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PostmarketOS renamed to Nura (nura.eco)
submitted 1 month ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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The rationale is interesting. I'm glad they kept the logo as it's recycling ♻️

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[–] 40 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

No, but it was a helluva lot more obvious what it was. I guess I understand their reasoning, but it's yet another obscure name among the innumerable ones out there already.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Do you really think anyone would see the name "postmarketOS" and right away think this is a Linux distro for phones? Perhaps the "-OS" part gives it away that it's some kind of OS, but so are a lot of projects that end with "-OS".

    For example: ReactOS, RedoxOS, ChibiOS, MicroOS, TempleOS. Can you really look at any of these names without knowing beforehand and tell what it is about?

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    GrapheneOS doesn't instill the same view either. I think post market was better fit than this more obscure name.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    I had heard the "PostmarketOS" name in the past but it never sparked my interest, the name made me think it was an OS made for some old obscure hardware that I'm likely to not own or that I would not be able to buy anymore. Either that, or a distro meant for old PCs.

    I just found out that it comes shipped in PinePhones and that it's actually a modern OS not necessarily constrained by a specific line of legacy hardware.

    I think it's better a name with no implicit meaning than a name with a misleading meaning. All names are obscure when they just appear, I don't think "PostmarketOS" was such mainstream name.

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