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[โ€“] BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world 43 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Honestly it's a terrible name for an OS; hard to search for as / makes Web browsers think you're entering a web/file address in. It'd also just sounds silly when said outloud, and it's not easy to remember because it's not a natural combination of characters

They need a rebrand to ease their diacoverability and build a decent name for themselves. I appreciate it's difficult to find names that aren't already in use but I think it's current name is holding the project back.

[โ€“] Aequitas@feddit.org 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In 2019, the developers claimed that the name was a โ€œtemporary placeholderโ€ and that it would be changed as soon as all โ€œnecessary legal formalitiesโ€ had been clarified. They wrote, โ€œWe should be able to announce the name for the OS soon.โ€ Unfortunately, nothing has changed since then. At least they seem to be aware that it's a bad name.

The FAQ on the website states: โ€œIt's the current project codename, we are planning to introduce a new and more convenient name for our mobile ROM in a few months.โ€ But that has probably been there for a long time as well.

What could these "necessary legal formalities" be that are making it so complicated?

[โ€“] chaogomu@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Trademark law. It can be a pain in the ass, especially if you can't think of an original name.

[โ€“] phneutral@feddit.org 4 points 1 day ago

Eos is the name of the greek goddess of dawn. I find it really fitting.

[โ€“] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Just search โ€œeOSโ€?

[โ€“] Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com -4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't see the difficulty in saying "slash e OS"

[โ€“] wowleak@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 day ago

Or as we call it in swedish, "snedstreck e os".

[โ€“] mortalic@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I've been daily driving eos for a few years now across two phones. I also bought a Busted pixel tablet, fixed it and flashed eos on it.

Its always showed you how bad the data leaks were for which app and to which platform.

Now they do it as a notification, which is annoying. Worse for me, I've got shelter installed so I can put MS teams, intune etc into a work profile, so now there are TWO notifications running at all times.

So, with KDE connect, tesla, tailscale.... That means that the least number of notifications running are 5. I hate it.

Eos is awesome though. I can't recommend it enough. You all should be running it.

[โ€“] GarbadgeGoober@feddit.org 4 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Regarding the notifications, if it turns up and you long press on it, you get into the settings and can turn it off. Somehow had to do it couple of times but now since more then a week I don't get them anymore.

Yeah I agree with you, they probbaly thought would be a nice feature to make people aware of tracking. But as nearly every up has dozens of trackers it gets annoying.

For me the summary on the left page is enough.

[โ€“] mortalic@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

Agreed, it's widget is fine. Also if you haven't discovered the launcher Fossify Launcher yet. Worth a look. Returns /e/os closer to vanilla android. Let's you place widgets where you want.

https://f-droid.org/packages/org.fossify.home