Should I type elementary OS
or Elementary OS
?
What's the difference between elementary
and elementary OS
?
Should I call the system eOS
?
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is the name used for the entire project (operating system and everything else related to it). elementary OS
is just the name of the operating system, not the entire project.
elementary's team prefers typing its name with a lowercase e
for consistency. So, you should always type elementary
instead of Elementary
(even if it's in the beginning of the sentence).
elementary's team prefers that you do not refer to elementary OS
as eOS
because that kind of mimics Apple's iThings
, KDE's KThis
and GNOME's GThat
trends, which they're trying to avoid.
Source: The Importance of Our Brand (Internal Branding Guidelines section)
Further reading: Let's enforce branding guidelines in edits (meta post)