No matter if I write "postmarket", "PostMarket" or "posTmArkeTOs", the first result I get in my search engine is postmarketOS. In terms of how hard it is to pronounce, it feels like as soon as the context is there, one can say "pmOS". Kubernetes doesn't seem particularly easy to pronounce, but it doesn't seem like it's preventing it from being successful.
As a comparison, try to Google for /e/, or eos... I think it's getting better but a couple of years ago I was just not reading the /e/ changelogs because I just couldn't find the website. This, IMHO, is a bad name; and I have been a pretty satisfied user of /e/ for years, it's not like I don't like the project. But to be very honest, if CalyxOS had supported my phone I would have switched just because of the frustration with the name.
Also with every change of name comes confusion. For a very long time some people will keep calling it "postmarketOS", some will think it's a brand new project or a fork. Third-party documentation/blog posts will not get updated, ever. It takes time and energy to change a project name. And for what? Because it's "a bit too long" and "not so easy to pronounce"? I don't think it's worth it. It would be different if the project was called muskRocksOS.
I still don't believe that it is a reason to change it and deal with the confusion that comes from that change.
OTOH that could also be an advantage. For at least a year or so after they change the name, all info you can find about how to do something with it when you search with the new name is likely to be current. Instead of 7 year old guides that are completely out of date and don’t work with current versions.
It looks pretty bad when you look for documentation and people have to tell you to search for documentation with a different project name, because the name was changed.
For instance, whenever you want to do something with MapLibre, you have to think whether you should look at the Mapbox documentation or not. Many times it's confusing. But it is explained by the fact that there was an actual need for a fork, and hence a new name.
if you want my opinion;
im not in favour of name change, but its your project. usually brands change names when they are not doing so good. Are you not succesfull?
PostmarketOS name is distict, it shows you could care less about some mainstream naming trends and you focus on quality and thats what you build on, not some name
the way you ask people for change of name is also stupid, it should be done by discussion with people on forum, not like this (a formular)
but as i said its your project, and its your business
I heard the Xiomi Mi Pad 5 Pro had good support (https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Xiaomi_Mi_Pad_5_Pro_(xiao...), but we also support a lot of Chromebooks like your Duet 3 (https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Lenovo_IdeaPad_Duet_3_(go...) :p
https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ftsa&q=phosh&ia=web
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=phosh
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=phosh%20linux
they all return expected results.
also Phosh is a portmanteu of "Phone" and "Shell".
I know what it is...
Everyone is so obsessed with proving the other wrong on this platform. It's almost as if users derive their identity from their supposed superior intellect. Sounds like what the twitter guy does all the time.
> Two devices moved from the testing category into community:
> Xiaomi POCO X3 NFC
> Xiaomi Mi 9T/Redmi K20