a single person maintaining such a large project for such a long time means eventually you have had enough. I get that.
  
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  And once again this XKCD applies
  
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  Wow, people fucking suck. Instead of talking about how the project helped or appreciate the dev's work people started fighting regarding if certain ROM is worth being recommended or not.
  
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- The Dev stated he's been working on it for 10 years and says its time to move on
  
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They didn't mentioned Mull . What will happen with it? Will it be discontinued,??

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- Yes
  
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It's truly a shame that no one stepped up to help contribute to the project

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I'm a newb, what's connection between DivestOS and Mull here? I thought DivestOS was a Linux distro.

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- DivestOS is a modified version of Android. Mull is an Android browser, fork of Firefox, maintained by the Divest dev.
  
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  Wait is support for Mull ceasing?
  
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  thank u
  
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AW man this is sad news, thanks to the dev for all their hard work!

Any recommendations on a browser similar to mull on android?

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- Fennec is what I'll be moving to.
  
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thanks for all the hard work to the dev! guess i'll move from mull to firefox nightly then.

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This is a terrible day for rain

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Aww man now what ?

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As a Carrion user this is very sad, I wonder if there's something else to replace it

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- Yet Another Call Blocker?
  
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  Thank you! I will give it a try
  
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On New Year's Eve, each of us can radically change our lives, we can only wish him luck.

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Does anyone know a good alternative for Hypatia?

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- Unsure how reliable this is for other attack vectors, but amnesty Intl has https://github.com/mvt-project/mvt for known Pegasus signatures
  
  Note: this is ran on a computer and scans via adb
  
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- No, and simply somebody that know what they're doing should pick it up. I'd certainly be willing to donate a little, just as I donated to the original project.
  
  The FOSS Android world has a new music player every week, and apparently still only one antivirus.
  
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  Antivirus on Android? How does that work? Warden seems a better idea to me.
  
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Mull browser is mullvad browser?

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- Totally unrelated, mull is pretty cool in the sense that it brings arkenfox configs for the user, and it strips some binary blobs. To me the AOSP privacy browser with no actual alternative. Some say it's like librewolf for AOSP.
  
  Bottom line, no, totally different things.
  
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  Awesome thanks. Nobody really totally answered lol
  
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- No, Mull browser has nothing to do with Mullvad VPN.
  
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  GP probably asked whether Mull was shortname for the Mullvad browser.
  
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