This looks very interesting. I'm not sure I understanding all of the forking though - why not just leverage LineageOS, K9 etc. as is just as to leave more time/energy for the other bits rather than having to separate maintain (security patches etc.) the forked bits?
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#73Boring. I'd like to see a smartphone that ditches the "app" model (where your phone is an appendage of other people's brands) to a "personal assistant" (where your phone works for you.)
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#74This post is on a Medium blog. Life is compromise.
I can't wait for Medium to go the way of blogger, into the halls of internet obscurity.
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#75I just want a high end phone that supports something like lineageos, has a micro SD slot, and decent battery life. Somehow it's hard to find.
Then go with Oneplus. 2 years and 2 months and my oneplus 3 with dual sim or 1 sim/ 1 sd card is still working perfectly fine and receiving updates, getting Android P before 2019 (in theory)
Oneplus has never offered an sd card slot
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#77Great initiative, have been looking for an alternative for some time. I had high hopes for Sailfish ( https://sailfishos.org/ ) but for a while it only ran on Sony Xperia, current status not clear to me. Anyone has experience with Sailfish? Will have a look at /e/ this weekend!
I ran it a long time back on a nexus 4, was pretty good. My biggest problem with it is apps. There's 2 or 3 apps that I really need and these are iOS or Android only
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#78"no google no play(store)"
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#79if this work will be great!
and ppl are not so concerned about privacy but the google imposition of google apps and services into their phones. that's one of factors ppl use linux and bsd.
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#80The name will be the largest barrier to entry. It is not easy to say, remember, or look for. This was dead before it even got off the ground, which is unfortunate because the OS looks nice.
Calling it "eOS" could be a viable name for lay people. Officially it can still be /e/.
This is kind of already taken by elementary os though.