Aiming for a 10 year life-cycle for smartphones
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sermah3 days ago
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hagbard_c3 days ago
Pfah, Poob. Zombo.com is the place to be. Welcome to Zombo.com. This is Zombo.com. Welcome. This is Zombo.com. Welcome to Zombo.com. You can do anything at Zombo.com. Anything at all. The only limit is yourself.
unlabeledmabel2 days ago
im still so sour that the domain got sniped and now hosts some mockery of what used to be zombo.com.
pona-a3 days ago
Idk, I think the new name sounds too corporate, like some shitty startup or wellness brand. PostmarketOS was a bit of a mouthful but it gave you some idea of what the project was. Well, if they think it's a way to reach more people, then more power to them.
shepherdjerred3 days ago
the first thing I thought of: https://www.nuvaring.com
klardotsh3 days ago
The jokes almost write themselves about the knock-on effects of dedicating significant time to debugging your phone running this OS, with the new name.
cromka3 days ago
I think they want to be a mobile OS, plain and simple. But the new name... Not good.
solarkraft3 days ago
That’s what I like about it. It signals a kind of ambition open source projects usually lack.
NoboruWataya3 days ago
I did think postmarketOS was a bit of an awkward name but it was also widely recognised, at least in Linux nerd circles. I guess this will cause a bit of confusion in the short term but hopefully lead to broader recognition in the longer term. Though the obstacles to Nura's growth are probably not primarily branding-related.
lucb1e3 days ago
Yeah, I was trying to think of a mnemonic to remember this new name but I'm coming up short. The old one was indeed... somehow 'post-market' isn't the best vibe so I do get the point of a rebrand in general
card_zero3 days ago
So the name comes from nuraghe, a kind of ancient stone tower in Sardinia, intending to convey stability and strength. But nura is already a Sardinian word, it seems, for "daughter-in-law". Daughters-in-law can be strong and stable too, of course, so it doesn't matter much.
JeremyNT3 days ago
Yeah the old name was not good so I get the desire to rebrand, although I'm not sure this is much better.
mzajc3 days ago
Searching for "Nura" returns dozens of existing results. They couldn't even get nura.org! Is there really not a more distinct name they could've picked? Even Nura OS would make them easier to find in the long term.
Non-exhaustive list of things already named "nura":
- NURA: Premium Ingredients for Food & Wellness
- Nura - Award-winning personalised sound
- NURA: India's First Ai Powered Health Screening Center
- Nura Clinics | Pain Management Specialists In Minnesota
- Nura (German rapper)
- NURA - Shop Now for Health Essentials
- Nura | Hummus, Falafel & Shawarma
- Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan
- Nura, a defunct consumer electronics company based in Melbourne
- Nura Space: Workplace Management Platform
Competing for this name seems like an uphill battle.
landgenoot3 days ago
So, like Lineage.
I still rock my CyanogenMod
yjftsjthsd-h3 days ago
LineageOS is more distinctive
DANmode3 days ago
As a daily-driver?
jayfx3 days ago
I kind of still prefers postmarketOS
cwnyth3 days ago
I absolutely do, too. Even dropping the "OS" will still net a cool name.
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