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pona-aSep 27, 2026, 6:21 PM

Idk, I think the new name sounds too corporate, like some shitty startup or wellness brand. PostmarketOS was a bit of a mouthful but it gave you some idea of what the project was. Well, if they think it's a way to reach more people, then more power to them.

shepherdjerredSep 27, 2026, 8:43 PM

the first thing I thought of: https://www.nuvaring.com

klardotshSep 27, 2026, 11:36 PM

The jokes almost write themselves about the knock-on effects of dedicating significant time to debugging your phone running this OS, with the new name.

solarkraftSep 27, 2026, 11:33 PM

That’s what I like about it. It signals a kind of ambition open source projects usually lack.

cromkaSep 27, 2026, 10:38 PM

I think they want to be a mobile OS, plain and simple. But the new name... Not good.

sermahSep 27, 2026, 10:00 PM

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lucb1eSep 27, 2026, 10:30 PM

I'm sorry, what? How exactly does this relate to PostmarketOS?

pyrekoSep 27, 2026, 11:21 PM

That the new name sounds like (at least to some people) a meaningless blob of letters, similar to what a bunch of tech companies name their products or themselves, I suppose.

sermahSep 28, 2026, 6:55 AM

Exactly

fatata123Sep 28, 2026, 3:04 AM

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hagbard_cSep 27, 2026, 10:23 PM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3Xxy0tU65Y

NoboruWatayaSep 27, 2026, 5:27 PM

I did think postmarketOS was a bit of an awkward name but it was also widely recognised, at least in Linux nerd circles. I guess this will cause a bit of confusion in the short term but hopefully lead to broader recognition in the longer term. Though the obstacles to Nura's growth are probably not primarily branding-related.

lucb1eSep 27, 2026, 5:53 PM

Yeah, I was trying to think of a mnemonic to remember this new name but I'm coming up short. The old one was indeed... somehow 'post-market' isn't the best vibe so I do get the point of a rebrand in general

card_zeroSep 27, 2026, 7:15 PM

So the name comes from nuraghe, a kind of ancient stone tower in Sardinia, intending to convey stability and strength. But nura is already a Sardinian word, it seems, for "daughter-in-law". Daughters-in-law can be strong and stable too, of course, so it doesn't matter much.

mzajcSep 28, 2026, 1:17 AM

Searching for "Nura" returns dozens of existing results. They couldn't even get nura.org! Is there really not a more distinct name they could've picked? Even Nura OS would make them easier to find in the long term.

Non-exhaustive list of things already named "nura":

- NURA: Premium Ingredients for Food & Wellness

- Nura - Award-winning personalised sound

- NURA: India's First Ai Powered Health Screening Center

- Nura Clinics | Pain Management Specialists In Minnesota

- Nura (German rapper)

- NURA - Shop Now for Health Essentials

- Nura | Hummus, Falafel & Shawarma

- Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan

- Nura, a defunct consumer electronics company based in Melbourne

- Nura Space: Workplace Management Platform

Competing for this name seems like an uphill battle.

landgenootSep 28, 2026, 2:21 AM

So, like Lineage. I still rock my CyanogenMod

yjftsjthsd-hSep 28, 2026, 3:06 AM

LineageOS is more distinctive

DANmodeSep 28, 2026, 2:28 AM

As a daily-driver?

yjftsjthsd-hSep 27, 2026, 7:20 PM

I'm torn; the old name was awkward, but renaming is a painful breaking change. Oh well, it's done now.

jayfxSep 27, 2026, 5:11 PM

I kind of still prefers postmarketOS

cwnythSep 27, 2026, 9:15 PM

I absolutely do, too. Even dropping the "OS" will still net a cool name.

neilvSep 27, 2026, 8:55 PM

As someone who used PostmarketOS previously, and would be interested in returning...

1. Congrats to them on a name change.

2. Bummer about not getting the .org domain name, but if the current registrant hasn't been using the name, there is some ICANN trademark pressure that can help the registrant be reasonable with the price.

