This week marks 18 months since I have been using a #librem5 as a daily driver. The first few months were probably the roughest, but I have not needed to use Android at all in those 18 months.
Today, I actually find it quite useable! It just works as a phone, and I can do everything I used to do on my Android Phone on it.
@kop316 I don't mean to be a prick, but these claims seem disingenuous to me.
I have tried using a one plus6 with phosh and KDE and they are so far from usable to me. Is the librem that far ahead? I assume you are driving phosh.
I want to use a Linux phone, but the current crop are still worse than the nokia n9 was in 2011.
The idea you don't need to touch android, to me, implies that you do almost nothing on your phone.
@eccentricShaft @kop316 Just to fight the disingenuous: I can fully subscribe to what Chris said there and can add games, giving talks using the phones usb-c output for DP, playing music not only with headphones but also car audio systems via BT (including song information in the cars dash), …
I wouldn't say we have still work to do but who hasn't? This might still be a niche compared to proprietary mobile OSes but there's plenty of people using phones like the #librem5 as daily drivers.
@agx @eccentricShaft @kop316 Fighting the disingenuousness further: It's definitely not for everyone (yet), but I've been daily driving a #Phosh phone (purism or pine64) for about 2 years now for calls, texts/matrix, photography, web browsing, mastodon, note-taking, playing music (headphones, bluetooth), a remote control, network debugging, and some light dev work.
Worth noting: #Mobian is really fantastic, but #PureOS really does add a noticeable layer of polish on the #Librem5.