@joshfowler @purism Yes. Absolutely. All batches are, realistically, very (very) similar and all running the same OS (PureOS) -- and all will receive the same updates.

So everyone who has,say, Aspen... will get all the software updates that the later batches will just ship with.

@lunduke @purism
Thanks for the clarification! =]
I was concerned that there would be a bleeding edge version that was on all the beta devices and a LTS version.

@m4lvin @purism the sceptic in me could argue this is another 3 month push back, as Purism is giving the customer a choice of what stage delivery they want. What customer would want an unrefined product 🤔

@drewmoore @m4lvin @purism
In the forums, at least 3 people so far voiced they want the Aspen one - for the historical and the "handmade with love" aspect of it ;)

@danielst @m4lvin @purism well theres a potential problem for Purism, if only a limited amount of people want the first batch and the majority will wait, thats a huge cost of unwanted stock, will they have to force the products onto customers????

@drewmoore
I can't imagine the same people working on Librem5 were working on Librem One, so the latter would've had no influence on the Librem5 development.
@purism

@drewmoore @purism
It's an awesome mindset: Purism helps people to transition away from big tech without the need for a hard disruption. You can try Librem Chat without having to use a Linux phone /laptop and even without paying.

For the same reason, you can stay in touch with your family in case you go "all in" with a Linux phone. It's a much saner approach than "making sure WhatsApp can work on the Librem 5", when a major reason to choose it is to leave such companies.

@hamburghammer @purism
No phone can compete with the Librem 5.

v2 will not be much faster but a bit more energy efficient. Your choice.

The software optimizations between now and next year will make a much bigger difference.

@PiratePatriot our messaging app is encrypted. Take a look at our forums there are community projects for various Signal clients e.g https://forums.puri.sm/t/signal-client-for-the-librem-5/2743

@purism
Doesn't sound like anything has happened with that for a while. I guess I'll be waiting and see if Signal wishes to create an app themselves for Librem. Also will wait for some independent privacy/encryption testing on the Librem messaging app and how existing encryption means when communicating with someone on a imessage or android standard messenger.

It's nice to say you want to offer a phone with privacy, but you need to show your apps, especially messaging and email, are on par with those such as Signal and ProtonMail, and even BitWarden, or be working with those companies to create versions that will work with your phone. Without the apps folks want to use, and currently use, for privacy, the Librem just won't cut it IMO. You just end up asking everyone to switch, and get all their friends to switch, which is never easy. Won't buy a phone with so many questions about the apps themselves on the phone.