Posted on 01/11/2021 9:54:16 AM PST by Hostage
The Librem 5 comes with PureOS by default. This page explains why that is important.
An operating system in your best interests The Librem 5 comes with PureOS by default, not Android. It is the only smartphone on the market today to ship with a fully-free and auditable operating system, from the ground up, that is created in your best interest instead of corporations’ bottom lines. It is the only project with a bona fide community instead of a “Big Corp” governance model.
That doesn’t mean the Librem 5 is “locked in” to PureOS, however! If you are a technology enthusiast or enterprise with special needs, you can run your own compatible GNU/Linux operating system as an alternative to PureOS. It’s your hardware.
(Excerpt) Read more at puri.sm ...
For users of Linux phones, please share your experiences.
interested as well.
Interested also.
We’re going to have to exit the bottom-dwelling top tech slime.
Also, someone should be cataloging the locations of their server farms.
For no bad reasons, however.
Trust me.
I’m not a techie - will these OS work even if carriers like Verizon and AT&T “ban” them?
Because you know it’s coming. China’s internet and social-media controls are the model.
Lower video resolution but if all you do is talk and text it is ok. A burner phone rom Walmart is cheaper.
Very helpful. So no longer hostage to Androids (and their only competition iOS).
Thank you.
I’ve read of Linux running on a smartphone but a true Linux cellphone would be a step in the right direction for sure.
>I’ve read of Linux running on a smartphone but a true Linux cellphone would be a step in the right direction for sure.
Yeah but at a US price of $1,999.00, that’s a hard no for me
You’re correct on the Verizon, AT&T etc but I can also say
I would never pay $2000.00 for a cellphone. Wife and I just got rid of our Samsung Note II’s because it wouldn’t work with Verizon after last month.
We bought a couple Moto G Power for $200.00 ea.
Good point but I believe the data packet carrier code is a uniform standard. I would think it would be difficult for large carriers to know unless they could query and in that case there could be effective countermeasures.
With re: pine phones ...
I don’t think any “pure” Linux phone OSs are usable yet, and they won’t run apps people want
Probably more likely people will benefit from Android forks like Replicant and LineageOS (what we use now on a moto e)
https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/surnia
“Wife and I just got rid of our Samsung Note II’s because it wouldn’t work with Verizon after last month.”
? Still. on their support page?
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I do not think so. The free market rules.
Verizon changed carrier S/W.
CDMA Network Retirement..
https://www.verizon.com/support/knowledge-base-218813/
Everyone needs to watch Black Mirror episode “Nosedive”. We are about to live it.
About half way down the page, see Will my SIM card work... ?
They have a chart and a link to another site to look up the tech your carrier uses. It would most likely work on all the major cell networks.
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