Kyle Rankin @kyle@librem.one

@magico I already have openvpn set up at home and have been using it for years. It wasn't worth ripping all of that up (and changing all my current clients) just to use the current trend. Maybe some day.

6. sudo systemctl start openvpn@client.service
7. sudo systemctl status openvpn@client.service to test
8. sudo systemctl enable openvpn@client.service to persist reboots
9. ip addr on Librem 5 to see what IP it got

Steps:
1. Follow an online guide to set up openvpn server on home computer, use ifconfig-pool-persist setting so IPs persist
2. Use same guide, generate client config for your Librem 5
3. add tls-version-min 1.0 to client config if server is older version of openvpn
4. apt install openvpn on Librem 5
5. Copy client.conf and client certs to /etc/openvpn on Librem 5

Set up openvpn on my #Librem5 #Chestnut so I could ssh into it from my home network (keys only) regardless of the cellular/wifi network I'm on.

Mutt running natively on my #Librem5 #Chestnut phone--just needed to install the deb and scp my mutt settings from a different computer. #livingthedream

I'm pleased with the speakerphone speaker--playing music using Lollypop is surprisingly loud and clear. I think this would make an acceptable boombox while walking down the street...

Update: I just received my first inbound spam call! I can't wait until I get one of those scam calls from "Apple support"...

@zemmert Matrix seems to work both with the native Chatty app, and from what I hear, with the Fractal flatpak. I don't have details on specific supported features within those programs though and haven't tested personally.

@vancha Mine still has the lower-capacity 2000mAh battery so its battery life won't be representative of the mass production device and battery.

It's happening! I already moved my SIM over so I can treat it as my main phone. #Librem5 #Chestnut

Overheard someone at the Target return counter returning a gift because they thought it was creepy that it listened to them. There's hope. #privacy

I made some croissants from scratch for the holidays. Laminating dough is a lot of work but so worth it.

This article acts like robots are ruining the personal touch of handwritten notes, but they are merely replacing human workers. My mom has impeccable penmanship and used to make extra money over the holidays with this kind of work. #automation https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/12/21/art-imperfection-people-are-turning-robots-write-their-handwritten-cards/

TIL that the hot fashion trend in winter wear this year is a coat with Wookie fur on the outside. Star Wars promotion? #chewiecouture

Fun rhetorical challenge for you:

Describe/explain something technical so that someone non-technical can understand it, but also so that someone technical can't criticize it for being imprecise.

This is exactly the kind of #privacy problem we are trying to solve with the Librem 5 on multiple fronts, hardware and software.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/19/opinion/location-tracking-cell-phone.html

Important read. Unless more people push harder for #privacy from the companies that collect and sell our data and the govts that buy it, the rest of the world will follow in China's footsteps--the tech (and largely, the will) is already here.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/17/technology/china-surveillance.html

I mean, seriously, how many places out there have engineers who develop an M.2 breakout board to debug their phone and then release the schematics so you can make one for your own phone? It's basically Hogwarts over here @purism -- I'm surrounded by wizards.

https://source.puri.sm/eric.kuzmenko/librem5-m2-breakout

I used #3dprinting to make the gift box for my wife's birthday present. It definitely helped add to the mystique.