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This is incredible, they actually delivered! Given the state of similar projects, often kickstarted, I had my doubts. It's a Linux phone running GNOME. It's th

This is incredible, they actually delivered! Given the state of similar projects, often kickstarted, I had my doubts. It's a Linux phone running GNOME. It's the same deal as the Ubuntu phone that raised 10s of millions out whatever in a crowd funded campaign. That said, where's a video with a hands on with the device? I wanna see how it handles.

zozbot234 7y ago
AIUI, Ubuntu Phone was not running anything close to a mainline kernel. They simply relied on patchy kernels meant for running AOSP, which created all sorts of additional issues. By contrast, Librem's work should be essentially 100% compatible with mainstream Linux distributions.
flukus 7y ago
Ubuntu, firefox and others bit off more than they could chew with experimental stuff like scopes in ubuntu, or a complete new UI for firefox. Android did the same but had the benefit of google's backing. I think these guys are successful because they're trying to deliver something much more "boring", a basic phone built with almost entirely with existing software. I never back kickstarters but I definitely feel comfortable enough to place my order now. What part of the ordering process do you select which bands, chargers, etc?
- fileoffset 7y ago
  Apparently they email you and ask you when it is almost ready to ship.
blotter_paper 7y ago
The Cosmo Communicator is supposed to ship in the next two weeks, production was crowdfunded through indigogo and it's supposed to run Debian (as well as Android and Sailfish). https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/cosmo-communicator https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/cosmo-communicator I dig the backlit keyboard.
- flukus 7y ago
  > The latest tech for your pocket from Planet Computers - the people that brought you the Gemini PDA. Running Android 9 OS, Sailfish and Linux operating systems I'd be careful, there's been a few phones like that where it turns out the phone and sms (yes I'm old) functionality was only available on android, I don't know if that's the case here. I'm tempted to replace my laptop with the gemini PDA, but it looks like the placement of the ';' and ':' keys is a deal breaker. My HJKL keys are already over crowded.
Mathnerd314 7y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tuLkga0dmY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tuLkga0dmY goes through some of the UI on the dev kit (similar specs to the shipping phone but not as compact). There are probably more videos like that. The actual phone is probably going to take a few days for a decent video. The assembly line is in SF, but I don't think they're using same-day shipping. And they don't seem to have prioritized shipping to people with video cameras.
aruggirello 7y ago
I'm really excited! BTW I really wish some other phone picks up KDE Plasma mobile [0]. It's probably at least as mature as GNOME, at least judging by the screenshots. BTW I love KDE connect in Android. [0] https://www.plasma-mobile.org/ https://www.plasma-mobile.org/
- seba_dos1 7y ago
  There's no reason not to run Plasma Mobile on the Librem 5 ;)

zozbot234 7y ago

AIUI, Ubuntu Phone was not running anything close to a mainline kernel. They simply relied on patchy kernels meant for running AOSP, which created all sorts of additional issues. By contrast, Librem's work should be essentially 100% compatible with mainstream Linux distributions.

flukus 7y ago

Ubuntu, firefox and others bit off more than they could chew with experimental stuff like scopes in ubuntu, or a complete new UI for firefox. Android did the same but had the benefit of google's backing. I think these guys are successful because they're trying to deliver something much more "boring", a basic phone built with almost entirely with existing software. I never back kickstarters but I definitely feel comfortable enough to place my order now. What part of the ordering process do you select which bands, chargers, etc?

fileoffset 7y ago
Apparently they email you and ask you when it is almost ready to ship.

blotter_paper 7y ago

The Cosmo Communicator is supposed to ship in the next two weeks, production was crowdfunded through indigogo and it's supposed to run Debian (as well as Android and Sailfish). https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/cosmo-communicator https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/cosmo-communicator I dig the backlit keyboard.

flukus 7y ago
> The latest tech for your pocket from Planet Computers - the people that brought you the Gemini PDA. Running Android 9 OS, Sailfish and Linux operating systems I'd be careful, there's been a few phones like that where it turns out the phone and sms (yes I'm old) functionality was only available on android, I don't know if that's the case here. I'm tempted to replace my laptop with the gemini PDA, but it looks like the placement of the ';' and ':' keys is a deal breaker. My HJKL keys are already over crowded.

Mathnerd314 7y ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tuLkga0dmY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tuLkga0dmY goes through some of the UI on the dev kit (similar specs to the shipping phone but not as compact). There are probably more videos like that. The actual phone is probably going to take a few days for a decent video. The assembly line is in SF, but I don't think they're using same-day shipping. And they don't seem to have prioritized shipping to people with video cameras.

aruggirello 7y ago

I'm really excited! BTW I really wish some other phone picks up KDE Plasma mobile [0]. It's probably at least as mature as GNOME, at least judging by the screenshots. BTW I love KDE connect in Android. [0] https://www.plasma-mobile.org/ https://www.plasma-mobile.org/

seba_dos1 7y ago
There's no reason not to run Plasma Mobile on the Librem 5 ;)