Purism has released the Librem 5's mechanical design, adding to already available schematics and PCB layouts.
https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/3D_designs/-/blob/master/Librem5-Chassis/librem-5.step
I think that may make it the first proper Open Hardware smartphone out there.
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With more than three weeks to go for the first Purism game jam. Now is the perfect time to join in all the free software fun!
https://itch.io/jam/free-software-purism-game-jam
#purism #purismgamejam #gamejam #gamedev #freesoftware
After finally attempting to rescue my long broken #Librem5 devkit, I ended up with it booting into this Feb 2020 image. It already somewhat resembles the current thing, but gosh, we sure have made a lot of progress since then!
Excuse the white balance being all over the place, this was *not* shotonlibrem5 ;)
phosh 0.13.1 is out :
https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/Phosh/phosh/-/tags/v0.13.1
Feedback quick setting cycles through all modes, "Close all" notifications button, improved encrypted media handling and fractional scaling improvements.
Here's a interesting post on the #Purism #Librem5 US Edition and how it's manufactured. https://puri.sm/posts/manufacturing-the-librem-5-usa-phone-in-the-united-states-of-america/
Got #Purism's call echo cancellation fixes working on #postmarketOS. No echoes so far! Yay!
Mobian on the Purism Librem 5 Evergreen https://devtube.dev-wiki.de/videos/watch/2addeee5-0352-4c7b-b7ed-f44a140b9dfb
I cannot be reached by direct messages to chrichri@social.librem.one
#DM is said to be disabled on @purism #mastodon instance social.librem.one.
I'm sorry if you ever tried to write me and I didn't answer. My matrix address is published in my profile
I started a discussion on the #purism #forum about this. Generally I like the way they offer the fediverse to their users (no timelines).
But I see a lot of potential in DMs for users that would like to accept them.
https://forums.puri.sm/t/handling-of-dms-on-social-librem-one/11467
Why all the hate on #purism they might have oversold the #librem5 as a daily driver but I hope most bought it to progress the ecosystem... I'm so greatful for the work they did on #phosh and #libhandy that make my #pinephone usable.
Foreshadowing, Why the Purism Logo is a Rectangle
"A logo carries meaning, it should be simple yet effective. The Purism logo; a simple rectangle; carries significant meaning and was foreshadowing what Purism is delivering."
https://puri.sm/posts/foreshadowing-why-the-purism-logo-is-a-rectangle/
First #Purism #Librem5 "Birch" user reviews report good build quality and display, software still WiP
https://tuxphones.com/purism-librem-5-smartphone-first-reviews-build-quality-battery/ #linux
@purism says #Librem5Birch has shipped as of yesterday. Wondering if anyone has one yet (supposedly a lot of the US domestic ones were one-day shipping).
Thank you Unbox Therapy https://youtu.be/hVcJgCvFuWo for featuring our Librem 13 Laptop https://shop.puri.sm/shop/librem-13/ and thoroughly demoing the hardware kill switches.
In Lewis's own words, "You know how secure I am right now!"
Librem 5 shipping starting 24 September 2019 https://puri.sm/posts/librem-5-shipping-announcement/ #purism #linux #linuxphone #linuxmobile #gnome
> Makes sense. Customer service can make or break a company.
Yeah, and this was clearly a process issue more than anything else. I talked (well, emailed) with a customer service rep and they were perfectly polite and helpful once they replied. They just didn't seem to have a process to hear about issues or reach out about the order. All they'd do is reply to emails.
So, good people; problems with the process.
I still wish #purism the best of luck with the librem5.
> Which ThinkPad did you end up with?
A used T480 with essentially the same specs as the Librem for literally half the price.
And the shame of it is, I really would have been happy to pay that premium to support the work #purism is doing if they'd actually delivered.
I just donated one year's worth of @purism #LibremOne subscription fees to @ConnyDuck for the @Tusky project.
Consider donating too, every little helps! #SupportMaintainers #GiveCredit