Librem 5 design report

Re:Librem 5 design report by gravypod on Thursday May 10, 2018 @09:58PM (#17044466)

I love the contacts integration. I wish there was also some way to send SMSes directly from your computer to your device without sending to a 3rd party (outside of your service provider and receiver).

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Re:Librem 5 design report by craftyguy on Thursday May 10, 2018 @10:06PM (#17044494)

Considering the Librem5 is essentially Just Another Linux System, this would be fairly straight forward to implement... The most basic implementation would be something like a script that you run on your computer, that connects over SSH to the phone, and uses ofono's dbus interface to send a SMS.

I haven't been as excited for a device as I am now since the N900.

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Re:Librem 5 design report by danShumway on Thursday May 10, 2018 @11:00PM (#17044693)

> Considering the Librem5 is essentially Just Another Linux System, this would be fairly straight forward to implement

This. The moment I started getting really excited for the Librem 5 was when I thought, "half of the problems I'm trying to solve for my phone right now are trivial to solve on this Raspberry Pi sitting next to me. Why isn't my phone running the same OS as the Pi then?"

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Re:Librem 5 design report by craftyguy on Thursday May 10, 2018 @11:10PM (#17044728)

I know, right? Developing anything on Android, for example, requires Java or Kotlin, tens of GB of SDK stuff and emulator images (if you don't have a device with the specific Android API you want to target), and using Android Studio or fighting with gradle manually. Or you could 'root' your device and fight with Android to run your arbitrary scripts in a severely reduced shell.

I'm sure some Android dev is going to say "but what about blah blah new API new tools whatever?" in response to this.. but my workflow is autotools or meson (and for the Librem5 a crosscompiler) + vim. Or I could write shell scripts using a plethora of cmdline tools and not install anything extra to develop useful, powerful stuff for this device.

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Re:Librem 5 design report by mmjaa on Friday May 11, 2018 @03:51AM (#17045633)

I am excited for this phone, for one reason: that I may some day be able to VNC to it from my desktop and use it that way .. or, even better, set it up as a target for Synergy, and simple integrate it into my existing computer fleet as a first class citizen.

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Re:Librem 5 design report by efigle2501 on Friday May 11, 2018 @08:09AM (#17046642)

Question: is the included monitor in some packages advertising the fact that it can be used as a 'desktop' machine as well?

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Re:Librem 5 design report by chrismorgan on Friday May 11, 2018 @08:42AM (#17046868)

https://puri.sm/shop/librem-5/

> Enabling the path for a true convergence device, capable to work as a phone, making video and audio calls, encrypted messaging, email, web browser, that can also become a full desktop computer with an option for a compatible keyboard, mouse, and monitor. It can be a desktop computer and phone all-in-one.

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Re:Librem 5 design report by chupasaurus on Friday May 11, 2018 @02:33AM (#17045354)

In theory it's already there on Linux by using some overlay network (like ZeroNet[1] or ntop's n2n [2]) and KDE Connect (it has "Send SMS from desktop" feature) which works between desktops running K too.

[1]https://github.com/zerotier/ZeroTierOne

[2]https://github.com/ntop/n2n

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Re:Librem 5 design report by LeoPanthera on Thursday May 10, 2018 @10:08PM (#17044500)

In the Days Of Yore, before 3G, every cellular network operated an SMSC into which you could dial, with a standard modem, and send whatever texts you wanted to whoever you wanted.

I assume this stopped being open because they figured out that they could charge to send an SMS.

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Re:Librem 5 design report by konraditurbe on Friday May 11, 2018 @04:31AM (#17045767)

Something like KDE Connect.

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