App Showcase: Tootle
"Social media can be a great way to engage with friends and family. But most of the popular services and apps track their users."
@fsf lists Librem 5 in its giving guide. https://www.fsf.org/givingguide/v11/ #UserFreedom
https://puri.sm/jobs/ On-Site EE position and PureOS GTK App Dev position posted https://puri.sm/job/pureos-gtk-application-development/ come join!
https://puri.sm/posts/us-antitrust-report-on-big-tech-and-purism-comparison/ is a look at the 449 page anticompetitive report from the US House of Representatives with comparison to Purism's approach and business model.
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):
Desktop and Phone Convergence
https://puri.sm/posts/desktop-and-phone-convergence/
"The #librem5 is more than a phone, it’s a full desktop computer in your pocket designed to be just as mobile as you are."
New Episode! Who controls your phone? Doc Searls, @katherined
@kyle and
Petros Koutoupis talk TikTok, censorship, user sovereignty and more. #podcast #newepisode #security #privacy #technology Episode link: https://reality2cast.com/41
Less hacks when driving an external screen with the #Librem5: you can see how the monitor picks up the video signal when the yellow led on the external screen turns to blue and the external mouse is detected when the cursor appears on #phosh's lock screen in the upper left corner (and yes, i need better video equipment):
@purism …and here's a quick Quake II demo using the #librem5 docked via usb-c (audio is from L5's built in speaker) - might be a bit more exciting than running #libreoffice (which also works):
We love PureOS so much, we wrote about it! https://librefree.me/i-lied-pureos-is-my-new-home
@purism hope you enjoy the read @todd You get a special mention too
#librefree.me #OpenSource #PureOS #Purism #GhostBSD #Distro #Braillynn
Two on-site job postings added today: https://puri.sm/jobs/ more (including remote work) will get posted in the future.
Investing in Real Convergence
https://puri.sm/posts/investing-in-real-convergence/
"Real convergence means bringing your desktop computer with you wherever you go."
Learn more about the Librem 5: https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/
We are continually disappointed by false promises of mobile convergence. My thoughts on why: real convergence means taking your desktop computer with you wherever you go. Fake convergence is the opposite: stretching a phone to fit a larger screen. #Librem5 https://puri.sm/posts/investing-in-real-convergence/
Apple Has No Tolerance For Webcam Covers
https://puri.sm/posts/apple-has-no-tolerance-for-webcam-covers/
"When we designed our Librem 5 phone from scratch, we made sure to add and expand our hardware kill switches to that hardware... you can control your cameras and microphone, WiFi and Bluetooth, and even the cellular modem with kill switches."