But why does it take 16 days to slap a shipping label on the box and send the email notice? (No RAM or flash memory to configure.)
Looks quite nice actually, I was expecting it to be a bit more narrow than it looks from the picture, could you take a shot straight from above of the display with something filling the entire display (fullscreen)?
Why Ubuntu with Grub? why not SystemDB with Ubuntu? 
A fair question but as no one from Purism is writing in this topic, you probably wonât get factual answers as to what fulfillment processes they follow.
Maybe they do final QC (boot up and run tests) before letting the box out the door?
They might still have to mess around with the plug for the charger i.e. depending on the type of plug used at the destination.
Even if all that only takes 1 hour, given enough orders, the total delay will add up. That will then depend on how many staff are dedicated to the process.
Here you go:
purism@rTab:~$ sudo lshw -short
H/W path Device Class Description
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system librem_11
/0 bus librem_11
/0/0 memory 1MiB BIOS
/0/4 processor Intel(R) Celeron(R) N5100 @ 1.10GHz
/0/4/6 memory 128KiB L1 cache
/0/4/8 memory 4MiB L3 cache
/0/5 memory 128KiB L1 cache
/0/9 memory 8GiB System Memory
/0/9/0 memory 4GiB Row of chips LPDDR4 Synchronous 2933 MHz (0.3 ns)
/0/9/1 memory 4GiB Row of chips LPDDR4 Synchronous 2933 MHz (0.3 ns)
/0/100 bridge Intel Corporation
/0/100/2 /dev/fb0 display JasperLake [UHD Graphics]
/0/100/4 generic Dynamic Tuning service
/0/100/5 multimedia JasperLake IPU
/0/100/8 generic Intel Corporation
/0/100/14 bus Intel Corporation
/0/100/14/0 usb1 bus xHCI Host Controller
/0/100/14/0/2 scsi0 storage USB Storage
/0/100/14/0/2/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk STORAGE DEVICE
/0/100/14/0/2/0.0.0/0 /dev/sda disk
/0/100/14/0/6 bus USB 2.0 Hub
/0/100/14/0/6/1 input17 multimedia HK 5M CAM: HK 5M CAM
/0/100/14/0/6/2 input18 multimedia Hy-HD-Camera: Hy-HD-Camera
/0/100/14/0/7 input179 input HID 1018:1008 Consumer Control
/0/100/14/0/8 communication Bluetooth 9460/9560 Jefferson Peak (JfP)
/0/100/14/1 usb2 bus xHCI Host Controller
/0/100/14.2 memory RAM memory
/0/100/14.3 wlp0s20f3 network Wi-Fi 6 AX201 160MHz
/0/100/15 /dev/fb0 bus Serial IO I2C Host Controller
/0/100/15.2 bus Intel Corporation
/0/100/15.3 bus Intel Corporation
/0/100/19 bus Intel Corporation
/0/100/19.2 communication Intel Corporation
/0/100/1c bridge Intel Corporation
/0/100/1c/0 /dev/nvme0 storage KINGSTON SKC3000S1024G
/0/100/1c/0/0 hwmon1 disk NVMe disk
/0/100/1c/0/2 /dev/ng0n1 disk NVMe disk
/0/100/1c/0/1 /dev/nvme0n1 disk 1024GB NVMe disk
/0/100/1c/0/1/1 /dev/nvme0n1p1 volume 1023KiB BIOS Boot partition
/0/100/1c/0/1/2 /dev/nvme0n1p2 volume 1022MiB EXT4 volume
/0/100/1c/0/1/3 /dev/nvme0n1p3 volume 952GiB EFI partition
/0/100/1f bridge Intel Corporation
/0/100/1f/0 system PnP device PNP0c02
/0/100/1f/1 system PnP device PNP0c02
/0/100/1f/2 system PnP device PNP0103
/0/100/1f/3 system PnP device PNP0c02
/0/100/1f/4 system PnP device PNP0b00
/0/100/1f/5 input PnP device PNP0303
/0/100/1f/6 input14 input Intel Virtual Buttons
/0/100/1f/7 input15 input Intel Virtual Switches
/0/100/1f.3 card0 multimedia Jasper Lake HD Audio
/0/100/1f.3/0 input19 input HDA Digital PCBeep
/0/100/1f.3/1 input20 input HDA Intel PCH Mic
/0/100/1f.3/2 input21 input HDA Intel PCH Headphone
/0/100/1f.3/3 input22 input HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=3
/0/100/1f.3/4 input23 input HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=7
/0/100/1f.3/5 input24 input HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=8
/0/100/1f.3/6 input25 input HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=9
/0/100/1f.5 bus Jasper Lake SPI Controller
/1 input0 input AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
/2 input1 input Power Button
/3 input10 input GXTP7380:00 27C6:0113 Keyboard
/4 input16 input PC Speaker
/5 input2 input Power Button
/6 input7 input GXTP7380:00 27C6:0113
/7 input8 input GXTP7380:00 27C6:0113 Stylus
/8 input9 input GXTP7380:00 27C6:0113 UNKNOWN
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Good point (but I am skepical).
