Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH8DRyKUZDg Invidious: https://invidiou.site/watch?v=BH8DRyKUZDg Anthony from Linus Tech Tips takes a look at the Librem 5 Evergreen for their alternate channel ShortCircuit; Anthony normally helps/covers their linux videos/projects.

Yes, it would have been nice if he pointed out that his conclusions are different because he reviewed them at different times in their product development stage. By the time that each product is sold from stock and the software is stable, I expect that the Librem 5 will be the preferable product, u…

[image] matt2: Once the common Linux distribution becomes a turnkey smartphone OS, I expect the hardware situation to greatly improve. But to which costs? Purism could also make a faster computer and put all together to one SoC, but they didn’t for some important reasons. So hardware is limit…

I’ll probably get a little flak for this here, but I kinda wish Purism had been less ambitious at least for the first iteration, and focused more on software and the basics. The external kill switches are a huge feature, and free/open hardware is obviously preferable, but I do worry that it can come…

I am not sure that I completely understand the question, but yes, they did build an atypical smartphone to fill a void in the market. They are using parts that were never intended for a smart phone. Maybe some of the manufacturers will keep Purism in mind when designing their next product. For th…

[image] matt2: I expect that the Librem 5 will be the preferable product, unless your only concern is cost. I expect that web browsing on the PinePhone will be so bad that a second device will be necessary to enjoy the web, but for occasionally looking up information, it may be adequate for some…

[image] muon: I’ll probably get a little flak for this here, but I kinda wish Purism had been less ambitious at least for the first iteration, and focused more on software and the basics. Back in August 2017 when Purism started, the only way to get a smartphone that ran on 100% free software …

[image] amosbatto: he would have discovered the problems with the Quectel modem drivers not waking up the system fast enough when suspended, so people were missing calls. My PinePhone Mobian Edition wakes up just fine. At the first calling tone it starts waking up and by the second calling to…

[image] amosbatto: it still doesn’t have suspend to RAM Hello, I think this is the critical problem with the Librem 5. At this price, you can’t consider monitoring your battery life all day, or having to buy an extra battery (extra purchase + opening the back cover every day can break it). I…

[image] prog-amateur: I hope they will find a solution with/without NXP [image] [MyL5] First Impressions of Evergreen (Tim's story) Librem 5 It just came to my mind that it’s not entirely true - there has been some work on suspend done in the past. It ne…

Thank you for providing me with this information. This was on January 15th. Since then, what have been the improvements of the PM?

Is Linux Always the Answer? (Librem 5 video)

Hardware Librem 5

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