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Leaving Apple and Google: /e/ first beta

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Re: Leaving Apple and Google: /e/ first beta

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Post by labster »

abstractbeliefs wrote: post #12
bocklund wrote: post #6

> We decided to adopt “/e/” as a textual representation for the symbol of “my data is MY data” Discussion appears to be here: https://www.indidea.org/gael/blog/leaving-apple-and-google-e... I appreciate the reason for the name change, but if the goal is to target laypeople, /e/ is not obviously pronounceable or meaningful for my mom or kids/teens.

The other thing is that `/e/`, with the slashes and all, is the exact name of 4chans softcore hentai board.

Let's just be glad they didn't name it /d/, and then use it to run a Squid cluster.

Re: Leaving Apple and Google: /e/ first beta

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Post by SkyMarshal »

KeitIG wrote: post #80
suyash wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Looks like it's already taken by a number of things:

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=eos

Re: Leaving Apple and Google: /e/ first beta

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Post by cgb223 »

idle_fella wrote: post #70
graphememes wrote: post #61

The 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.

He wrote that they will change the name when they release the first version by 2019

He should probably change it before then

Re: Leaving Apple and Google: /e/ first beta

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Post by cecja »

craftyguy wrote: post #42
cmurf wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are they skipping 15 for a bunch of phones? I'm on a 2015 Motorola phone that still gets weekly 14.1 updates, and I kinda wonder if it's just EOL even for Lineage.

> Are they skipping 15 for a bunch of phones? If your device doesn't already support 15, then it's highly unlikely that it will ever seen an official release with 15, or 16, or anything >14.1.

That's just bullshit there are always phones getting late support for newer releases sometimes even over 1 1/2 year later. Don't spread lies like this.

Re: Leaving Apple and Google: /e/ first beta

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Post by chooseaname »

abstractbeliefs wrote: post #12
bocklund wrote: post #6

> We decided to adopt “/e/” as a textual representation for the symbol of “my data is MY data” Discussion appears to be here: https://www.indidea.org/gael/blog/leaving-apple-and-google-e... I appreciate the reason for the name change, but if the goal is to target laypeople, /e/ is not obviously pronounceable or meaningful for my mom or kids/teens.

The other thing is that `/e/`, with the slashes and all, is the exact name of 4chans softcore hentai board.

Not gonna ask. Nope. Not gonna.
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