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Re:JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad by bArray on Saturday January 16, 2021 @11:47PM (#25808227)
> Available from Jan 31, 2021

So, is this going to be a paid for product? I am looking at what looks like is their GitHub page, and it's basically empty? https://github.com/JingOS-team

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Re:JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad by someperson on Saturday January 16, 2021 @11:51PM (#25808248)
The popular web server Nginx started in Russia almost 20 years ago. Nobody would have used the software of such dubious origin if it was closed-source. Being open-source allowed many more eyeballs and developers which increased trust in the project.

With the current geopolitical landscape, projects from Russia, China and increasingly the United States must be open-source to become widely used and trusted.

If China-based JingOS aren't developing their work publicly, for most developers it may as well not exist.

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Re:JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad by im3w1l on Sunday January 17, 2021 @12:34AM (#25808451)
Wouldn't a license that allows seeing and building the code, but not redistribution be sufficient for that?
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Re:JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad by kstenerud on Sunday January 17, 2021 @12:38AM (#25808467)
No, because it would add the friction of each licensee having to audit the code themselves rather than the crowd sourced approach of open source.
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Re:JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad by outsomnia on Sunday January 17, 2021 @02:08AM (#25808817)
No.
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Re:JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad by freedomben on Sunday January 17, 2021 @12:08AM (#25808329)
Looks like it will eventually "step by step"[1]

> JingOS is based on Ubuntu 20.04, KDE v5.75, Plasma Mobile 5.20. We will replace the framework from Plasma Mobile to JDE(Jing Desktop Environment) later this year.

> The project will open-source step by step on GitHub: JingOS-team

[1]: https://forum.jingos.com/t/jingos-roadmap-v1-0-published-on-...

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Re:JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad by pekinlcc on Saturday January 16, 2021 @11:49PM (#25808237)
Will update Github Project before Jan 31. And the OS will be free forever. https://www.jingos.com/faq/
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Re:JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad by admax88q on Saturday January 16, 2021 @11:54PM (#25808259)
That page doesn't really answer the question.
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Re:JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad by mynameisvlad on Sunday January 17, 2021 @01:15AM (#25808609)
It links to a forum FAQ which does: https://forum.jingos.com/t/faq-about-jingos/243
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Re:JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad by apatters on Sunday January 17, 2021 @01:52AM (#25808749)
If they comply fully with the GPL then this could be a great new linux distro! If they don't then I will avoid it.
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Re:JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad by orblivion on Sunday January 17, 2021 @09:18AM (#25810788)
According to their FAQ they plan to update their Github repo every half year: https://forum.jingos.com/t/faq-about-jingos/243

Seems weird to me.

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Re:JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad by aruggirello on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @12:43PM (#25836174)
Makes sense, since they're downstream from Ubuntu, and this is Ubuntu's release cadence.
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Re:JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad by rapsey on Sunday January 17, 2021 @02:10AM (#25808832)
Well it did answer my question what this is written in. They use QT.
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