The /e/ ROM is a fork of Android (and in particular the LineageOS flavor of Android). At the moment, two versions are supported: Android Nougat and Android Oreo. Android Pie will be supported in a near future.
### "Ungoogling"
### "UnGoogling"
The goal of "unGoogling" is to remove or disable any little or big feature that is sending any data to Google servers, and to offer non-Google default online services, including for search.
- Google default search engine is removed everywhere and replaced by other services (see below in default apps and services)
- Google Services are replaced by microG and alternative services (see below for more details)
- DNS settings can be enforced to a specific server
- all Google apps are removed and replaced by good alternative applications
- Google servers are not used anymore to check connectivity
- NTP servers are not Google NTP servers anymore
- DNS default servers are not Google anymore, and their settings can be enforced by the user to a specific server
- Geolocation is using Mozilla Location Services in addition to GPS
- CalDAV/CardDAV management and synchronization application (DAVDroid) is fully integrated with the user account and calendar/contact application
- Google servers are not used anymore to check connectivity
### User interface
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All pre-installed applications are open source applications but the Maps app (read details about this in the FAQ).
- Web-browser: an an ungoogled fork of Chromium, built from Bromite patch-sets with specific /e/ settings
- Web-browser: an ungoogled fork of Chromium, built from Bromite patch-sets, with specific /e/ settings
- Mail: a fork of K9-mail for better user experience, some bugfixes and support for oauth, with OpenKeyChain for PGP encryption support
