AMA: Gaël Duval, founder of the de-Googled Android OS /e/
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Re: AMA: Gaël Duval, founder of the de-Googled Android OS /e/
#2I've been using /e/ on my primary phone for about a year now, and I've been very happy with it.
I'd love to see it succeed as a user-friendly, FLOSS alternative to the Google/Apple duopoloy.
They're developing in the open, too: https://gitlab.e.foundation/e
Re: AMA: Gaël Duval, founder of the de-Googled Android OS /e/
#3/e/ is easily, EASILY the worst name for a product I have ever seen. I don't know how to pronounce it, I can't Google it, I can't make a guess what it's domain might be. Just awful in every possible way.
Re: AMA: Gaël Duval, founder of the de-Googled Android OS /e/
#4/e/ is easily, EASILY the worst name for a product I have ever seen. I don't know how to pronounce it, I can't Google it, I can't make a guess what it's domain might be. Just awful in every possible way.
I think I read somehwere that they chose this name as their "beta" version since it's not easily googleable. As soon as they gain more traction, they will rebrand.
Re: AMA: Gaël Duval, founder of the de-Googled Android OS /e/
#5I have a de-googled old e-os phone as my daily driver. Very nice choice. My hope is that my next one will be a full linux phone like librem 5 ir pinephone. I'm just waiting for it to get more mature. If I had a bit more money, I'd buy one now just to support the cause.
Re: AMA: Gaël Duval, founder of the de-Googled Android OS /e/
#6I'm considering switching from Android to iOS because I don't want to throw away my phone once my 2-4 years of security updates are over.
How do firmware updates factor into your thinking around Android and security? Is there a way off of the "buy a new phone if you want firmware updates" treadmill?
(I don't expect you to have a solution, but I'm curious to hear how you're thinking about this problem.)
See-also: https://ollieparanoid.github.io/post/security-warning/
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Example: https://blog.exodusintel.com/2017/07/26/broadpwn/
If your phone is new, you'll get firmware updates to resolve this. If your phone is old, you need to buy a new phone or live with a vulnerable device.
Re: AMA: Gaël Duval, founder of the de-Googled Android OS /e/
#7/e/ is easily, EASILY the worst name for a product I have ever seen. I don't know how to pronounce it, I can't Google it, I can't make a guess what it's domain might be. Just awful in every possible way.
I think I read somehwere that they chose this name as their "beta" version since it's not easily googleable. As soon as they gain more traction, they will rebrand.
They started with eelo, but then had to change:
> Eelo was subsequently renamed to /e/ in July 2018 due to a conflict with the "eelloo" trademark, which was owned by human resources company Meurs HRM B.V.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//e/_(operating_system)
PS. I agree on it being the worst name possible.
Re: AMA: Gaël Duval, founder of the de-Googled Android OS /e/
#8I've been using /e/ on my primary phone for about a year now, and I've been very happy with it. I'd love to see it succeed as a user-friendly, FLOSS alternative to the Google/Apple duopoloy. They're developing in the open, too: https://gitlab.e.foundation/e
Are your banking apps working? I faintly remember that being an issue when switching to LineageOS.
Re: AMA: Gaël Duval, founder of the de-Googled Android OS /e/
#9Some time ago I had to decide about which ROM to put on an old phone of mine, I went with llLineageOS. Thus blog post was spooky: https://infosec-handbook.eu/blog/e-foundation-first-look/
I also tried VanadiumOS but it wasn't for me
Re: AMA: Gaël Duval, founder of the de-Googled Android OS /e/
#10/e/ is easily, EASILY the worst name for a product I have ever seen. I don't know how to pronounce it, I can't Google it, I can't make a guess what it's domain might be. Just awful in every possible way.
Also it might cause confusion with https://www.enlightenment.org/