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'''/e/''' (formerly '''Eelo''') is a partly [[free and open-source]] [[operating system]] for [[smartphones]] and associated online services, based on the [[Android (operating system)|Android]] mobile operating system<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/now-time-start-planning-post-android-world|title=Now Is the Time to Start Planning for the Post-Android World - Linux Journal|website=[[Linux Journal]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first1=Steven J.|last1=Vaughan-Nichols|accessdate=2019-08-30|title=Eelo: A Google-less Android alternative emerges|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/eelo-a-google-less-android-alternative-emerges/|website=[[ZDNet]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Jack|last=Wallen|accessdate=2019-08-30|title=Is /e/ good or bad for mobility?|url=https://www.techrepublic.com/article/is-e-good-or-bad-for-mobility/|website=[[TechRepublic]]}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web|accessdate=2019-08-30|title=Eelo : l'OS mobile open source de Gaël Duval sort en bêta - Le Monde Informatique|trans-title=Eelo: Gaël Duval's open source mobile OS is released in beta|language=French|url=https://www.lemondeinformatique.fr/actualites/lire-eelo-l-os-mobile-open-source-de-gael-duval-sort-en-beta-72898.html|website={{ill|Le Monde informatique|fr}}}}</ref>, NextCloud, OnlyOffice and Postfix<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/infra/ecloud-selfhosting|title=ecloud-selfhosting|last=|first=|date=|website=/e/ GitLab source code repository|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>. The mobile operating system is a [[Fork (software development)|fork]] of [[LineageOS]]. <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/askjack/2019/jul/04/can-i-buy-a-phone-that-does-not-use-anything-from-google-or-apple|title=Can I buy a phone that doesn't use anything from Google or Apple?|last=Schofield|first=Jack|date=2019-07-04|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-08-30|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> The [[List of custom Android distributions|custom ROM]] is developed by the E Foundation, which was founded by French entrepreneur [[Gaël Duval]]. /e/ is marketed as [[privacy software]] that does not contain [[Proprietary software|proprietary]] [[Google]] apps or services,<ref name="indianexpress.com">{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/social/eelo-new-privacy-enabled-smartphone-os-will-have-no-google-inside-5007509/|title=Eelo, new 'privacy-enabled' smartphone OS, will have no Google inside|date=1 January 2018}}</ref> and challenges the public to "find any parts of the system or default applications that are still leaking data to Google." <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/09/24/grab_your_degoogled_open_source_altandroid_now/|title=Open-source alt-droid wants to know if it's still leaking data to Google|last=Andrew Orlowski 24 Sep 2018 at 16:40|website=www.theregister.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-08-29}}</ref>
'''/e/''' (formerly '''Eelo''') is a partly [[free and open-source]] [[operating system]] for [[smartphones]] and associated online services, based on the [[Android (operating system)|Android]] mobile operating system<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/now-time-start-planning-post-android-world|title=Now Is the Time to Start Planning for the Post-Android World - Linux Journal|website=[[Linux Journal]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first1=Steven J.|last1=Vaughan-Nichols|accessdate=2019-08-30|title=Eelo: A Google-less Android alternative emerges|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/eelo-a-google-less-android-alternative-emerges/|website=[[ZDNet]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Jack|last=Wallen|accessdate=2019-08-30|title=Is /e/ good or bad for mobility?|url=https://www.techrepublic.com/article/is-e-good-or-bad-for-mobility/|website=[[TechRepublic]]}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web|accessdate=2019-08-30|title=Eelo : l'OS mobile open source de Gaël Duval sort en bêta - Le Monde Informatique|trans-title=Eelo: Gaël Duval's open source mobile OS is released in beta|language=French|url=https://www.lemondeinformatique.fr/actualites/lire-eelo-l-os-mobile-open-source-de-gael-duval-sort-en-beta-72898.html|website={{ill|Le Monde informatique|fr}}}}</ref>, NextCloud, OnlyOffice and Postfix<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/infra/ecloud-selfhosting|title=ecloud-selfhosting|last=|first=|date=|website=/e/ GitLab source code repository|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>. The mobile operating system is a [[Fork (software development)|fork]] of [[LineageOS]]. <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/askjack/2019/jul/04/can-i-buy-a-phone-that-does-not-use-anything-from-google-or-apple|title=Can I buy a phone that doesn't use anything from Google or Apple?|last=Schofield|first=Jack|date=2019-07-04|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-08-30|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> The [[List of custom Android distributions|custom ROM]] is developed by the E Foundation, which was founded by French entrepreneur [[Gaël Duval]]. /e/ is presented as [[privacy software]] that does not contain [[Proprietary software|proprietary]] [[Google]] apps or services,<ref name="indianexpress.com">{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/social/eelo-new-privacy-enabled-smartphone-os-will-have-no-google-inside-5007509/|title=Eelo, new 'privacy-enabled' smartphone OS, will have no Google inside|date=1 January 2018}}</ref> and challenges the public to "find any parts of the system or default applications that are still leaking data to Google." <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/09/24/grab_your_degoogled_open_source_altandroid_now/|title=Open-source alt-droid wants to know if it's still leaking data to Google|last=Andrew Orlowski 24 Sep 2018 at 16:40|website=www.theregister.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-08-29}}</ref>


