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Re: JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad

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Post by ylyn »

dathinab wrote: post #165
popcorncowboy wrote: post #94

Unfortunate name [0] :| or perhaps it was intended? Very clever then. 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jingoism

I don't follow. It's clearly , and Jing sounds like something which is likely a Mandarin (or other Asian language) word. And Os is a widely accepted name suffix for operating system. And it turns out it is ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jing_(Chinese_medicine) ) and it's a widely used/known word, too. Additionally Jingoism, isn't really that commonly used. Most non-native speaker which are not reading certain politi…

Their about page[1] says the jing in their company name (Jingling) is 鲸, meaning whale. I don't know if that extends to the OS name as well. (They use "JingOS" even in Chinese prose.)

[1]: https://www.jingos.com/about/

Re: JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad

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Post by chris_wot »

GordonS wrote: post #174
Grustaf wrote: post #143

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Extremely common, it’s the standard magazine for economics and politics.

Maybe, but it's not "extremely common" to read any high-brow publications on politics and economics.

Well, it’s used frequently in counties that used to be part of the British Empire it appears. Australians use it all the time.

Re: JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad

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Post by amelius »

dathinab wrote: post #189
amelius wrote: post #183

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's a user interface, therefore it has to be familiar. What if cars all had the steering wheel in a different location?

Design patents can not be applied to purely functional aspects, so no you can keep you wheel round and on the for your country correct side. But you can have a design patent for the "looks and feel" of your headsup display to some degree. You can't make it cover what is one the display or that important parts are highlighted. But you can potentially cover the color pallet and how exactly you arrange information of th…

You are probably right, but all these constraints are going to make old people and visually impaired people confused when switching to a different brand.

Would it be allowed for a vendor to add a button which makes the interface looks like a competitor's interface?

Re: JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad

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Post by weare138 »

dathinab wrote: post #148

This looks like a legal nightmare. I mean there are all kinds of protections of visual thinks like e.g. design patents. I would be highly surprised if this doesn't violate at least one or two apple hold still valid design patents or other protection mechanisms. Because lets be honest design/visual wise it's less iPad/iOs inspired but a bland clone of the iOs design on iPad with some/many minor but in the grater pictu…

Not a lawyer here but have UI design patents ever held up in court? All modern UI is derivative in some way. Apple lost a case to Microsoft on similar grounds.

>The court ruled that, "Apple cannot get patent-like protection for the idea of a graphical user interface, or the idea of a desktop metaphor [under copyright law].

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Computer,_Inc._v._Micros....

Re: JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad

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Post by pratio »

A lot has already been said about them copying or borrowing or just getting their inspiration from Apple, so I'll skip that. Unless they fully opensource the code it is unlikely to get any traction. And if it is really based on Linux we're likely going to see UI and UX issues, An OS is more than just a some fancy icons and modded apps. The transitions that they show in the demo are not easy to achieve as in stability of the software. It looks very clean but unlike elementary OS, it doesn't feel authentic. I don't know what obsession people have with Apple but they aren't the only company getting designs and UX right. These avenues are unfortunately killing independent and new design ideas.

Re: JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad

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Post by f1refly »

charrondev wrote: post #100
herbst wrote: post #93

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why? Sure samsung ships a horrible android, but in what things is a clean real android behind iOS?

Are there any android tablets with a decent chip in them? Almost everyone I’ve seen is using a very weak CPU. The iPad chips just run away from even the top end android tablets. Maybe I wouldn’t care as much but my experience on android tablets is they are just laggy. Slow to open things, little stutters throughout the OS, etc.

1. This was about software, not about the hardware it runs on. 2. Vanilla android runs very, very smooth because the hardware is optimized for the way it works. If the android tablets you saw where laggy, that's most likely because of the abominations android has been warped into by the manufacturer. My android phone is four years old and still buttery smooth.

Re: JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad

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Post by viktorcode »

dathinab wrote: post #148

This looks like a legal nightmare. I mean there are all kinds of protections of visual thinks like e.g. design patents. I would be highly surprised if this doesn't violate at least one or two apple hold still valid design patents or other protection mechanisms. Because lets be honest design/visual wise it's less iPad/iOs inspired but a bland clone of the iOs design on iPad with some/many minor but in the grater pictu…

This does, but there won't be anyone using this distro for commercial purposes outside of China, so IP rights won' be enforced.

Re: JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad

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Post by justaj »

dathinab wrote: post #173
iFreilicht wrote: post #86

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The company making JingOS is based in China. Not sure Apple has much legal leverage there.

You mean besides: - making it illegal to import any product having it installed - making it illegal to host a copy in the US/EU/UK and probably other places, too

Does that also mean that you won't be able to download the distro if Apple successfully files a copyright violation against the company behind JingOS?
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