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I'm cautiously optimistic about the Librem 5 and PinePhone in this regard; both should be usable with a mainline kernel. If we could get hardware like that ethi
by ryukafalz 7y ago
I'm cautiously optimistic about the Librem 5 and PinePhone in this regard; both should be usable with a mainline kernel. If we could get hardware like that ethically sourced (like with the Fairphone) and running entirely or almost entirely free software (like with the Librem 5)... well, we'd be in a pretty good spot I think.
- Brakenshire 7y agoIt’s a pity all these companies aren’t working together. They could definitely make each other’s platforms more viable by pooling scale in one way or another.
- ryukafalz 7y agoYeah, I think that would be super valuable. Each of them is focusing on a slightly different niche for now though, even if their goals overlap a lot, and I think that's okay! Picking a specific goal and optimizing for that is safer than rocking all the boats at once: https://mcfunley.com/choose-boring-technology https://mcfunley.com/choose-boring-technology
- beatgammit 7y agoAfaik, the Librem 5 is mostly open hardware, so I'm sure the folks at Fairphone could make a version of that phone, but manufactured differently. They could keep the same software stack, so the work should be fairly limited to just manufacturing.