Also, good point, but multiple adapter plugs are included. The charger need no adapter for the US and I am in the US.
I am happy to assume this for now. But it is not this is the first time they have been overoptimistic and they really need to bake some reality into their published lead times.
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Just use any interpreter language, so you donât need to cross-build. Also you can copy the source files over and build it there if you want to compile software. Itâs really not a big deal.
Otherwise⌠what do you mean with crimson?
Yes, that avoids the hassle.
Given the lack of context of the original question, who can say.
Librem 11 devices are shipping with the latest release of PureOS (code name crimson). However your typical Librem 5 device probably isnât yet running crimson (still running byzantium). So that is some version skew that could cause additional aggravation if you tried to develop software on the Librem 11 where the software is ultimately targeted for the Librem 5. (I find it better to have the development computer behind the target computer in release version, if they donât match.)
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Looks amazing!
What makes you think that Purism will let you take over a Librem 5 order without also accepting delivery??? My guess: They wonât.
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@lo0 can you write notes with the pen? instead of using the keyboard, can you use the pen to write out notes?
I want a linux tablet for school. i had a samsung tab e but it was basically a big phone and a pain to use. opening a .docx required another app and it was so annoying.
@lo0 awesome! thank you! i dont like being boxed in. do you happen to know if we can dual boot other distros? also, about how long from ordering to shipping in your experience? (site says 10 days)
its pricey and i had to wait forever for the librem 5. im glad this is in stock now. would you say itâs good for multitasking or sluggish? i guess im just curious to know if its worth it and future proof insofar that i could at least get 5+ years out of it. im iffy because of the librem 5 situation and purism wont refund this. there arent a lot of linux tablet options though. maybe someone on here might buy it if it doesnt work out 
i wonder how it compares to starlabsâ starlite tab
Yeah of course you can install other distros. This is a supported Linux device :). I donât know how long shipping is. It took a bit longer than the 10 days estimated for me but I ordered on the first day.
I think someone did a comparison to the star tablet in one of these threads. I think it has a newer processor and more ram.
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Have you or anyone tested that?
I mean basic hardware boot should be OK but you can always get into trouble with some of the more niche hardware components. If you have time, you could try a Ubuntu Live Boot for us.
i was interested in ubuntu⌠just in case. pureos is ok but Iâve used ubuntu longer
Thanks for sharing. I would be interested how much the tablet weighs with case/keyboard and pen and how the pure tablet weighs.
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Pen 13g
Tablet 564g
Tablet + Pen 578g
Case/KB 319g
Everything 897g
Scale truncates not rounds.
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I think itâs pretty simple:
They were âbasically readyâ and didnât want to hold back the announcement any longer.
But final adjustments (bugs/image/flashing/packagingâŚ) âunexpectedlyâ (as always) took a few days longer. 
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