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I never did get my hands on a Librem despite preordering it and waiting, but I have a PinePhone from Pine64. It can use the same Phosh launcher UI used in Libre

I never did get my hands on a Librem despite preordering it and waiting, but I have a PinePhone from Pine64. It can use the same Phosh launcher UI used in Librem's PureOS (depends on which OS you have installed). Phosh is nice enough, though some of the UI decisions do feel a bit weird. The Pinephone (not pro) I got was slow and the software was very alpha, but I've heard it's better now. Again, not sure about the Librem as I got stuck in the queue and gave up eventually. I heard there were Librem5 overheating issues and I'm not sure if that's been adequately addressed. Phosh on the Pinephone definitely wasn't snappy. Maybe it will be snappier with Pro and a new update since I haven't tried it out again in years. I never got around to syncing things too much, but there are definitely email clients on Linux that'll work though how "mobile" their UI is, I'm not sure. Purism created libhandy[0] that's now managed my GNOME to mobilify these things and again I'm not sure about the status, but I'm sure Email was a high priority. [0]: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libhandy https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libhandy

seba_dos1 3y ago
> I heard there were Librem5 overheating issues and I'm not sure if that's been adequately addressed. I have no troubles with overheating on my phone, I can even compile things on it. Some people living in warmer climates report that it may be challenging to charge the phone when it's on as it has a thermal threshold where it stops charging. Should get better with system suspend, which was very experimental until now (still not enabled by default, but it got reliable enough to actually use it on a daily driver). When it comes to perceived performance, Librem 5 is definitely closer to PinePhone Pro than the original PinePhone, which was very slow.
- monarchistmaybe 3y ago
  > people living in warmer climates report that it may be challenging to charge the phone This phone is being sold for $1300 and whether you can charge it consistently depends on your latitude and experimental software. > Librem 5 is definitely closer to PinePhone Pro The PinePhone Pro is $399 and I can have it next week. I could buy three PinePhone Pros and wear them out a year before one Librem 5 with difficulty charging ships.
  - seba_dos1 3y ago
    Do it then. But don't come back crying that you had to do some kernel hacking in order to make it usable, that's a part of the deal at this price ;)

seba_dos1 3y ago

> I heard there were Librem5 overheating issues and I'm not sure if that's been adequately addressed. I have no troubles with overheating on my phone, I can even compile things on it. Some people living in warmer climates report that it may be challenging to charge the phone when it's on as it has a thermal threshold where it stops charging. Should get better with system suspend, which was very experimental until now (still not enabled by default, but it got reliable enough to actually use it on a daily driver). When it comes to perceived performance, Librem 5 is definitely closer to PinePhone Pro than the original PinePhone, which was very slow.

monarchistmaybe 3y ago
> people living in warmer climates report that it may be challenging to charge the phone This phone is being sold for $1300 and whether you can charge it consistently depends on your latitude and experimental software. > Librem 5 is definitely closer to PinePhone Pro The PinePhone Pro is $399 and I can have it next week. I could buy three PinePhone Pros and wear them out a year before one Librem 5 with difficulty charging ships.
- seba_dos1 3y ago
  Do it then. But don't come back crying that you had to do some kernel hacking in order to make it usable, that's a part of the deal at this price ;)