This is so so sad, :( I’ve been using Mull for quite some time and recently Hypatia. I guess time to move to fennec since I doubt there’s a fork in the horizon, :(
Nooooooo Mull is dead now? It’s my default browser.
I hope someone picks it up and forks it like we have Cromite for Bromite.
I have never really known the major differences between Mull and Iceraven. I keep them both installed, so I will probably be switching to Iceraven full-time now.
I personally don’t use either of the browsers you mentioned: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/mobile-browsers/
Damn, why?
I found this: https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/the-end-of-divest/23396/43
I’ve worked on this project a decade. That is a long time and I need to move on in life.
Sounds like a single person maintaining such a large project for such a long time means eventually you have had enough. I get that.
So now what will I run on my one plus one? ಥ_ಥ
I dunno how the guy managed this for 10 years for so many devices. I can’t even build my own ROM for just this phone. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
After a quick look at what I believe is mull’s most up to date repo https://github.com/Divested-Mobile/Mull-Fenix
It doesn’t appear to be too complex to maintain (only looked at the past 3 or so commits as I’m with fam right now)
Hoping someone continues with the project, as it was, in my opinion, probably the most privacy friendly browser for android other than Tor which has it’s usability issues.
I may try to play around with setting up an fdroid build server for the interim after the holidays.
Edit: I wonder if the old maintainer would be open to having some sort of knowledge transfer session?
I’ll reach out to the old maintainer early January, but I’ll try to spend some time understanding the repo before then.
If it requires a lot of maintainace, I’m afraid I won’t have the time as I already work overtime as a software dev.
Feel free to DM me. It’s a good project and will look good on a resume so it’ll be worth my time. I’ll be learning the Android kernel but I’m comfortable with the Linux kernel so it’s the perfect project for me to be honest. I’m also willing to help organize the efforts of others, create documentation and respond to issues and pull requests.
I was already considering contributing to Postmarket OS or Bliss OS but this sounds like a better fit for me.
I’m a newb, what’s connection between DivestOS and Mull here? I thought DivestOS was a Linux distro.
DivestOS is a modified version of Android. Mull is an Android browser, fork of Firefox, maintained by the Divest dev.
He mentions that “DivestOS and its apps will not receive any further updates”, and only mentions continuing non-app projects, so I guess so :(
