@RandomPhoton they are metal, glad you are excited to get yours :)

@purism
Thanks for the confirmation! And yup, can't wait haha. Thanks for all the hard work!

@purism @RandomPhoton

Man i can't wait to get my claws on mine! I guess the metal acts as a heatsink? I'm so glad you went that route!

@briana
It seems from the matrix rooms that the sides are metal and the back is not. Since you have to be transmissive to RF.
@purism

@purism
Looking sharp!

@purism preordered mine, but I'm totally ignorant of linux, what kind of learning curve am I looking at going from a galaxy s5 to this?
Also, do yo'll make laptops or tablets?

@soothsayer
Use a google 3a
@purism

@soothsayer @purism You'll have to live with more web apps and less of your favourite android apps.

@soothsayer This will be a great way to experience a full Linux system, the phone experience is built for everyone and it will be much simpler and easier to find your way around than on any Android phone. It also is a complete computer, plug it into a monitor, keyboard and mouse and you can edit spreadsheets, do your work, play games and more using desktop Linux apps on your phone :) Hope that helps!

@purism @soothsayer I think the Lebem 5 is a great thing, but there are still major problems with owning a cell phone. Not only is the cellular network designed to track you every 30 seconds (solved with the ability to disable the modem in Libem 5) but there is a whole philosophical and social aspect to owning a cellular phone too. I reject ownership of it for both reasons, and encourage others to follow suite.

Btw, even if you have the modem off, the second you re-enable it if you are a targeted individual you could be swatted.

@purism @soothsayer My write-up on Cell phones has been well recieved, and while I only briefly cover the societal aspects, the technical aspects are well contained in there. I should update it soon.

https://se7en-site.neocities.org/articles/cellphones.html

From the article:

Think of this: Do you really have someone that you need to call so urgently that you need to carry a communications device on you at all times? As I said before, I just use my answering machine.

Using a cellphone in a home-en[vior]ment (and not out-and-about) is a stupid thing to do. Having the phone company give you a land-line is superior to a small devices that goes out when there is interference outside such as a simple lightning storm. Also, a home phone usually goes for $20/m (sometimes cheaper). The actual telephone can be bought for between $5 and $20. A contemporary Smart Phone seems to usually be between $50 to $800, and has a bill of $80 to $200/m. This is asinine to think you're getting a good deal.

@purism @soothsayer Continued from article:

lso, if you are a Doctor, a Taxi-Driver, or a Contractor you might need a cell phone. Otherwise, stop it. You really aren't that important. I think a pager would be a better choice all together though, as it has less chance of monitoring due to simply using the SMS system to receive text that you respond to later from another device.

@purism Good, because I'm a complete noob to linux, and not particularly techie inclined anyway.

@purism
uname -a
cat /proc/cpuinfo
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@CyReVolt @purism neofetch | lolcat

@purism yess! So exciting! 😃 congrats to everyone involved in this wonderful project!

@purism shame on me! I forgot to say please 😕

@tedpoppke yes, also available globally shipped from USA.

@purism
It would be my dream to have this secure phone and OS, but this way it´s not practicable and not usable in everyday life.