To help people who are trying to decide which Linux phone to buy , I have created a table to compare their features. In addition, see this table comparing all 12 phone models that can be bought with Linux preinstalled. Model PINE64 PinePhone (specs: 1 , 2 , 3 ) Purism Librem 5 ( specs ) Necunos NC_1 …

[image] Precursor Mobile, Open-Hardware, RISC-V System-on-Chip (SoC) Development Kit Recommended by Snowden: https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/1308450536711168001

As I was looking through old posts on this topic, I saw something about the PureOS Store. I didn’t even realize that was thing, but it makes sense, so I decided to browse. It’s nice to see how many apps are out there already. Now, I’m even more excited for Evergreen. For video and audio playback, I’…

And underpowered to the max. I don’t know about others, but I like my security with a side of modern compute. I don’t like it to mean I’m back in the stone age. But, different strokes for different folks.

[image] 2disbetter: I’m back in the stone age. only for that particular device … the device in question seems to be purpose built for 100% digital-transparency and not much else …

the idea is you get to pick one: modern compute, or security.

@amosbatto the T1 modem will be available: [image] T1 Modem Variant Works in Librem 5 Librem 5 Ever since it was discovered that there was a T1 variant to the BM818 modem for the Librem 5, we have gotten questions from our friends in the Asia Pacific region ab…

Thanks @joao.azevedo . I updated the table to add the new modem.

that table seems a bit inaccurate in a few places. Video out on USB-C is not limited to 1080p, cameras are not using MIPI CSI but parallel interface, not sure how to interpret meaning of 4 channels in the codec (it’s a stereo codec, so mostof the paths have 2 channels, L/R and number of inputs/outpu…

Your link has “).” on the end. Edit: Link has been fixed.

Thanks, corrected. Not my fault though.

Comparing specs of upcoming Linux phones

Hardware Librem 5

joao.azevedo November 17, 2020, 5:50pm 164

@amosbatto the T1 modem will be available: