Is Linux always the answer? - Librem 5 Smartphone

Please create a "learning Linux with Anthony" series!

No. Anthony is always the answer.

"I wanna like it so much" 100% The ideas in this thing are awesome, but it feels like 1-2 years and some cash away from being truly epic. Right now its for security types and nerds. Honestly I'd rather donate $20 to the company than buy the phone right now

All other review people: camera camera camera! Games! Anthony: talks about hardware, issues, UI. Anthony is the best.

Anything remotely linux Anthony: Ah shit, here we go again.

Friend: “Do you use iOS or Android?” Linux phone user: “No.”

This is the phone you bring to a Fortune 100 company top management meeting where you are discussing how to bury a scandal but unlike anyone else, you don't have to turn your phone off... you just disable every periphery with a physical switch. That is a win in my book.

I'm glad that Anthony is doing a review on this, I have been legitimately looking into buying a Librem5

I honestly want linus to make this his main driver for a week just to hear the rant.

You know the phone is kinda thicc, when the Headphone Jack looks rather small.

“That’s the cost of made in USA” Yup lol

"Headphone jack. That way you know they are lacking courage". 😂

Anthony needs his own show. How about a weekly show where he does a technical deep dive on a subject? Instant hit.

"The anti Zuckerberg phone"

I just want a phone I can text, call, store my photos on without worrying that my pre installed calculator app has access to it.

Anthony: uses linux, windows and MacOs OS wars: understandable, have a nice day

sudo answer-phone -f -i /dev/mic1 -o /dev/spk1 -Hello! -Why did you take so long to answer? -New phone

You really need to review the one other linux phone: the PinePhone

Firstly, yes there is a lot of work to be done on the Librem 5. Even the hardware was still evolving until recently. Hardware acceleration has been on the to-do list for a while now, but the focus is on privacy first, then user experience. Certain public and private entities have made the former focus a real challenge over the last year. Next, for those who want to order one, you will have to be patient. It may take literally years to get your phone. I've been waiting for my first since 2018. The supply chain is generally not privacy friendly; patience and tenacity are required in this fight. Finally, I would love to see more content related to emerging open-source options to mainstream devices. I thought this review was honest, insightful, and entertaining.

This is the kind of phone the computer guy in a heist crew would use to rob places.