The rationale is interesting. I'm glad they kept the logo as it's recycling ♻️

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[–] 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Have you read the article? If yes which aspects so you disagree with?

Edit: I don't want to change the original, but I didn't mean "did you read the article" as smart assert but as "is that a taste statement or something in relation to what they wrote?"

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  • [–] 15 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    yes i did read it. the original name had pretty good recognition among linux nerds already, it's kinda long but usually shortened as pmOS so i don't see how problematic that is.

    and the new name just seems too generic/unmemorable.. imagine you hear "postmarketOS running on Galaxy S10" and you instantly know its some alternate OS ported to that phone unlike "Nura on Galaxy S10". It doesn't even have "OS" in the name..

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago

    Part of the problem with reading the article to explain it, is 99.999% of people will not read the article either.

    Look at the other project names. They're technical and exciting.

    Nura... sounds like a health bar, or a moisturizer, a cereal at best.

    Postmarket was pretty bad, but it did kind of describe the point of the OS.

    Nura, nature, nurture, maybe Neura would have been braincell adjacent.

    Doesn't really matter, when it can drive a camera well and give me 18 hours of battery, i'll run it.

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