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==Development==
==Development==
[[beta version|Beta versions]], based on [[LineageOS]] 14.1, and later 15.1 have been available since late 2018. <ref name=":1" />
[[beta version|Beta versions]], based on [[LineageOS]] 14.1 (Nougat), and later 15.1 (Oreo) and 16 (Pie) have been available since late 2018.<ref name=":1" />

As of September, 4th 2019, the smartphone operating system is available on 81 different devices.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/wiki/en/wikis/devices-list|title=devices list · Wiki · e / wiki / en|website=GitLab|language=en|access-date=2019-09-04}}</ref>

In June 2019, /e/ online services have been released for self-hosting, as a set of dockerized components (NextCloud, Postfix, OnlyOffice...). They are set up to be compatible with /e/OS. In particular, they offer a single identity across all the services (SSO).

In July 2019, /e/OS is available for purchase, pre-installed on various refurbished smartphone models.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://e.foundation/e-pre-installed-refurbished-smartphones/|title=/e/ pre-installed Smartphones|work=/e/|access-date=2019-09-04|language=en-US}}</ref>


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. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indidea.org/gael/blog/leaving-apple-google-how-is-e-actually-google-free/|title=Leaving Apple & Google: How is /e/ actually Google-free?|last=Duval|first=Gaël|date=2019-03-16|website=Gaël Duval (blog, mandrake, /e/ my data is my data...)|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-31}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gitlab.e.foundation/search?group_id=&project_id=&repository_ref=&scope=issues&search=Infosec+Handbook+Review|title=Infosec Handbook Review · Search|last=Duval|first=Gael|date=2019-04-29|website=GitLab - Infosec Handbook Review Search|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2019-08-31}}</ref>
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. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indidea.org/gael/blog/leaving-apple-google-how-is-e-actually-google-free/|title=Leaving Apple & Google: How is /e/ actually Google-free?|last=Duval|first=Gaël|date=2019-03-16|website=Gaël Duval (blog, mandrake, /e/ my data is my data...)|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-31}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gitlab.e.foundation/search?group_id=&project_id=&repository_ref=&scope=issues&search=Infosec+Handbook+Review|title=Infosec Handbook Review · Search|last=Duval|first=Gael|date=2019-04-29|website=GitLab - Infosec Handbook Review Search|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2019-08-31}}</ref>

Revision as of 06:52, 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 (Nougat), and later 15.1 (Oreo) and 16 (Pie) have been available since late 2018.[4]

As of September, 4th 2019, the smartphone operating system is available on 81 different devices.[11]

In June 2019, /e/ online services have been released for self-hosting, as a set of dockerized components (NextCloud, Postfix, OnlyOffice...). They are set up to be compatible with /e/OS. In particular, they offer a single identity across all the services (SSO).

In July 2019, /e/OS is available for purchase, pre-installed on various refurbished smartphone models.[12]

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. [13] [14]

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. ^ "devices list · Wiki · e / wiki / en". GitLab. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
  12. ^ "/e/ pre-installed Smartphones". /e/. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ 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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