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/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] It is a fork of LineageOS. [5] The 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 Google apps or services,[6] and challenges the public to "find any parts of the system or default applications that are still leaking data to Google." [7]

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,[6] but the name was subsequently changed to /e/ due to trademark issues. [8] 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. [9] [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. [10] [11]

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. ^ 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.
  6. ^ a b "Eelo, new 'privacy-enabled' smartphone OS, will have no Google inside". 1 January 2018.
  7. ^ 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)
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ 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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