Gaël Duval, founder of the Murena project, has announced some important milestones for the project and the /e/OS operating system.
Murena provides a Google-free version of Android with open source alternatives to proprietary apps and includes its own cloud services.
According to Duval, Murena currently has over 900.000 active users and the organization has reached a point where it is financially self-sustaining.
His post on the company's blog continues by sharing his plans for new features:
“We will be releasing /e/OS and Murena Workspace V4 with several exciting and highly anticipated features. In addition to improved app compatibility (especially for /e/OS Official), one of the new features will be a backup feature that will allow /e/OS users to reinstall on a new device from an existing backup. This will be very useful if your device is lost or stolen, but also when you want to use a newer device (which shouldn’t happen very often, as we support a very long lifespan of /e/OS devices).”
A quick reminder of why Murena exists.
/e/OS and Murena exist because the device in your pocket should serve you, not the company that made it. That means privacy and digital rights by default, not as an add-on product. It means software that is truly usable by everyone, not just techies willing to show off their courage. It means sustainability: supporting 250+ devices because the greenest phone is the one you already have. And it means digital sovereignty, especially for Europe, where a few big companies shouldn't be deciding what the mobile internet will look like for the next generation.
Although the press releases will range from very select to rare, I said I'd pass...because sometimes the editors hide.
