Hello to the forum. I’m obviously new, but have been knocking around and following the Librem 5. I really like the kill switches and the made in American version (read not china.) So far I’ve struggled with pulling the trigger because I’ve felt the phone couldn’t be daily driven by someone like me. …

[image] Padua12: Does Linux and specifically the Librem 5 have this same issue? No, nothing addictive about it. It is a tool, not a toy.

I think this might depend on the nature of the issue in your life. Sometimes I use “addictive technology” as a phrase to scapegoat my own laziness. If there was something I was supposed to do, but I procrastinated and three hours disappeared without me doing what I was supposed to, I might say, “It …

[image] Padua12: I’m still struggling with the price tag The “made in China” version is on special at the moment (US$599) so maybe that is a compromise to get your foot on the first rung of the ladder to freedom. I don’t know that phones themselves are addictive, more so specific apps that m…

I suppose in that case, I am quite addicted to Firefox ESR, although I mostly just use it for Discourse.

You definitely won’t get apps that try to be addictive. It’s not a commercialized platform like iOS or Android. You won’t have apps combined with ads, in-app payments or similar. So the most reason you wake up the device and run an application is because you want to do it, not because you are trick…

[image] Dlonk: It was here I learned that GNOME and by extension Phosh on the Librem 5, if not reconfigured manually, might contact an Amazon server to send information about your location, wifi, modem, nearby cell towers, and other data, sometimes seemingly as frequently as every 5 seconds, at …

[image] Pictel: the Librem 5 is not completely free from sending data to unwanted companies Yes. Of course it does not avoid the sending of data to the internet; it is running GNU/Linux, and in many cases these systems are accepting contributions from many people in the name of improved ease …

Purism Electronics are very addictives.

“Is Linux Addictive…” Only insomuch as freedom to compute the way you want without being tracked and trafficked is addictive. :slight_smile: “(Specifically the Librem 5)” That would be entirely up to you. Use it as you think appropriate. EDIT: On my home network, Pi-hole indicates that my Librem…

I need my linux fix, man! Where’s my *nix dealer? I’m getting the shakes, gotta try sudo. Ahhhghhh… (Just wait til the “rush” hits you… )

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