@mntmn The L5 looks compelling enough and Purism appears to be very committed to openly developing the Linux phone ecosystem.
Admittedly the price is high but, the product is not subsidized (by selling user data) and similarly it isn't sold at a loss because they are planning to make a profit though associated app sales. My feeling is that the price is fair.
TLDR; I preordered one a couple of years ago and I have no regrets.
@purism That looks amazing! Also, this goes without saying but, you guys have really stepped up your game with regard to the quality of your videos.
Librem 5 Mass Production Phone Has Begun Shipping
"Shipping the Librem 5 has been an immense multi-year developmental effort. It is the culmination of people’s desire to see an alternative to Android and iOS..."
https://puri.sm/posts/librem-5-mass-production-phone-has-begun-shipping/
YouTube-dl's repository has been restored \o/ https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl
Apparently, thank to intervention of the @eff https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/dmca/master/2020/11/2020-11-16-RIAA-reversal-effletter.pdf
@thomasorus Have you by any chance checked out that new Ubuntu release on the pi? I'm also running Manjaro on mine at the moment but, I would totally switch over if Ubuntu performed better.
The Librem 5 Mass Production Shipping FAQ
"Right now we are finishing up our extensive quality control steps and fulfillment procedures so that we can start shipping the revolutionary Librem 5 phone."
https://puri.sm/posts/the-librem-5-mass-production-shipping-faq/
Precursor is a RISC-V, FPGA-assisted open hardware PDA aimed at developers and hackers
https://tuxphones.com/bunnie-studios-precursor-open-hardware-risc-v-linux-pda-phone/ #linux
made a last minute MNT Reform motherboard revision today, to accomodate for a 7cm long chonker of a LS1028A CPU/RAM upgrade module to be released at some point next year by https://rbz.es & us.
Thanks to @exalm@floss.social taking care of Webkit's packaging, Epiphany's GPU acceleration can now work on the #Librem5! Before (no acceleration) and after (GPU accelerated):
@purism That's some great progress!
I'm really looking forward to receiving my L5 evergreen.
Anbox on the Librem 5
https://puri.sm/posts/anbox-on-the-librem-5/
"Anbox now runs on the Librem 5, getting you access to many additional free software apps that are packaged only for Android."
New episode of @reality2cast featuring @kyle of @purism talking about #DigitalConvergence and more!
@kyle Oh man, the Libretto was so cool! Unfortunately I was just a poor kid back when those were around. All I could afford back then, were copies of that huge Computer Shopper magazine... where I could read about and admire things such as the Libretto.
I guess that's one great thing about being an adult, you can generally afford to get the things you want... well within reason that is.
@hamner Awesome work! How's the performance looking?
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