So open OS . . . what does that mean?

[maoq]

So I think that I quite like the idea of an open source OS like /e/ for my fairphone 3.

• But what will it mean for an old technophobic blacksmith like me?
• And how do I start using it?
  Is it going to mean buggering around a lot with files, pressing buttons, covering it in the blood of a virgin by the summer solstice moon? Or something that us old crumbly humans can do?

[VolvoX]

For the first point, if you are not using banking apps or particularly attached to some apps that you find only in the play store, it would probably not be a big change in your daily phone usage. /e/ comes with a bunch of preinstalled apps like contacts, mail, magikearth, … and can be linked with the e cloud services. For the other apps, you would have to find apps in f-droid that replace your apps you downloaded in the play store. That’s it.
For the second point, there is an install tutorial which involves a bit of (easy) commands line. If you are confident enough, you can just copy-paste the commands (what I wouldn’t recommend, you better understand a littel what you’re doing unless you could brick your phone). E foundation is currently working on an automated install tool and it should be out in the next days. This would be the recommended solution for non technical users. It’s a just plug it, clic it and wait for the magic tool.

[maoq]

Thank you VolvoX an auto install button sounds more my style.