/e/ is a complete mobile ecosystem which includes the ROM and online - services.
/e/OS is a complete mobile ecosystem which includes the ROM and online - services.
/e/ is
/e/OS is
-**Open source**
-**Pro-privacy**
- Compatible with most existing **Android applications**
- Cares about **usability**
/e/ is an **alternative to the Apple/Google duopoly** for the android smartphone user.
/e/OS is an **alternative to the Apple/Google duopoly** for the android smartphone user.
/e/ consists of:
/e/OS consists of:
* an installable mobile operating system for smartphones, which is forked from Android and completely "ungoogled"
* a default set of open source applications that have been improved and optimized for the user
* various online services that are linked to the mobile operating system, such as: a meta search engine for the web, a cloud drive with data synchronization, mail, calendar, notes, tasks.
/e/ is also available pre-installed on a range of [/e/-smartphones](https://esolutions.shop/).
/e/OS is also available pre-installed on a range of [/e/-smartphones](https://esolutions.shop/).
## Description of the /e/ ROM
## Description of the /e/OS ROM
The /e/ ROM is a fork of Android and in particular the LineageOS flavor of Android.
The /e/OS ROM is a fork of Android and in particular the LineageOS flavor of Android.
At present we support five Android versions:
- R
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ The goal of "unGoogling" is
- Geolocation is using Mozilla Location Services in addition to GPS
- CalDAV/CardDAV management and synchronization application (DAVDroid) is fully integrated with the user account and calendar/contact application
More details about the state of /e/ OS deGooglisation can be found in [this white paper](https://e.foundation/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/e-state-of-degooglisation.pdf).
More details about the state of /e/OS OS deGooglisation can be found in [this white paper](https://e.foundation/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/e-state-of-degooglisation.pdf).
### User interface
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- Easy to understand UI with almost no learning curve for the new user
- Application widget support
- Uses the /e/ search engine by default
- Uses the /e/OS search engine by default
- Icons that were designed specifically for the project.
@@ -76,13 +76,13 @@ It can use [/e/ cloud services server at https://ecloud.global](https://ecloud.g
- /e/ note
- /e/ task
The /e/ user can decide where they want to store their data. It could be either the cloud server [ecloud.global](https://ecloud.global), or [self-hosted](https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/infra/ecloud-selfhosting) by the user (ongoing development)
The /e/OS user can decide where they want to store their data. It could be either the cloud server [ecloud.global](https://ecloud.global), or [self-hosted](https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/infra/ecloud-selfhosting) by the user (ongoing development)
## /e/ default applications
## /e/OS default applications
All pre-installed applications are open source applications except for the Maps app (read details about this in the [Maps FAQ](/maps)).
-[Web-browser](https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/apps/browser): an ungoogled fork of Chromium, built from Bromite patch-sets, with specific /e/ settings
-[Web-browser](https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/apps/browser): an ungoogled fork of Chromium, built from Bromite patch-sets, with specific /e/OS settings
-[Mail](https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/apps/mail): a fork of K9-mail for better user experience, some bugfixes and support for oauth, with OpenKeyChain for PGP encryption support
-[Message](https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/apps/Message): a fork of QKSMS
-[Camera](https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/apps/camera): a fork of OpenCamera
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ All pre-installed applications are open source applications except for the Maps
-[Android application installer](https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/apps/apps) is /e/ application installer, that supports [more than 60,000 applications](https://e.foundation/e-os-available-applications/).
-[Android application installer](https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/apps/apps) is /e/OS application installer, that supports [more than 60,000 applications](https://e.foundation/e-os-available-applications/).
Other preinstalled applications:
-[Maps](/maps#how-magicearth-is-added-into-eos): MagicEarth (read the [Maps FAQ](/maps) for details about its license)
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ It has been integrated to offer a single login identity in /e/OS as well as onli
Users can retrieve their data at [https://ecloud.global](https://ecloud.global) services, or [self-hosted](https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/infra/ecloud-selfhosting) on their own server
## /e/ Development Updates
## /e/OS Development Updates
### 2019
We [addressed a number of issues](https://gitlab.e.foundation/search?group_id=&project_id=&repository_ref=&scope=issues&search=Infosec+Handbook+Review) with ungoogling.
@@ -157,15 +157,15 @@ More details about the state of /e/ OS deGooglisation can be found in [this whit
- Add the capability to un-install some of the system applications where possible
- Offer corresponding Google-free SDKs for app publishers, because we believe that web apps is the future for most mobile applications.
- Make /e/OS available in two versions:
- standard /e/ with default applications
- /e/ with minimal number of default/pre-installed applications
- standard /e/OS with default applications
- /e/OS with minimal number of default/pre-installed applications
> This is partially implemented as some devices which have less disk space get a [MINIMAL_APPS](/support-topics/build-e#5-build-options) version of the /e/OS
## What to expect in future releases?
Check out the [eRoadmap section]({% translate_link support-topics/e-road-map %}) in our FAQ
