Can postmarketOS be used to get texts and calls on a modern desktop computer? I’m looking for something that lets me forward everything over mqtt, matrix or jitsi
PostmarketOS in 2025-02: MSM89x7 Audio, Modern Xiaomis in Community, New Name
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Re: PostmarketOS in 2025-02: MSM89x7 Audio, Modern Xiaomis in Community, New Name
#22Any name will be better than Phosh. Most google results would return phishing attacks when searching for 'phosh linux'
These searches contradict your statement: https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ftsa&q=phosh&ia=web https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=phosh https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=phosh%20linux they all return expected results. also Phosh is a portmanteu of "Phone" and "Shell".
When it was cool the play around the a pinephone, it certainly was the case. Phosh remains a terrible name imo
Re: PostmarketOS in 2025-02: MSM89x7 Audio, Modern Xiaomis in Community, New Name
#23I never liked the current name, so I like the change!
Re: PostmarketOS in 2025-02: MSM89x7 Audio, Modern Xiaomis in Community, New Name
#24Any name will be better than Phosh. Most google results would return phishing attacks when searching for 'phosh linux'
Phosh is a specific graphical environment that runs on top of PMOS; I don't see anything to suggest that renaming it is planned.
I meant... don't make the same mistake as Phosh.
I know what it is...
Everyone is so obsessed with proving the other wrong on this platform. It's almost as if users derive their identity from their supposed superior intellect. Sounds like what the twitter guy does all the time.
Re: PostmarketOS in 2025-02: MSM89x7 Audio, Modern Xiaomis in Community, New Name
#25For what it's worth, I'm not convinced by the change of name. No matter if I write "postmarket", "PostMarket" or "posTmArkeTOs", the first result I get in my search engine is postmarketOS. In terms of how hard it is to pronounce, it feels like as soon as the context is there, one can say "pmOS". Kubernetes doesn't seem particularly easy to pronounce, but it doesn't seem like it's preventing it from being successful.…
> Third-party documentation/blog posts will not get updated, ever. OTOH that could also be an advantage. For at least a year or so after they change the name, all info you can find about how to do something with it when you search with the new name is likely to be current. Instead of 7 year old guides that are completely out of date and don’t work with current versions.
To see it as an advantage, you have to be sure that your community is active enough to write complete documentation with the new name.
It looks pretty bad when you look for documentation and people have to tell you to search for documentation with a different project name, because the name was changed.
For instance, whenever you want to do something with MapLibre, you have to think whether you should look at the Mapbox documentation or not. Many times it's confusing. But it is explained by the fact that there was an actual need for a fork, and hence a new name.
Re: PostmarketOS in 2025-02: MSM89x7 Audio, Modern Xiaomis in Community, New Name
#26For what it's worth, I'm not convinced by the change of name. No matter if I write "postmarket", "PostMarket" or "posTmArkeTOs", the first result I get in my search engine is postmarketOS. In terms of how hard it is to pronounce, it feels like as soon as the context is there, one can say "pmOS". Kubernetes doesn't seem particularly easy to pronounce, but it doesn't seem like it's preventing it from being successful.…
I don't like renaming things as much as the next guy, but they're targeting an international audience. Ask a Chinese/Japanese/Arabic/whatever speaker if it's easy to pronounce (it is for me, but that's because I speak relatively passable English; judging from past experience, my friends would certainly find this name unpronounceable).
I understand, and it happens to me that some project names are difficult to pronounce. Doesn't mean they are difficult to write or remember, though.
I still don't believe that it is a reason to change it and deal with the confusion that comes from that change.
Re: PostmarketOS in 2025-02: MSM89x7 Audio, Modern Xiaomis in Community, New Name
#27Any name will be better than Phosh. Most google results would return phishing attacks when searching for 'phosh linux'
My go-to example for a bad name is /e/ :-). Nice project, bad name.
Re: PostmarketOS in 2025-02: MSM89x7 Audio, Modern Xiaomis in Community, New Name
#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
Phosh is a specific graphical environment that runs on top of PMOS; I don't see anything to suggest that renaming it is planned.
I meant... don't make the same mistake as Phosh. I know what it is... Everyone is so obsessed with proving the other wrong on this platform. It's almost as if users derive their identity from their supposed superior intellect. Sounds like what the twitter guy does all the time.
Or, it's as if what you posted didn't really express what you apparently intended to say, and people responded to what you actually said instead of what you meant
Re: PostmarketOS in 2025-02: MSM89x7 Audio, Modern Xiaomis in Community, New Name
#29dont know if some postmarketos dev will read this
if you want my opinion;
im not in favour of name change, but its your project. usually brands change names when they are not doing so good. Are you not succesfull?
PostmarketOS name is distict, it shows you could care less about some mainstream naming trends and you focus on quality and thats what you build on, not some name
the way you ask people for change of name is also stupid, it should be done by discussion with people on forum, not like this (a formular)
but as i said its your project, and its your business
Re: PostmarketOS in 2025-02: MSM89x7 Audio, Modern Xiaomis in Community, New Name
#30dont know if some postmarketos dev will read this if you want my opinion; im not in favour of name change, but its your project. usually brands change names when they are not doing so good. Are you not succesfull? PostmarketOS name is distict, it shows you could care less about some mainstream naming trends and you focus on quality and thats what you build on, not some name the way you ask people for change of name i…
takes this as a grain of salt; just my opinion