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Re:K-9 Mail removed from Google Play Store due to listing de... by dheera on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @01:13AM (#24417374)
First time I heard about microG. I don't get it -- why is it called "LineageOS for microG" and not "microG for LineageOS"? Am I missing something? Isn't microG something that runs on top of LineageOS and not the other way around?
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Re:K-9 Mail removed from Google Play Store due to listing de... by yyyk on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @02:18AM (#24417819)
microG needs signature spoofing to work. LineageOS devs have refused to allow signature spoofing under any circumstances. So microG needs a fork of LineageOS.
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Re:K-9 Mail removed from Google Play Store due to listing de... by grenoire on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @04:54AM (#24418863)
Windows Subsystem for Linux all over again.
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Re:K-9 Mail removed from Google Play Store due to listing de... by Iolaum on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @01:14AM (#24417386)
It is because microG isn't an app but a system component of the operating system. It gets baked in when building the system.
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Re:K-9 Mail removed from Google Play Store due to listing de... by dheera on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @01:37AM (#24417561)
So what is microG baked into? AOSP?
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Re:K-9 Mail removed from Google Play Store due to listing de... by Klinky on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @01:47AM (#24417627)
>LineageOS unofficial fork with built-in microG gapps implementation
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Re:K-9 Mail removed from Google Play Store due to listing de... by dheera on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @01:52AM (#24417658)
So it's LineageOS for microG for (LineageOS unofficial fork)?

As in an official rectification of the unofficial fork with microG in the middle?

(confused)

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Re:K-9 Mail removed from Google Play Store due to listing de... by Klinky on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @02:00AM (#24417701)
It's simply a fork of LineageOS designed to run microG out of the box, the builds are there for ease of use. microG is still a separate project from LineageOS. They are "LineageOS [builds meant] for [use with] microG".
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Re:K-9 Mail removed from Google Play Store due to listing de... by CameronNemo on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @01:42AM (#24417595)
I don't understand the name either, but I am glad the project exists.
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