Will Linux phones stay around this time?

Re:Will Linux phones stay around this time? by m463 on Saturday May 01, 2021 @08:11PM (#27011153)

I have a librem 5 and it seems quite a bit smoother than the pine videos I've seen.

In some pine videos I've seen people swiping multiple times before the touch is detected or an action is taken.

I don't know if purism has tighter driver integration, or if the hardware is just faster.

I haven't figured out how to get good apps though.

I found this ubuntu touch video on another type of phone (?) and it looks like stuff is out there:

https://youtu.be/Nf_DnsZHwdE

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Re:Will Linux phones stay around this time? by jchw on Saturday May 01, 2021 @08:14PM (#27011168)

Someone at Purism once said the issue was related to memory IIRC. So it’s possible that is a piece of the puzzle.

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Re:Will Linux phones stay around this time? by seba_dos1 on Sunday May 02, 2021 @03:47AM (#27013144)

RAM is almost 3 times faster indeed, but it's not the only thing that matters (CPU clock and double the L2 cache, much more powerful GPU, faster eMMC, better thermals). That's not "tighter integration", that hardware is simply more powerful.

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