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I'm most interested in the Librem 5 from the point of view of Privacy: I don't consent to Google or Apple tracking me just because they made the phone/OS on the phone I bought. I just hope essential apps like Wire, Signal, KeePassXC, FastMail, ProtonMail and MySudo are quickly available for the Librem
I love to see that Purism is progressing a lot with their open smartphone. I look forward to have a 100% Linux phone. Hopefully people who care about privacy, customization and owning their phone will get what they deserve.
> I look forward to have a 100% Linux phone. Is this really what's special about it? IMO what matters is that it runs free software to the greatest extent possible. I suspect that most people who will be buying it don't care whether it runs Linux or a BSD or even something like Minix, as long is it presents the familiar POSIX-like interface, has good software available (GNOME, Plasma Mobile), and is loyal to the user…
I can see my dream of being able to use my phone as a dockable computer coming true where I just use the phone to remote desktop to my more powerful development PC.
Anyone recommend a linux remote desktop client that you can connect to windows with?
First time I've heard of Librem 5 looks really exciting. I can see my dream of being able to use my phone as a dockable computer coming true where I just use the phone to remote desktop to my more powerful development PC. Anyone recommend a linux remote desktop client that you can connect to windows with?
I'm most interested in the Librem 5 from the point of view of Privacy: I don't consent to Google or Apple tracking me just because they made the phone/OS on the phone I bought. I just hope essential apps like Wire, Signal, KeePassXC, FastMail, ProtonMail and MySudo are quickly available for the Librem
Just curious, what's the real advantage here of a manufactured Linux phone over just booting Ubuntu Touch on a compatible model, provided it were in a more mature state?
I'm most interested in the Librem 5 from the point of view of Privacy: I don't consent to Google or Apple tracking me just because they made the phone/OS on the phone I bought. I just hope essential apps like Wire, Signal, KeePassXC, FastMail, ProtonMail and MySudo are quickly available for the Librem
Just curious, what's the real advantage here of a manufactured Linux phone over just booting Ubuntu Touch on a compatible model, provided it were in a more mature state?
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Just curious, what's the real advantage here of a manufactured Linux phone over just booting Ubuntu Touch on a compatible model, provided it were in a more mature state?
You cannot run "Linux" on your "Linux phone" as in going to kernel.org, downloading the source, compiling it and installing it.
That being said, the project is still early, almost nothing supports cellular data, SMS, or phone calls.
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You cannot run "Linux" on your "Linux phone" as in going to kernel.org, downloading the source, compiling it and installing it.
There are a handful of devices that can run mainline kernels via postmarketOS: https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Devices That being said, the project is still early, almost nothing supports cellular data, SMS, or phone calls.
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> I look forward to have a 100% Linux phone. Is this really what's special about it? IMO what matters is that it runs free software to the greatest extent possible. I suspect that most people who will be buying it don't care whether it runs Linux or a BSD or even something like Minix, as long is it presents the familiar POSIX-like interface, has good software available (GNOME, Plasma Mobile), and is loyal to the user…
Probably Linux is the most pragmatic choice, because Android is based on Linux and vendors produce drivers specifically for Linux.