Maybe if GrapheneOS ran on it

It says they offer a degoogled version, which is cool.

https://minimalcompany.com/#purchase

Since you can’t run Graphene on non pixel devices, this seems like a big feature

if the claim is trusted. yeah

Yes the site seems to be all surface level marketing with no detail to be found, not a great sign

That really illustrates the issue to me. Personally I don't need it to run GrapheneOS, but I do need a parking app, internet sharing, a TOTP app and MobilePay, others will need different application.

Creating a minimal phone is almost impossible, because it means different things to different people. Mine could be a Nokia style candy bar design, because I don't need a large screen or a camera, but it does require completely custom applications.

It's going to run a form of Android so you should be able to install those apps you need

Yes, but I don't want to run some form of Android, or have easily available apps. The apps are the distraction, so I would want the browser and the app store removed and only be able to load app via USB or a SD card.

Yeah they talk up privacy but trust is a big component of that. Where's the source? I distrust Google...but I also distrust a company I've never heard of with mobile device data in 2026. It's basically keys to the kingdom now.

Would buy in a heartbeat if it did.

this is just cool

What about eleventyseven?

lame

I just learned there is a .gov design studio... la what?

yes! I did the same thing, although I never got a 486 and jumped to a amd k6-2 with Blender when it came out. Never had the math co-processor either, although it would have been nice.

Photopea as well (photoshop clone in browser)

That’s not a real alternative for a high-res workflow.

I'm still running a Pixel 2...

It's your choice but it's not safe.

Is there any way to make it safe? I've bought newer pixels and they are a downgrade all around for me. I just want security updates and the ability to browse on-device files/do file management (newer Androids keep restricting further and further)

LineageOS is not the answer. Check out the DivestOS, it is known for supporting 'out of support' devices. but I would strongly suggest you to change your device, that is too old. There is new vunrebility each month.

> LineageOS is not the answer

Could you expand on that?

I am curious because I have been using LineageOS on Pixel 2 / Pixel 2 XL phones for a while (and it works very well, I might add), but I am kinda clueless when it comes to Android security.

DivestOS is my project.

Here are the 170+ kernel CVE patches applied on top of what Lineage provides for Pixel 2 series: https://gitlab.com/divested-mobile/divestos-build/-/blob/mas...

Plus it just provides updates quicker, eg. the recent WebP CVE was first fixed in DivestOS before other aftermarket systems. https://divestos.org/pages/news

And provides rapid out-of-band WebView updates: https://divestos.org/misc/ch-dates.txt

See my other notes here: https://divestos.org/pages/patch_levels#osSecurity

And also this independent table: https://eylenburg.github.io/android_comparison.htm

Possibly https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/walleye/

I still don't know how they are supplying water to the thing, we don't have much water out here as it is...

Isn't nearly all the water used by a fab recycled and reused?

It'll just become a issue later and another reason they can't be more of a thing there.

Likely another unsustainable pipeline off of the Colorado river if I were to venture a guess.