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PostmarketOS renamed to Nura (nura.eco)
submitted 9 hours ago by to c/linuxphones@lemmy.ca
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/53279635

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

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[–] 28 points 9 hours ago (1 child)

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Guess all my posts are outdated now but i do like the new name.

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    • [–] 19 points 8 hours ago (4 children)

    Yeah, "postmarketOS" had become a bit of a misnomer, since brand new phones can have it installed.

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  • [–] [S] 11 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

    It worked wonderfully to get the point across; "This is an OS you flash after your phone is no longer supported"

    Nura is nice, I do like it, but I doubt it'll have the same instant "Oh I get it" that the name "postmarketOS" had. I could be wrong though.

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  • [–] 7 points 7 hours ago

    The people who understand the meaning of a post-market operative system will already have experience installing Linux on their computers, in which case postmarketOS is no longer really a meaningful description.

    I got used to pmOS, but never really liked it. Loving Nura, though it'll take a while to get used to.

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    • [–] 12 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

    The sidebar has been updated💪

    I have just upgraded my steam deck to CachyOS handheld.

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    • [–] 2 points 5 hours ago

    Great, I like everything about it

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    [–] 5 points 8 hours ago (8 children)

    So what is a good medium/cheap phone from the last 3 years where Nura can be installed without any risk of failure or damage?

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  • [–] 10 points 8 hours ago (7 children)

    List of working devices can be found here - https://wiki.nura.eco/wiki/Devices

    Unfortunately there are few with complete functionality. I believe the project has been on hold while they do an audit and figure out governance. Hopefully the name change means that process is nearing completion and the focus can return to device functionality. Forgive me if i'm mistaking this for another project though.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 hours ago (6 children)

    Not a single one?

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 7 hours ago (5 children)

    FP6, "unofficially" as in, the patches are in a newer kernel version iirc, so when Nura catches up to said version, all the patches will work out of the box. ✨ For more info, I'd suggest checking this Community for all the FP6 updates

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

    So, a phone that's still well in the support window of the original vendor plus probably years more via LineageOS. I don't see a ton of value in postmarketOS on the FP6.

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  • [–] [S] 9 points 5 hours ago

    Just in case, this is a Linux Phone forum. So the value is that, Naru is not android. Which matters when Google is incrementally releasing less and less of AOSP. But even then, you can still run Android inside Naru (and other Mobile Linux options) via Waydroid.

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  • [–] 7 points 6 hours ago

    Why is there no value in mobile linux on a modern phone?

    Atleast for me the value for Nura (which im glad is why they dropped the old name) is that its mainline linux, not that the orginal vendor doesn't support it anymore.

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