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leimon  

@mntmn If I were you, I would try running PureOS as packaged for the Librem 5 on the reform (I'm not sure how possible this is). To my understanding phosh, is supposed to work in a convergent way so it might be suitable for desktop use. More importantly, they have been doing a bunch of work to reduce power consumption on the same imx8m SOC. So it would be interesting to see what your runtime would be with their modifications on board.

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lucie lukas "minute" hartmann  

did a first test running Reform 2 from batteries with display on, medium brightness, all cores on, GPU in use by the compositor, low load, mPCIe WiFi active, NVMe SSD active (logging), keyboard backlight enabled, no powersave features in use: 292 minutes until safety switchoff.

so almost 5 hours. i believe this can be optimized with powersave strategies but i think it's quite ok already.

currently turns off if a cell reaches 2.6V. it could go a bit lower, but i don't think for much gain.

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Guido Günther  

I really wanted to skip through songs easily on my when carrying it around, so i hacked up a simplistic media player widget for using the protocol (wip code, don't try this at home yet)

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Guido Günther  

Wow, that was quick: Thanks to Lucas Stach our runtime power managemt fix already landed in linux-next: git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/k

The fix hits the with the next kernel update.

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lucie lukas "minute" hartmann  

ok it finally works. wifi via ath5k mPCIe card. backlight keyboard. LiFePO4 battery charging. speakers.

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TheOuterLinux ✅  

@chr @mntmn GIMP can import and export XPM files. I just tried it.

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leimon  

@dlek @mntmn yup, I'd recommend using gimp as well.

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leimon  

@mntmn those boards are looking great! How long until you can verify that it all functions as intended?

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lucie lukas "minute" hartmann  

Reform 2.0D-3 motherboard PCBs have arrived. we’re now assembling them

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leimon  

@martijnbraam What are your thoughts on the pine book pro so far? Do you like it, would you recommend it to others?

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lucie lukas "minute" hartmann  

final Reform trackball, assembled, underside

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lucie lukas "minute" hartmann  

darkened room

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Martijn Braam  

Gnome shell 3.36 running on the #PineTab

youtube.com/watch?v=l53h_uQ41A

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lucie lukas "minute" hartmann  
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lucie lukas "minute" hartmann  

‪now for the assembly and bring-up of the new Reform keyboard with LED backlight and USB-C (for standalone version)‬

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leimon  

@mntmn Are you planning to offer the standalone keyboards for sale alongside the reform campaign, or will that happen separately at a later time?

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PureTryOut  

Running Android apps on my #AlpineLinux laptop using #Anbox. I feel dirty now.

Coming soon on a postmarketOS phone near you!

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leimon  

@mntmn I love the color of those PCBs!

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lucie lukas "minute" hartmann  

final Reform optical trackball PCBs

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leimon  

@mntmn it's going to be really exciting to see what the finished product looks like! Oh, and I just thought of something... Are you going to be in contact with the archlinuxarm/manjaro people and/or the people who develop alpine to see if they can support installation on the reform?

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