I see that Purism is still flogging the Librem 5, now "discounted" a couple hundred bucks. I helped fund that project. I own(ed) a Librem 5, and I do NOT recommend purchasing one.
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@jimsalter I am curious why you don't recommend it? I have one. Yes, it is a bit rough around the edges, but it works. As long as they continue to enhance the software side, it should be competitive with time.
@jimsalter @adilarif oh yes. I remember following the development of the Librem 5 thinking: this is going to be awesome.
But man have i gotten set right with that. So sad purism had turned out to be grifters.
Also, Jim, i read your messages in your friggin voice, especially when you caps words. Damn it !
@rasmus91 @jimsalter @adilarif it is funny when someone really talks and writes in the same style, down to emphasis 😂
@nicemicro @rasmus91 @adilarif my entire life has been non stop seeing people saying "nobody writes and speaks the same way" and I'm like THE HELL I DON'T! :)
@jimsalter @adilarif Considering that my first Pinephone (November 2020) got bricked for no reason a few weeks after buying it (the phone stopped booting one day and I was supposed to reinstall the operating system)... I'm glad I didn't even try the Librem 5.
@adilarif calling Librem 5 "a bit rough around the edges" is an Olympian level stretch. It's a gigantic brick, battery life is awful, call quality is ABSOLUTELY not even CLOSE to acceptable, it overheats, and it performs SIGNIFICANTLY worse than the $200 Pinephone (which I also own, and which is also not ready to be a daily driver, but is honest about what it is).