Comment by fsflover

2 years ago

First of all, it feels unbelievably freeing to run desktop GNU/Linux on my phone and benefit from the full command line (e.g., ssh and sshfs on the go are extremely helpful) and desktop Firefox, without stupid limitations of "ordinary" smartphones.

I tried to use it as a laptop. It works fine for non-heavy tasks, but not sufficiently secure for me (I prefer Qubes OS). It is very helpful for doing some configuration though. See also: https://forums.puri.sm/t/librem-5-daily-driven-in-profession....

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ranguna  2 years ago

All your feedback is actually encouraging me go and buy one, but I'll wait for Snapdragon 8 gen 1 or 3 support on postmarketos and then I'll get a oneplus 12 or an s24.

No swappable battery, but the efficient cpu, more ram and faster recharge makes it more worth it for me.

Thanks again!

  • fsflover  2 years ago

    An important difference between Oneplus and Librem 5 is that the latter works with all free drivers, which enables running mainline Linux with lifetime updates.

    • ranguna  2 years ago

      That's a very good point, which made me look on a different direction (after realising that I can't buy a pinephone or a librem with a VAT invoice in the EU):

      I'm probably going to buy a raspberry pi 5 or equivalent, slap a 2x12000mah battery and 5" oled touch screen on it, build an case around that and call it a day. It's going to be pocketable, it's going to have a lot more battery life and a lot cheaper.

      As for my phone, I'll probably get a pinephone or librem equivalent once there's one I can actively use for about a normal working day without having to replace the battery or experience slowdowns.

      Thanks for all the info on this thread!