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Re: JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, Jan 17, 2021, 4:53 AM UTC

bArray wrote: post #6

> Available from Jan 31, 2021 So, is this going to be a paid for product? I am looking at what looks like is their GitHub page, and it's basically empty? https://github.com/JingOS-team

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Re: JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad

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Post by admax88q » Sun, Jan 17, 2021, 4:54 AM UTC

pekinlcc wrote: post #8

bArray wrote: post #6

> Available from Jan 31, 2021 So, is this going to be a paid for product? I am looking at what looks like is their GitHub page, and it's basically empty? https://github.com/JingOS-team

Will update Github Project before Jan 31. And the OS will be free forever. https://www.jingos.com/faq/

That page doesn't really answer the question.

Re: JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad

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Post by freedomben » Sun, Jan 17, 2021, 5:08 AM UTC

bArray wrote: post #6

> Available from Jan 31, 2021 So, is this going to be a paid for product? I am looking at what looks like is their GitHub page, and it's basically empty? https://github.com/JingOS-team

Looks like it will eventually "step by step"[1]

> JingOS is based on Ubuntu 20.04, KDE v5.75, Plasma Mobile 5.20. We will replace the framework from Plasma Mobile to JDE(Jing Desktop Environment) later this year.

> The project will open-source step by step on GitHub: JingOS-team

[1]: https://forum.jingos.com/t/jingos-roadmap-v1-0-published-on-...

Re: JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad

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Post by alexfringes » Sun, Jan 17, 2021, 5:09 AM UTC

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Re: JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad

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Post by Jkvngt » Sun, Jan 17, 2021, 5:18 AM UTC

alexfringes wrote: post #14

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Re: JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad

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Post by samwestdev » Sun, Jan 17, 2021, 5:20 AM UTC

Why do people put copyrighted words (like iPad) in their copy? Just called a tablet-style OS so Apple won't go after your ass.

Re: JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad

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Post by TheSpiceIsLife » Sun, Jan 17, 2021, 5:22 AM UTC

gh02t wrote: post #10

michaericalribo wrote: post #3

Awesome! Its exciting to see new applications of *nix OSes that are design-forward and targeted towards modern computing paradigms / platforms. I’m a grumpy graybeard who likes Arch on my laptop and Debian on my server...but cosmetics and familiar visual vocab and adopting industry ux practices—these are undeniable obstacles that must be overcome before “the year of the Linux desktop “ :)

I don't want to be too hard on this project, but is it really "design-forward" when it's blatantly and explicitly copying the look and feel of iOS/iPadOS? Originality seems like an important component of good design.

Way more people use an iOS or iOS-like UI than any tradition *nix GUI.

I read the parent to mean that indicates the present mobile is experience a step forward in that context.

Re: JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad

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Post by im3w1l » Sun, Jan 17, 2021, 5:34 AM UTC

someperson wrote: post #9

bArray wrote: post #6

> Available from Jan 31, 2021 So, is this going to be a paid for product? I am looking at what looks like is their GitHub page, and it's basically empty? https://github.com/JingOS-team

The popular web server Nginx started in Russia almost 20 years ago. Nobody would have used the software of such dubious origin if it was closed-source. Being open-source allowed many more eyeballs and developers which increased trust in the project. With the current geopolitical landscape, projects from Russia, China and increasingly the United States must be open-source to become widely used and trusted. If China-ba…

Wouldn't a license that allows seeing and building the code, but not redistribution be sufficient for that?

Re: JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad

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Post by kstenerud » Sun, Jan 17, 2021, 5:35 AM UTC

gh02t wrote: post #10

michaericalribo wrote: post #3

Awesome! Its exciting to see new applications of *nix OSes that are design-forward and targeted towards modern computing paradigms / platforms. I’m a grumpy graybeard who likes Arch on my laptop and Debian on my server...but cosmetics and familiar visual vocab and adopting industry ux practices—these are undeniable obstacles that must be overcome before “the year of the Linux desktop “ :)

I don't want to be too hard on this project, but is it really "design-forward" when it's blatantly and explicitly copying the look and feel of iOS/iPadOS? Originality seems like an important component of good design.

"Picasso had a saying -- 'good artists copy; great artists steal' -- and we have always been shameless about stealing great ideas."

- Steve Jobs

Re: JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad

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Post by kstenerud » Sun, Jan 17, 2021, 5:38 AM UTC

im3w1l wrote: post #18

someperson wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The popular web server Nginx started in Russia almost 20 years ago. Nobody would have used the software of such dubious origin if it was closed-source. Being open-source allowed many more eyeballs and developers which increased trust in the project. With the current geopolitical landscape, projects from Russia, China and increasingly the United States must be open-source to become widely used and trusted. If China-ba…

Wouldn't a license that allows seeing and building the code, but not redistribution be sufficient for that?

No, because it would add the friction of each licensee having to audit the code themselves rather than the crowd sourced approach of open source.