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I like what Pine64 guys have been doing, great devices to hack at reasonable price creating foundation for a pure linux based linux mobile devices; of course pr
by Abishek_Muthian 6y ago
I like what Pine64 guys have been doing, great devices to hack at reasonable price creating foundation for a pure linux based linux mobile devices; of course projects like Ubuntu Touch, PureOS, PostmarketOS maturing at the right time has been a blessing.
Now, this is what I need Pine64 - 'A small pocketable, user repairable linux laptop with GSM module' which can replace smartphone. Current options are GPD[1], One-netbook[2] both of which are expensive, not-user repairable, built for windows.
Then there's planet computer's devices[3], but they seem to be android first although they offer linux as multi-boot option.
Why pocketable linux laptop when there's PinePhone, Librem5? Well, the main bottleneck in the linux app ecosystem is adapting it to the touch screen of the smartphone. I think a pocketable linux laptop could serve well in the interim, may be the form factor will prove better for productivity and will stay as a separate profitable segment.
[1]http://gpd.hk/ http://gpd.hk/
[2]https://www.1netbook.com/ https://www.1netbook.com/
[3]https://store.planetcom.co.uk/collections/devices https://store.planetcom.co.uk/collections/devices