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GrapheneOS doesn't instill the same view either. I think post market was better fit than this more obscure name.
I had heard the "PostmarketOS" name in the past but it never sparked my interest, the name made me think it was an OS made for some old obscure hardware that I'm likely to not own or that I would not be able to buy anymore. Either that, or a distro meant for old PCs.
I just found out that it comes shipped in PinePhones and that it's actually a modern OS not necessarily constrained by a specific line of legacy hardware.
I think it's better a name with no implicit meaning than a name with a misleading meaning. All names are obscure when they just appear, I don't think "PostmarketOS" was such mainstream name.
I did not say people immediately get that GrapheneOS is a secure phone OS just from the name. Adding "OS" to its name does not make it less obscure.