/e/ (operating system)

Not to be confused with Enlightenment (software).

/e/
DeveloperGaël Duval, /e/ Foundation
OS familyAndroid (Linux)
Latest release2.5[1]Edit this on Wikidata / 12 November 2024; 12 days ago (12 November 2024)
Repositorygitlab.e.foundation
Available inMultilingual
Package managerAPK-based "App Lounge"[2][3]
PlatformsARM, ARM64
Kernel typeMonolithic (Linux)
LicenseApache 2, MIT and other licenses
Official websitee.foundation/e-os/

/e/ (also known as /e/ OS and /e/OS, formerly Eelo) is a fork of LineageOS,[4][5] an Android-based mobile operating system, and associated online services.[6] /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]

  1. ^ "v2.5". 12 November 2024.
  2. ^ https://doc.e.foundation/support-topics/app_lounge
  3. ^ https://www.wired.com/story/e-os-review/
  4. ^ "/e/ is a Google-free LineageOS fork for several Android devices". 29 November 2018. Archived from the original on 29 November 2018. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference :7 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Moody, Glyn (8 October 2018). "Now Is the Time to Start Planning for the Post-Android World". Linux Journal. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  7. ^ Rajan, Nandagopal (1 January 2018). "Eelo, new 'privacy-enabled' smartphone OS, will have no Google inside". The Indian Express. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  8. ^ Orlowski, Andrew (24 September 2018). "Open-source alt-droid wants to know if it's still leaking data to Google". The Register. Retrieved 29 August 2019.