Breaking the phone you plan to demo with is always fun.
Fixing it, even more so!
Just need a keyboard and run 1 command.
2 hours to go https://debconf23.debconf.org/talks/61-the-year-of-linux-on-desktopwmobile/
I'm a bit concerned about the frequent power losses at the hotel though :D
I'll add image descriptions later, need to work on my slides :P
and need to go for a swim!
@devrtz
Is that a Pinephone?
@devrtz
Interesting... Is it in an usable state now? I went for the Pinephone Pro (originally ordered a Librem 5 but asked for a refund after 2 years from the order), but it doesn't have much love unfortunately. I also have the Mobian normal version, but its hardware is too weak! 
I surely watch your presentation once available!
@purism
The PPP is too weak for you?
What exactly do you plan to do with it?
For me, the primary issue is that the kernel is just not mature enough. To change that I would assume that it would take some serious dev work and mainlining to really become interesting to *me*. Of course YMMV , but if you don't care about any of that (and I'm not saying you do) I don't see why you wouldn't "simply" run sth on top of Android using libhybris, e.g. #droidian
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@devrtz
No, the normal Pinephone is too weak... The PPP would be more than enough if only it was a bit more reliable and less power hungry. For me, the whole point of using a Linux phone is to avoid libhybris altogether. I don't really like all those converted Android phones out there, not now that we could potentially have a couple of alternatives like the Librem 5 (which is definitely too expensive) and the PPP.
@purism
@devrtz
Yeah, I'm of the same idea: it'll take time, if it ever happens, for the PPP to become a viable solution, unfortunately. But considering that the Librem 5 took 6 years from the announcement to the stage that it is now, I guess is an issue of this kind of alternative phone.
In regards to the developers that like to eat, and the quantities that drive the price, it doesn't exclude the fact that 1000USD for the Librem 5 is disproportionated
@purism
>In regards to the developers that like to eat, and the quantities that drive the price, it doesn't exclude the fact that 1000USD for the Librem 5 is disproportionated
So what you're saying is I shouldn't eat? Or should eat less?
(The last one is probably **actually** true)
Knowing full well that @purism
pretty much kickstarted this whole thing, lots of other distros/phones benefiting and arguably succeeded where e.g. Canonical has not?
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E.g. the panel driver used on the PP (and perhaps PPP too - dunno) was written by @agx for the L5 devkit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWdd6_ZxX8c
'nuff said
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@devrtz
Also, I don't take away anything from the fact that Purism did a lot of good for the Linux mobile community, and I thank them for that. I'm a fan of them, but I simply don't want/can't afford to spend all that money on a phone that is full of limitations and at the moment just a hobby for me. I wish one day we will have an affordable, fully functional Linux phone, ready for being use as such, just for what I see is not the time yet
@deedend @devrtz @purism I encourage everyone to try PureOS on the Librem 5 to judge daily usability of the Librem 5 and if it's "the time yet".
One shouldn't draw that conclusion by looking at other devices (running other distros).
A single missing one line line patch or broken driver can considerably mess up daily usability.
I was thinking conferences?
Any idea if https://linux.org.au/linux-conf-au/ will take place this year?
Or maybe Linux User Groups?
Adding some relevant hashtags (boosts appreciated), maybe someone will see and will let your play with the device a little!
@deedend Not going to be near Melbourne any time soon, but L5s are definitely usable in this part of the world.
@deedend @devrtz @purism I'd try https://forums.puri.sm/ . I've also posted a message to the community/librem5 matrix channel linking to this post
@agx @deedend @devrtz @purism
I have been daily driving mine since February of this year. Before that, I daily drove the PPP for a year and before that I daily drove the PP for a year.
The #Librem5 was a major step up in quality and usability from day one. I loved my pinephones, but I don't think that I could go back to them.
@agx
I've ordered a Librem 5 in the kickstarter campaign back in 2017, after more than 2 years of waiting I decided to ask for a refund (got it at the end of 2019). Now it's definitely too expensive for me at the current price (I also have less money to spend in this sort of stuff now). Saying that, I still would love to try a Librem 5 and see how it is in RL, but being in Australia I believe it's impossible
@devrtz @purism