3. Is the effort into branding a sign that there's also imminent big news on viability for daily drivers?

erelongSep 27, 2026, 6:02 PM

I thought the old name was fine, it was usually just PMOS abbreviated... Nura seems totally unnecessary but we'll roll with it or some fork if someone creates an alternative

maelitoSep 27, 2026, 4:58 PM

I'd be so happy to install this on my phone. I miss the time when I was using Samsung Dex. Incredible to not hold my computer around anymore. But Samsung... not open-source, buggy.

bornfreddySep 27, 2026, 5:16 PM

Why don't you? No time like now.

jchwSep 27, 2026, 5:44 PM

Very few phones have good enough upstream Linux support to run Nura as a daily driver. It's an active area of research but getting something where you have a working camera, phone calls and reliable sleep/resume has become somewhat of a white whale.

I haven't checked in a while, but I've dabbled in Linux phones for years now so I'd be surprised if it changed that much since last I looked.

NoidFonsenseSep 27, 2026, 4:29 PM

This sucks. I like postmarketOS and I liked the old name. I even have the pmOS pinephone and the old t-shirt

SarisSep 28, 2026, 2:19 AM

Nura means nothing to me, PostmarketOS described what it is (OS), with a hint of what kind of OS it might be.

Retr0idSep 27, 2026, 11:59 PM

Hm. The name collides with Nura, an audio company with a product called Nuraphone. I suppose any pronounceable 4-letter word has collisions.

yonatan8070Sep 27, 2026, 8:13 PM

Nura it also means "light bulb" in Hebrew (נורה).

Either way, I don't mind that much, I do think "Nura" is more catchy than "postmarketOS", it also rolls off the tongue much better IMO

hefner1456Sep 27, 2026, 10:19 PM

If you don't like the name just be happy the new logo isn't a butthole like so many.

jl6Sep 27, 2026, 8:49 PM

Was the original name some kind of nod to PostgreSQL?

ZenoArrowSep 27, 2026, 10:34 PM

No, the "postmarketOS" name came about to indicate that it's an OS to keep older devices working for longer (i.e. providing active support after the support from the manufacturer has ended).

whatshisfaceSep 27, 2026, 7:34 PM

Now they'll embark on their most difficult challenge yet, persuading me to remember that they changed the name.

VCFundedGenYerSep 27, 2026, 10:45 PM

The new name doesn't mean anything to anyone. It just sounds like yet another startup with a weird slop name.

The original name was descriptive and helpfully labelled.

I feel this was a bad decision.

ocdtrekkieSep 27, 2026, 8:05 PM

Significant improvement on the old name, it no longer sounds inherently obsolete when you say it.

stackghostSep 27, 2026, 7:32 PM

Open source continues its streak of picking atrocious names. Just off the top of my head, in recent memory we have Raku, Kodi, Luanti, Valkey, and now Nura.

Naming things is famously hard, but sometimes it feels like the Good Idea Fairy visits these projects and they aren't product-savvy enough to realize that humans are social, fickle creatures. You need to pick a name that your users won't be embarassed to say in a board room. There is a fairly sizable body of research-backed evidence that picking a cringe name reduces initial trust/comprehension.

Lukewarm take: "I'm a Raku developer" makes one sound like someone with poor hygiene who watches far too much anime.

Edit: also “floorp” the Firefox fork and “xonaly” the search engine. Who could forget those gems.

tmtvlSep 28, 2026, 1:01 AM

Java. Fortran. C#, which in pronounced 'see sharp' despite being written with a number sign rather than a sharp. Algol.

pklauslerSep 28, 2026, 4:26 AM

C# is the sharp note above C, enharmonic with D flat in a tempered tuning.

stackghostSep 28, 2026, 2:01 AM

Fortran gets a pass for being ancient and having a descriptive name (FORmula TRANslation)

poppafuzeSep 27, 2026, 4:53 PM

logo still sucks

rsolvaSep 27, 2026, 4:56 PM

Nah, it is just right, nerdy, simple and not a blob of colors. It fits the project!

EvidloSep 27, 2026, 5:32 PM

Seems totally fine to me

ofigneignejfrSep 27, 2026, 8:00 PM

Wow now that is an even worse name than “postmarketOS”. Congratulations.

denysvitaliSep 27, 2026, 5:30 PM

FYI: they don't accept AI contributions.

From experience, AI is a 10x (or more) booster for getting a new device up and running - or porting mainline Linux to those super old (3.x) kernel forks.

I'll not contribute back anymore - this is a real bummer, but I guess they made their choice.

Context: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49704503#49745309

https://docs.nura.eco/policies-and-processes/development/ai-...

PostmarketOS is rebranding as Nura

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