I’ve always been hesitant to connect the Stock OS to my network - but - I’ve got a lot more trust in MuOS so I’ve been thinking about finally getting Retro Achievements setup.
Is everything Wi-Fi related built custom on MuOS?
I run paranoid. 
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You can look at our exact steps on how we achieve Wi-Fi connections here, internal/script/system/network.sh at main · MustardOS/internal · GitHub
We do not do anything untoward with network connections. You have choices of what web services you want enabled and running in the background. We also do not continuously scan for Wi-Fi networks as we feel that it is pointless in doing so.
There are two main background services that we do run, at least in the upcoming patch release (not out yet) which is NTP and a KeepAlive server (internal/script/web/keepalive.sh at main · MustardOS/internal · GitHub) to ensure the device does not randomly disconnect from Wi-Fi networks, which some devices are doing for some reason (even though powersave is turned off).
It’s always good to ensure what is running before connecting to networks. As somebody who doesn’t connect any of these devices, with original software, to the network I can understand your hesitation. However as I said before I can assure you we don’t run anything in the background we don’t have to. Hope this helps!
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Glad to hear it and thank you for the link!
I assume the answer is yes based on the flashing process but does muOS pretty much eradicate anything from the Stock OS?
Unlike something like MinUI which just seems to be a launcher for Stock OS. (Though a lovely looking launcher, imo)
Yes, muOS is a full custom firmware except for the stock BSP kernel. There are plans to one day go mainline but not for quite a while.
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