GrapheneOS install on Fedora or underpowered laptop.

pijun

Hello! I am getting a Pixel 7 soon and am excited to put GrapheneOS on it. However, my main computer uses Fedora KDE Linux and I see that it's not officially supported. My only other option is a rather underpowered HP laptop running Windows 11.
I'm not a very advanced user, just started using linux a month ago, so I'm worried if I try to install from Fedora I'll mess something up as well as on the laptop due to possibly not meeting minimum requirements. I'd like some input on what I can do in this situation.
Thank you in advance.

Specs for my main Fedora PC from neofetch:
Storage: 128 GB SSD, 67.6 GB available; 1 TB HDD, 515.9 GB available
CPU: Intel i5-9400F (6) @ 4.100GHz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
Memory: 15911MiB

The Windows 11 laptop specs from Amazon page:
Processor: 1.2 GHz athlon
RAM: 4 GB DDR4
Memory Speed: 2.6 GHz
Hard Drive: Emmc
Chipset Brand: AMD
Card Description: Integrated
Processor Count: 2
Computer Memory Type: ‎DDR4 SDRAM
Flash Memory Size: 64 GB
Storage: 25.8 GB free from 57.3 GB

Colvdv

pijun I don't see any reason why it would mess anything up. Use a supported web-browser and see if it works for you. I used Brave.

The only issue I can see, is that the drivers might not be available for your system. I had to install drivers/SDK to get my Windows 10 computer to recognize my Pixel 6.

malatoi

Hey pijun,

I have no experiences with Fedora GNU/Linux although I am an GNU/Linux user since many years. So I can not help here and I even found nothing with my favorite search engine.
But you can have a look here for the minimal hardware prerequisites and it looks like that your Windows 11 machine has a little bit too little memory (maybe you could use this case for a little clean out? ;) ): https://grapheneos.org/install/web#prerequisites

But do you know that you can install GrapeneOS from one Android device to another (after ? I did this using Bromite browser with an Pixel 3 XL to my current Pixel 6 and the original USB C to USB C cable. It worked fine.

All the best, malatoi

pijun

malatoi Thank you for the response.
Unfortunately I've done all I can to make the computer storage smaller, Windows is quite chonky.
I would use another phone, but I unfortunately broke my last one which is why I'm getting a Pixel 7.
I asked a few times elsewhere and was sent this; I'm wondering what you think of it.
https://github.com/joefidler/joefidler.github.io/wiki/Using-Android-tools-%28ADB%2C-Fastboot%29-on-Fedora-Silverblue#setup-udev-rules
I followed the guide, though I am not using the Silverblue version.

malatoi

pijun I think there two ways for you:

As Colvdv wrote above: See if it works with Fedora. You have already Android tools on board. I've read sometimes here and in other places, that Pixels are really hard to brick. Try it.
You could borrow another Android device for installation. I think there are other Android users in your environment. ;) It just takes several minutes.

abcZ

It will work fine on Fedora.

madduke

I installed Graphene using Endeavor Linux. I installed SDB tools and used Google Chrome to install it. It works just fine..

pijun

I gave up after Fedora and Windows wouldn't detect the phone in the bootloader, so I used another android to install it.

Harald

pijun Were you running Gnome on Fedora? The install instructions indicate that Gnome will not work.

Did you install the drivers on Windows? The install instructions indicate this is a requirement, or else it will not work.

I had the best luck with XFCE, KDE, or i3.

malatoi

pijun I am glad to read, that you finally managed it! ...and how is it? Does it work fine?

pijun

malatoi Works great, although I do wish push notifications worked without google.

Harald I was using KDE and I don't remember if I installed the drivers

eautalus

Has anyone been able to install GrapheneOS using Fedora Silverblue?

treequell

eautalus I'm pretty sure it's not possible to install GrapheneOS from a PC running Fedora Silverblue. I can't recall the reason why it doesn't work.

Off topic but...you could try flashing from another Android device, if you have one.