My New GNU/Linux Phone is Coming Soon! (Pinephone) - Rob Braxman Tech
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Date: 2022-03-20
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Jack
Hi Rob, Today I cancelled my Librem 5 pre-order. Honestly if a flip phone had a good camera and a good easy to use texting, I might just get one. I don't need much. I fully expect to see the Pine Phone overtake the LIbrem 5. First of all -price-. Most Linux developers are cheap, even if they have lots of funds. It is a tradition to use the least expensive methodology and hardware. I truly believe developers will gravitate towards the Pine campaign. I only hope that I can easily install an OS.
It wasn't the price that had me cancel my order (although I don't have a lot of money, it is the constant delay in producing a good easy to use finished product. Please keep up the good work. Thank you.
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Hi Rob, Today I cancelled my Librem 5 pre-order. Honestly if a flip phone had a good camera and a good easy to use texting, I might just get one. I don't need much. I fully expect to see the Pine Phone overtake the LIbrem 5. First of all -price-. Most Linux developers are cheap, even if they have lots of funds. It is a tradition to use the least expensive methodology and hardware. I truly believe developers will gravitate towards the Pine campaign. I only hope that I can easily install an OS.
It wasn't the price that had me cancel my order (although I don't have a lot of money, it is the constant delay in producing a good easy to use finished product. Please keep up the good work. Thank you.
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jeferson
I don't know how KDE is on mobile but if it is as extensible as with desktops that is a game changer. Also from the developer side it is just an amazing experience to develop things for KDE. Also they have done some great work with applications for desktop, let's see what will come for mobile, as this platform opens some good technological potential, with telephony, IoT, robotics, VR, recording, geographical services and some design using the touch interface; those things integrated with some already well mature desktop softwares can be a great thing
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I don't know how KDE is on mobile but if it is as extensible as with desktops that is a game changer. Also from the developer side it is just an amazing experience to develop things for KDE. Also they have done some great work with applications for desktop, let's see what will come for mobile, as this platform opens some good technological potential, with telephony, IoT, robotics, VR, recording, geographical services and some design using the touch interface; those things integrated with some already well mature desktop softwares can be a great thing
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Miroslaw
Building custom Linux phone is very interesting idea, however the availability and cost will varied. I am thinking about different approach. How about mode production phones in two ways: first as you mentioned loading Linux. Second is to take out all component of production phone, and manufacture costume case that will have appropriate provision for mechanical kill switches for particular phone function like camera, microphone, radio antenna and DC power.
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Building custom Linux phone is very interesting idea, however the availability and cost will varied. I am thinking about different approach. How about mode production phones in two ways: first as you mentioned loading Linux. Second is to take out all component of production phone, and manufacture costume case that will have appropriate provision for mechanical kill switches for particular phone function like camera, microphone, radio antenna and DC power.
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jeferson
anyway we do have the advantage that Linux have such a large ecosystem that even with lower performance if those phones get finally well stable some companies can get their ass kicked and I am also considering long term stability as an incentive as proprietary companies differently from traditional Linux distros design new OS versions that make older devices obsolete. Other then that announcement it would be great to have mobile devices based on RISC-V
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anyway we do have the advantage that Linux have such a large ecosystem that even with lower performance if those phones get finally well stable some companies can get their ass kicked and I am also considering long term stability as an incentive as proprietary companies differently from traditional Linux distros design new OS versions that make older devices obsolete. Other then that announcement it would be great to have mobile devices based on RISC-V
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iflnr97
Great video. I ordered a nexus 5X by mistake but someone commented on one of your other videos that plasma works on that model so that-s what I-ll install on it. I-ve become interested in the Sony Xperia XA2 Ultra open development models (H3213) and Dual SIM (H4213) which SailfishOS apparently works pretty good on. I-d like to learn how to develop firmware but I probably don-t have the drive or time to become proficient. Thanks for the great video!
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Great video. I ordered a nexus 5X by mistake but someone commented on one of your other videos that plasma works on that model so that-s what I-ll install on it. I-ve become interested in the Sony Xperia XA2 Ultra open development models (H3213) and Dual SIM (H4213) which SailfishOS apparently works pretty good on. I-d like to learn how to develop firmware but I probably don-t have the drive or time to become proficient. Thanks for the great video!
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Laber
I'm using a Jolla phone with Sailfish OS - honestly, compared with all the alternatives it is a quite far developed OS.
I really don't get why the community needs to cook their own soup each. We should find one good OS which every tech / privacy addicted guy is using, at least as a basic.
To me it is not possible to have bluetooth struggles still in 2019.
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I'm using a Jolla phone with Sailfish OS - honestly, compared with all the alternatives it is a quite far developed OS.
I really don't get why the community needs to cook their own soup each. We should find one good OS which every tech / privacy addicted guy is using, at least as a basic.
To me it is not possible to have bluetooth struggles still in 2019.
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Alby
Only 3000 models? Looks like I need to get one soon now that my cheap carrier-locked Best Buy phone is pretty much unusuable (part of the screen is black among other LCD weirdness and it thinks I'm touching it when I'm not, preventing me from even typing my PIN.
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Only 3000 models? Looks like I need to get one soon now that my cheap carrier-locked Best Buy phone is pretty much unusuable (part of the screen is black among other LCD weirdness and it thinks I'm touching it when I'm not, preventing me from even typing my PIN.
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Fede
I cant wait for this to happen. I love linux. It opens endless opportunities to play with your hardware. Imagine compiling the kernel for your custom smarthphone. downloading from repos. oh man. thats the way i want to use my phone. give me a terminal!
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I cant wait for this to happen. I love linux. It opens endless opportunities to play with your hardware. Imagine compiling the kernel for your custom smarthphone. downloading from repos. oh man. thats the way i want to use my phone. give me a terminal!
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lapinuss
I ordered mine too. I already have 5 32 gb sdcards arriving from amazon - meanwhile I have a nexus 5x with kde plasma mobile and a xiaomi mi a2 with no os because I'm figuring out how this A/B slot scheme works.
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I ordered mine too. I already have 5 32 gb sdcards arriving from amazon - meanwhile I have a nexus 5x with kde plasma mobile and a xiaomi mi a2 with no os because I'm figuring out how this A/B slot scheme works.
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-A_A_Hajji
My android phone is always spies me, I can't use social media if I put my finger the front camera or cover it my hand, I realised it at night, I can't see it day time but at night the red light is on at night
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My android phone is always spies me, I can't use social media if I put my finger the front camera or cover it my hand, I realised it at night, I can't see it day time but at night the red light is on at night
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