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Hands-On of Purism Librem 5 Linux Phone
- smacktoward 7y agoThis review is really going out of its way to be kind to Purism. I understand that it's early days for this device, but things like > the Librem 5 seemed to struggle with light tasks such as scrolling and simple navigation ... are pretty damning. Software that can't even handle scrolling is software that's just not ready for public release yet. I was worried when Purism announced the way they'd be releasing the Librem 5 in progressively more thoroughly baked "batches" (https://puri.sm/posts/librem-5-shipping-announcement/ https://puri.sm/posts/librem-5-shipping-announcement/) that what that meant in practice was that it wasn't ready to ship, but they were afraid to push the release date back again after already having it slip from Q2 2019 to Q3. This review does not allay these worries.
- wdkrnls 7y agoI'm not concerned about sometimes laggy scroll speed. That was a common issue with the first android phones. Not being able to use the camera hardware at all is something I hope they are prioritizing fixing ASAP. If it can't be used to take a picture (even a blurry one), I don't know if it could justifiably be called a smart phone.
- admax88q 7y agoFixing scrolling is likely more difficult than camera support. Scrolling in a modern stack tends to require complex optimization that spans many layers of software from different components. Camera support just requires a self contained driver added to the kernel. Optimization in general is often harder then feature work.
- m463 7y agoFrankly, who cares? It is fixable. Just give it time and patience. Even if Purism doesn't fix it, folks outside of purism will help. The fact that iOS (12 years) and Android (11 years) do things that are against your interests - that is unfixable.