The Librem 5 is a very interesting project. It's fair to say the phone has a very low market penetration even within the niche of Linux phones enthusiasts.
It is a real-life example of what happens when free software engineers are in charge of the entirety of a product.
For example, the phone needs a cheat code to recharge the battery past a certain threshold.
https://docs.puri.sm/Librem_5/Troubleshooting/Charging.html#evergreen
Expect a blog post soon™ about the FOSS culture and what gets in the way of mass adoption.
@thibaultamartin That's just not true. The "cheat code" is a troubleshooting sequence designed to maximize the chances of successful boot in presence of various kinds of troubles, including partially broken hardware. You never need to use that in normal operation, and certainly not just because the battery went past "a certain threshold".
@thibaultamartin If you need to resort to that trick, then something's wrong with your unit and it may be worth to look closer at what's going on. Librem 5 is able to boot and fully operate with no battery inserted at all.
Hej @dos I don't mean to be negative about the Librem 5, I am one of the very early backers and I have one charging on my desk right now :)
I'm speaking from first-hand experience: every time the phone discharged below a certain level I had to resort to that trick.
The phone is interesting on many levels, and Purism staff put a lot of things in motion that benefit the mobile linux ecosystem as a whole.
But the phone is simply not suitable for the general public.