==Background==
==Background==

Revision as of 06:41, 4 September 2019

/e/
DeveloperGaël Duval, E Foundation
Repository
Package managerAPK based (own repository of Android applications integrated, optional Repositories like F-Droid, Amazon Appstore or Google Play Store) (if installed)
PlatformsARM, ARM64
Kernel typeMonolithic (Linux)
LicenseApache 2, MIT and other licenses
Official websitee.foundation/e-os/

/e/ (formerly Eelo) is a partly free and open-source operating system for smartphones and associated online services, based on the Android mobile operating system[1][2][3][4], NextCloud, OnlyOffice and Postfix[5]. The mobile operating system is a fork of LineageOS. [6] The custom ROM is developed by the E Foundation, which was founded by French entrepreneur Gaël Duval. /e/ is presented as privacy software that does not contain proprietary Google apps or services,[7] and challenges the public to "find any parts of the system or default applications that are still leaking data to Google." [8]

Background

In 2017, /e/ founder Duval, through a series of articles titled "Leaving Apple & Google: my /e/ odyssey", proposed the concept of an operating system without privacy-invasive software. This was followed by a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign. The OS was initially named Eelo,[7] but the name was subsequently changed to /e/ due to trademark issues. [9] In January 2018 Duval acknowledged using Google Adwords to analyze and improve "driving people to my two different landing pages" leading up to the Kickstarter campaign. [10] [undue weight? – discuss]

Development

Beta versions, based on LineageOS 14.1, and later 15.1 have been available since late 2018. [4]

In March 2019, Duval wrote, "I’m very pleased that some security and privacy experts are starting to have a close look at /e/, and are challenging what we are doing," and thanked InfoSec Handbook experts for their review, which concluded, “While /e/ looks promising, it isn’t Google-free by now.” As of April 2019, the issues were being tracked in /e/'s Gitlab. [11] [12]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Now Is the Time to Start Planning for the Post-Android World - Linux Journal". Linux Journal.
  2. ^ Vaughan-Nichols, Steven J. "Eelo: A Google-less Android alternative emerges". ZDNet. Retrieved 2019-08-30.
  3. ^ Wallen, Jack. "Is /e/ good or bad for mobility?". TechRepublic. Retrieved 2019-08-30.
  4. ^ a b "Eelo : l'OS mobile open source de Gaël Duval sort en bêta - Le Monde Informatique" [Eelo: Gaël Duval's open source mobile OS is released in beta]. Le Monde informatique [fr] (in French). Retrieved 2019-08-30.
  5. ^ "ecloud-selfhosting". /e/ GitLab source code repository. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  6. ^ Schofield, Jack (2019-07-04). "Can I buy a phone that doesn't use anything from Google or Apple?". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-08-30.
  7. ^ a b "Eelo, new 'privacy-enabled' smartphone OS, will have no Google inside". 1 January 2018.
  8. ^ Andrew Orlowski 24 Sep 2018 at 16:40. "Open-source alt-droid wants to know if it's still leaking data to Google". www.theregister.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-08-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ Duval, Gaël (2018-07-14). "Leaving Apple and Google: /e/ is the symbol for "my data is MY data"". Gaël Duval (blog, mandrake, /e/ my data is my data...). Retrieved 2019-08-31.
  10. ^ Duval, Gaël (2018-01-28). "Why every entrepreneur should experiment a crowdfunding campaign". Gaël Duval (blog, mandrake, /e/ my data is my data...). Retrieved 2019-08-31.
  11. ^ Duval, Gaël (2019-03-16). "Leaving Apple & Google: How is /e/ actually Google-free?". Gaël Duval (blog, mandrake, /e/ my data is my data...). Retrieved 2019-08-31.
  12. ^ Duval, Gael (2019-04-29). "Infosec Handbook Review · Search". GitLab - Infosec Handbook Review Search. Retrieved 2019-08-31. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)

External links

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