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.

@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 🤷

@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.