Librem 5 Phone, progress reports

kalle.kruse · 3 Feb 2018, 09:42

@libremax
2. January 24, 2018
https://puri.sm/posts/librem5-progress-report-2/

The way they explain convergence, unified UX over different platforms, etc. makes you wonder why they did not just choose Ubuntu Touch...

libremax · 3 Feb 2018, 09:42

@kalle-kruse

Thanks and now it's time for report 3

libremax · 12 Feb 2018, 12:57

"Designing the Mobile Experience with Convergence in Mind". It may also interest someone here.

doniks · 14 Feb 2018, 06:43

There was another one: https://puri.sm/posts/librem5-progress-report-5/

@libremax just saying, in case you felt inclined to update this thread going forward, you'd sure have one thankful follower!

too lazy to subscribe or regularly check in with them on my own

libremax · 14 Feb 2018, 09:22

@doniks

Thanks, happy not being alone here in laziness

doniks · 1 Mar 2018, 09:26

@libremax nr 6: https://puri.sm/posts/librem5-progress-report-6/
about UI patterns.

Seems to match some of Sailfish, UT, Google. "Swipe-based". Probably matches other OS' as well, I just don't know them well enough.

I'm not really sure where they are going with that though. If they want to use one of UT, Plasma, or Gnome, then the interaction will be defined by that project. Are they thinking about building their own shell/OS?!

libremax · 1 Mar 2018, 09:26

HI @doniks

They said the librem5 would come out with Plasma and Plasma mobile team was leading the development.
In a second step they would release the gnome version, and yes they are the leading team for the development of a new mobile gnome interface.

doniks · 1 Mar 2018, 20:04

@libremax ah so its the design for gnome! makes sense. thanks for clarifying

libremax · 3 Jun 2018, 10:44

First i.MX 8M evaluation kits arrived at Purism and other interesting stuff in progress report 7.

doniks · 7 Mar 2018, 17:11

@libremax Very interesting indeed. It also makes it clear that the UI designs are not for gnome but they do actually develop a shell themselves

libremax · 9 Mar 2018, 13:15

Cryptography by default, GnuPG will be embed in LIbrem 5 and other Purism products

libremax · 12 Mar 2018, 13:34

Symbiotic applications, will the dream of unified communication come true ?

gnu-mobile · 13 Mar 2018, 15:17

That "Web Key Directory" standard seems still to be based on the idea to require key servers, this time depending on the email providers.

The decentralized https://autocrypt.org standard is based on doing peer-to-peer key distribution instead, and is already available also --at specification level 1-- in Deltachat, K-9 Mail, Enigmail (Firebird) and others.

libremax · 13 Mar 2018, 20:01

And today, plasma mobile on board

doniks · 12 Apr 2018, 20:33

10, Initial Developer Documentation for the Librem 5 Phone Platform

A Former User · 12 Apr 2018, 21:03

@doniks I have to say, I do like this idea of producing a SBC with this chipset and GSM.

doniks · 19 May 2018, 07:01

Can it make a phone call?

libremax · 22 May 2018, 07:29

@doniks

Added, thanks, with now the "last Call for Librem 5 Dev Kit: order yours before June 1st 2018"

libremax · 9 Apr 2018, 18:48

Today two new posts from purism about Librem 5 whose launch is postponed to April 2019.

libremax · 12 Nov 2018, 19:40

@libremax Librem 5 Development Kits: "we are doing our very best to ship out all boards in the early part of December, so that all backers should get their new toys well before the end of the year (given the shipping carriers don’t cause delays)."
So, hopefully Ubports core devs should get a Christmas gift from Purism...