I like it!! There was a brand of headphones/earbuds/something named the same thing, that one of my partners really loved. They were really sad when it got bought out and shut down, so it's cool to see the name go to something else that's awesome.
I have a tangential question. My understanding is that Google is requiring every Android app to be registered with them, and they're going to start blocking any that aren't. Are those apps going to continue to be installable on Nura?
I'm sorry, I was mixing up Nura with GrapheneOS. Since Graphene is modified Android I wondered if there might be an issue. But since Nura is not Android my question doesn't make much sense.
Totally fair, not super hard to mix up. To answer the question from what I've seen both Graphene and Lineage are not including the code to box out non credited apps. But they don't have a large enough user base to keep the devs motivated if I had to guess
That's not the reason. The app verification daemon is part of the Google Services, not of AOSP. Even if Graphene and Lineage wanted to ship it, they legally couldn't for the same reason they don't ship the playstore. But as soon as you install the playstore manually, which is possible, you'll get the verifier service, too.
is it just for installing Plath store with Google play services? I used a helper script to get waydroid with microg set up on my Linux phohe, and it preinstalled the play store apps instead of one of the alternatives. I haven't noticed anything yet, but just to be safe....
Google can only enforce this on devices they control. PostmarketOS is not Android. Even if it was - if I install an app through an alternative app store or install it via "sideloading", there is nothing Google can do. Even LineageOS, which is based on the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) won't care about Googles new toy.
Nura is currently in the process of setting up a non profit to coordinate the development of the OS. One of the stated goals of this is to enable hardware partnerships, with German phone maker shift being floated as a potential partner.
Honestly fairphone would also be a good option. One of the most repairable phones, swappable modules (well, replaceable since nobody makes aftermarket modules), and they already have a history of working with 3rd party OS providers.
I thought at first the name "Nura" was from Esperanto, meaning more or less "current" or "up-to-date", but nope! It comes from the name for certain Sardinian buildings from the Megalithic period, "Nuraghe":
There are now 13 English Wikipedia entries for the word Nura. This is my biggest criticism of the name. I hope it helps the project. I want a Linux phone that can run native Linux apps by default (and a few other features).
Descriptive names generally can't be trademarked, so postmarketOS wasn't eligible. Nura is the only computer project with that name and it isn't descriptive, so can be trademarked (in the computer or software field).
a proposal of 4 names for the team to choose from. Those names went through further triaging to make sure it didn't have very problematic connotations in as many languages as we could find speakers, from all continents. All of them passed the criteria
This is a really directionless project, they haven’t got a single phone that they are willing to say this is the one you should get if you want to try this software. But they did spend a year and a half rebranding.
I want this to work but FFS pick a single device and complete it enough to show people a working OS.
They are supporting devices deemed obsolete by manufacturers and are working towards making your phone last longer, I would say that's pretty environmentally conscious. The "eco" TLD makes sense, I think, when you look at their goals.
The name is long and can be very hard to pronounce in many languages.
Who the fuck translates names? This should be a borrow word at max. Like, I would say postmarket oh es or postmarket os' (soft s), latter maybe more casually. I would NOT say "The after market operating system" in my language. If it's implying some groups are incapable of pronouncing English in any coherent way, that's just racist the way I see it.
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Programs, Routines and Symbolic Languages That Control/Dictate the Functioning of Physical Equipment Directly Involved in Performing an Industrial, Technological or Military Function; Designed for Controlling the Allocation and the Use Of Various Resources of Such Physical Equipment to Tasks and Remote Human Users; to be Used with Including But Not Limited to Equipment Originally Manufactured for the Purpose of Being a Portable, Wireless Telephone, Which Changes Radio Connections Seamlessly During Travel from One Radio Reception Cell to Another Without Losing the Party-To
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The name is long and can be very hard to pronounce in many languages.
Who the fuck translates names? This should be a borrow word at max. Like, I would say postmarket oh es or postmarket os' (soft s), latter maybe more casually. I would NOT say "The after market operating system" in my language. If it's implying some groups are incapable of pronouncing English in any coherent way, that's just racist the way I see it.
New proposed name:
Programs, Routines and Symbolic Languages That Control/Dictate the Functioning of Physical Equipment Directly Involved in Performing an Industrial, Technological or Military Function; Designed for Controlling the Allocation and the Use Of Various Resources of Such Physical Equipment to Tasks and Remote Human Users; to be Used with Including But Not Limited to Equipment Originally Manufactured for the Purpose of Being a Portable, Wireless Telephone, Which Changes Radio Connections Seamlessly During Travel from One Radio Reception Cell to Another Without Losing the Party-To-Party Call Connection; Almost Exclusively Subsequent to the Term of Sale of Said Equipment.
One just has to translate the whole thing and it's fine, no way to mispronounce.
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Many languages do not have the same set of sounds as English - a stereotypical example being Japanese, which merges L and R - and so words that use those sounds are difficult to pronounce
The new name is far better than the old name. It's short, and easy to remember for non tech people. "Post Market OS" is something only geeks or tech people won't have trouble remembering.
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Android doesn't have any google by default, so these installs can't be forced by Google to do anything.
If anything, they will push more people to reinstall Android without Google, so they can install normal software on fdroid.
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I want this to work but FFS pick a single device and complete it enough to show people a working OS.
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in reply to cm0002 • • •Reading the article I can understand changing the name. Nura might even be fine.
That said, I do not at all understand going with a .eco TLD.
I immediately think it'd be some green venture or something or other. Even .tech or something else would be far, far better IMO.
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postmarket oh esorpostmarket os'(soft s), latter maybe more casually. I would NOT say "The after market operating system" in my language. If it's implying some groups are incapable of pronouncing English in any coherent way, that's just racist the way I see it.New proposed name:
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postmarket oh esorpostmarket os'(soft s), latter maybe more casually. I would NOT say "The after market operating system" in my language. If it's implying some groups are incapable of pronouncing English in any coherent way, that's just racist the way I see it.New proposed name:
One just has to translate the whole thing and it's fine, no way to mispronounce.
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