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Re:Would you be willing to fund a Linux port to Apple Silicon? by simonh on Monday November 30, 2020 @04:23AM (#25252107)
What is the point of having the right to repair a phone that, 3 years after it's crowd funding campaign, now has 5 year old hardware, still can't reliably make calls and has a sub 2 hour battery life?
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Re:Would you be willing to fund a Linux port to Apple Silicon? by fsflover on Monday November 30, 2020 @04:32AM (#25252156)
It can reliably make calls [0] and has a decent battery life [1] (even though it cannot sleep yet!). If you have more concerns, you can check the community FAQ [2].

Concerning the old hardware, it's the most powerful phone which can run latest Linux kernel and the only one recommended by the FSF [3]. Specs is not the whole story in smartphones [4].

[0] https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/community-wiki/-/wikis/Cellul...

[1] https://puri.sm/posts/librem-5-4500mah-battery-upgrade/

[2] https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/community-wiki/-/wikis/Freque...

[3] https://www.fsf.org/givingguide/v11

[4] https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/community-wiki/-/wikis/Freque...

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Re:Would you be willing to fund a Linux port to Apple Silicon? by simonh on Monday November 30, 2020 @05:20AM (#25252372)
Can make calls sometimes and being reliable are I suppose a matter of experience and opinion.

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/librem-5-review-the-lin...

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Re:Would you be willing to fund a Linux port to Apple Silicon? by fsflover on Monday November 30, 2020 @05:42AM (#25252463)
This is not a review of the mass production batch (Evergreen). Please stop spreading FUD. Evergreen started shipping in November. Some people received theirs recently:

https://forums.puri.sm/t/received-my-librem-5-evergreen/1087...

https://www.reddit.com/r/Purism/comments/jzj6s1/i_have_recei...

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Re:Would you be willing to fund a Linux port to Apple Silicon? by simonh on Monday November 30, 2020 @07:18AM (#25253014)
Ok, it looks like you're quite right I'm out of date. My apologies.
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Re:Would you be willing to fund a Linux port to Apple Silicon? by cbozeman on Monday November 30, 2020 @05:57AM (#25252560)
What's the point?

You own it. You control it. YOU have the power. That's the damn point.

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Re:Would you be willing to fund a Linux port to Apple Silicon? by flyinglizard on Monday November 30, 2020 @06:56AM (#25252889)
You have all the power but none of the utility.
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Re:Would you be willing to fund a Linux port to Apple Silicon? by fsflover on Monday November 30, 2020 @07:02AM (#25252925)
You are spreading FUD. The phone can do almost everything, including 3D-games.
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Re:Would you be willing to fund a Linux port to Apple Silicon? by bzzzt on Monday November 30, 2020 @07:55AM (#25253247)
Fine, so you can port tuxracer to it.

If you want to play an actual game people care about and think there are game companies building those for PureOS you're delusional.

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Re:Would you be willing to fund a Linux port to Apple Silicon? by fsflover on Monday November 30, 2020 @11:07AM (#25255202)
Depending what you call "actual game", you can play some of them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_HXQJkWjUQ.

Concerning "game companies", this is a typical problem of new hardware and is quite expected (in the beginning). The difference however is that you do not have to rewrite anything, just recompile for Debian ARM and make it fit the screen. Potentially thousands of games should run well after quick adjustments.

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