Another mobile linux computer

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  • Intel Celeron N5095 4 cores, 2.0GHz with 2.90GHz boost
  • Heatsink, fan
  • 16GB RAM
  • 2500 mAh at 7.6V battery (50 hours standby without modem, 35 hours with modem, possibly without modem sleep)

I doubt that the standby times are realistic, but I am no expert and may simply be wrong.

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A “phone” with a full sized RJ-45… Just, wow :grinning:

Also: it’s a phone only if you add the modem chip + bodymodification.

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See also:

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For what I know:

  1. no CPU public tech scheme
  2. no physical switches
  3. only 1gb ram!

Personally I prefer Librem 5! But it’s personal choice. But isn’t fair/honest write “NECUNOS NC_1 aims to be 100% open-source from metal to pixel, hardware to software.” but then to use Chipset: ARM® Cortex®-A9 NXP i.MX6 that is closed! Otherwise why Purism spent so long time to find and choose the only opened-scheme CPU of the market?
So I don’t trust Necunos!

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It is targeted for developers first so I guess part of the specs like RAM and storage can be easily upgraded for later iterations. Not sure about other things like a more modern Wifi.

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I feel like there is no way you are going to be able to battery life anywhere close to those times considering the librem 5 has a 4500 mAh battery, and it has an ARM chip without a fan.

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… and the Librem 5 has less RAM than the Gole 2 Pro.

I wondered about that too. It does depend though on the device’s ability to use the available sleep states and what those sleep states are, and the available clock frequency adjustments, and the inherent efficiency of the CPU and other components. Maybe Intel does it better than NXP??

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It looks to me that it is sold with windoze installed but that linux can be installed. Also it is x86 but the battery is only slightly larger than the L5 battery.

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Gole 2 Pro looks cute. I looked at the processor specifications but could not figure out whether it has Intel’s Active Management Technology. It might be too low profile for that. Still, It probably expects microcode. I also wonder whether the integrated Intel UHD Graphics require non-free firmware. Finally, they provide no information about the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth module. The fact that they advertise the product as compatible with Ubuntu is not encouraging.

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… with a fan. I wonder how much noise the fan produces if you have it right up against your ear / mouth. 3.5mm audio jack is reportedly output only so maybe needs to be used with a Bluetooth headset.

if you can stomach YouTube, maybe watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gof8Qa_EJMk and see whether you can spot the WiFi chip.

I note that the FreeBSD forum suggests that the built-in WiFi/BT was not detected.

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Here is the same video proxied through my Poke instance:

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The video shows Fn-Link 6221C-PUC soldered to the board. According to the specifications of the module, it uses Realtek RTL8821CE chip. :frowning: It likely does not work with Linux-libre.

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