Remember Canonical's crowdfunding campaign for a @ubuntu phone that raised $12 million but failed?
Wouldn't it be nice to repeat this and crowdfund for a @gnome phone?
Would you buy such a phone?
#Gnome #Linux #OpenSource #LinuxPhone #LinuxMobile
@user8e8f87c @ubuntu @gnome i would seriously love ANYTHING that would let me escape the Google/Apple duopoly on phones. I'm not doing quantum computing on my mobile, i just want to have a little computer in my pocket that texts, calls, browses, & offers software solutions such as maps, transit, Fedi, etc.
@itsmeholland @user8e8f87c @ubuntu @gnome
That phone exists. I am using it now. It is called the #Librem5.
@itsmeholland @jlcrawf @user8e8f87c @ubuntu @gnome I also have a #Librem5, and use it as my daily driver. And, to be honest, it still has some issues. But I trust that this will be solved over time. Therefore I would support a crowdfunding to bring the #LinuxPhones further.
@janvlug @jlcrawf @user8e8f87c @ubuntu @gnome what are the issues you're having with the Librem 5? Also what about their Liberty Phone? (Which I also saw on their website.) I was also very interested in Librem 14, but same issue, wasn't able to spend 1500 on a new laptop at the time and inherited another modern laptop before then.
@itsmeholland @jlcrawf @user8e8f87c @ubuntu @gnome
The data connection drops often, but there is a work around:
https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/OS-issues/-/issues/328
The other issue is that the GPS does not work well. But I guess this is a problem specific to my device, which is a quite early one.
Also I have to start the hot spot twice. But newer devices get a better supported WiFi module.
Even thought I have these little inconveniences, I like the L5 better than any phone I had before.
@janvlug @itsmeholland @user8e8f87c @ubuntu @gnome
I have the issue with the wifi dropping. My GPS works well and I have no issues with the wifi hotspot. (Now that I have it going, when I first got my Librem, it took 3 months to get the hotspot to work.)
@jlcrawf @user8e8f87c @ubuntu @gnome yeeeaaahh it's also like $1k isn't it? Maybe someday in the not-distant future but it's a lot to pay for a device that I don't know anyone who has experience with it 🤷