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You may be interested in the Purism Librem 5 [0]. It's made by people who care about software freedom. It doesn't use the common ARM-based SoCs which require p
by the_pwner224 7y ago
You may be interested in the Purism Librem 5 [0].
It's made by people who care about software freedom. It doesn't use the common ARM-based SoCs which require proprietary drivers and will be unusable with modern software in a few years. Everything except the cell modem (on a replaceable M.2 card connected over USB) runs 100% free software. The device as a whole runs Linux with Gnome, and Plasma Mobile + others also developing for it. The company contributes back to the OSS software they use/improve.
It doesn't have the form factor of the TRS-80 Model 100, but basically the deal you get with it is that you pay the price of a decently high end smartphone in exchange for a midrange smartphone which is completely controllable by you, as much as a normal Linux desktop, but still offers a 'pretty good' UI out of the box for normal phone usage.
[0]: https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/ https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/
- nullc 7y ago> It's made by people who care about software freedom. How do I know that? The first I saw about Librem was their original laptop that made clearly overstated claims about its openness. (e.g. claiming a device that used intel CPUs would have completely open firmware). After that I paid no further attention to them.
- commandocrypto 7y agoA lot has happened: https://puri.sm/learn/freedom-roadmap/ https://puri.sm/learn/freedom-roadmap/ For instance, all the firmware is completely open. The BIOS can be flashed by the user. What openness do you feel is lacking?