People motivated to do these may not have their phones yet, but maybe some do. And maybe some aren’t doing anything like these, because they aren’t using L5 as their daily driver or the features aren’t there yet. Anyway, since there is some extra time in some people’s hands and some might be looking for something to do - little holiday project to gift to fellow enthusiasts - I figured starting to plan for needed how-to’s and to-do’s for the wiki might be in order. At least the one that are relevant to ease setup and migrating device, as well as starting off on the right foot, so as not to compromise security and privacy with own actions.
There is already the official user docs, for L5 and PureOS but there is a limit how much and what can be there. Less so in community wiki.
I’d prefer these to have some preamble about why and when to (and not) use them, both in regards to security/privacy aspect but also usability, so that user can evaluate appropriateness for their situation. Also links to further info and sources. Pics too. What is L5 specific should be written in detail, I would think, but if it’s said somewhere else openly already, linking there should be primary at this point (to avoid unnecessary work) and in the wiki there should be info on how applicable that info is to L5. Maybe someone has come across a very good example of a well structured how-to that could be imitated…?
Updating list:
How to:
- Importing/exporting info (Gnome, CalDAV and CardDAV)
– Contacts: How to import to L5 and how to export from X [spIphone, Andr, N900, Symbian…]
– Contacts: How to easily edit and update them, combine multiple sources etc. (how to do a bit of upkeep before importing them to L5 as some may have varying writing formats, missing international country codes, several sources for numbers, emails and other contact info) - setting up email, including PGP
- VPN setup, use and how to make selection and where to get info and reliable comparisons
- Browsers and settings, tweaks and add-ons (if and why or not)
- Backups (in general and specifically L5 - several options with pros/cons)
- Recovery of backups
- Convergence
- Anbox (and other droid related stuff - how to make work, how to secure)
- Web apps
- Using the cloud (Nextcloud and others)
- Booting (from USB and microSD and test point options)
- Gathering and comparing mobile SoC’s and other HW info (how to measure, metrics, apps to use and what to gather and how to compare)
- Various remote connection alternatives, setups, uses, security aspects (SSH, VNC, Teamviewer…)
- 2FA options
- disc and partition encryption options
- file transfer options (speed, security, gui, commandline,…)
Distros:
- Compiling PureOS for the Librem 5
- Phosh on other phones
- postmarketOS on the Librem 5
- Using Plasma Mobile (on the Librem 5)
- Using Ubuntu Touch (on the Librem 5 – I assume this will eventually happen)
Localization and internationalization
- Using localization (instructions how to set the keyboard, locale and language)
- How to translate/localize (for now, see here)
- creating keyboard layout (there is a page for it already)
Hardware
- Creating hardware mods (probably two main categories: mechanical/non-electronic like cases, and
feature mods that have some electronics components)
– Creating custom cases (with info about how to 3D print cases)
– Test Points - OpenPGP card (not much known at this point)
Other wiki stuff todo:
- Pictures of the Librem 5
- Comparing mobile SoC’s (the data)
- A better style guide
- A listing of the reviews for the Librem 5
- A more complete Tips and Tricks page broken into more sections
- Available apps (with a list of the apps in the PureOS store, a short description and links for where to get more info).
Anyone interested in starting to sort this out or straight up write one…? The new users might have some ideas based on what they’ve done already.
