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The last news I read on this, the Librem 5 was slated to launch in April of 2019. Is this still the case? Is it usual for an ambitious project like this to be d
by nsomaru 8y ago
The last news I read on this, the Librem 5 was slated to launch in April of 2019. Is this still the case? Is it usual for an ambitious project like this to be doing this sort of development (i.e. core dev, not polish) within 6 months of release?
I'm really looking forward to this phone and will almost certainly move over if there is are decent mail, Whatsapp and Signal clients. Despite the cost and early adopter pains I'm likely to face :)
- pulsarpietro 8y agoMe too. I need safe cyber-space to be in :-)
- AsyncAwait 8y ago> Is it usual for an ambitious project like this to be doing this sort of development (i.e. core dev, not polish) within 6 months of release? It's not usual to be doing a project like this at all. How many such projects can you point to? So nobody knows.
- 9712263 8y agoThis phone is basically a Gnome Phone, so mail client will be Geary, which is decent enough. The anbox project is able to port Android apps into GNU/Linux. Though last time I tried, not very stable and crash very often. Whatsapp could be installed. Hope at release the project could be more stable and able to port to Librem 5.
- beatgammit 8y agoWhatsApp isn't open source, and they don't have a client for that chip AFAIK, so getting WhatsApp working would require work from Facebook. Apps like Signal that are open source will likely be available.
- jhasse 8y agoDon't get your hopes up for WhatsApp.