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1. azdle+(OP)[view] [source] 2019-11-28 22:28:46
> Nobody buys a phone for the operating system

I did. Pretty much because all the drivers are mainline(able). Even if purism went belly up today, I could continue to run up to date Linux on my librem 5 basically forever.

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2. cridde+q2[view] [source] 2019-11-28 22:59:13
>>azdle+(OP)
The baseband OS is still a binary blob that you don't really have any visibility into though, right?
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3. azdle+f6[view] [source] [discussion] 2019-11-28 23:59:12
>>cridde+q2
It's a black box for sure, but it's not a 'binary blob'. That's an important distinction. There's no kernel module that tied to a specific kernel version. And even better the WWAN module is in an M.2 (?) socket, so it'd replaceable in the future as new tech comes out.
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4. cartoo+fa1[view] [source] [discussion] 2019-11-29 15:56:11
>>azdle+f6
This internal expansion is a really cool feature. I'm not sure how much use I would make of it, but I really like this feature and I was surprised they were able to cram it in there. Nice one.

More info: https://liliputing.com/2019/08/librem-5-smartphone-will-have...

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