Bob StringerΠριν ημέρα

Question: Can spy software FlexiSpy be installed onto a Linux phone ?

Arroyo Herrero Daniel GasparΠριν ημέρα

What!? That phone has earbuds AND a charger included in the box!? impressive, that's like... revolutionary

RannonΠριν 2 ημέρες

So I'm guessing that Librem 10 (sorry, uh, Librem X ;) might be when it's viable for normal users

AlmostVegas | JoeyΠριν 3 ημέρες

The os isn't even stripped down, it's literally the same os as the desktop version according to their site which is kinda neat

AmolithΠριν 3 ημέρες

I've been watching the development of the Librem 5 for a while now and ended up shaking my head at nearly every one of Purism's decisions. The idea is awesome, the hardware is good, and the specs are alright but the software is still immature the price absurd. $800 is ridiculous even thinking of it as an "investment in the future of Linux on mobile". I would really be interested to see Anthony take a look at Pine64's Pinephone (once it's back in stock). In my opinion, Pine64 have done everything right. They make the hardware and sell the product without making very much profit. If I remember correctly, they're actually not making any profit from the Pinephone though I could be very wrong. In any case, it's a smartphone running Linux at only $200. The hardware is not great but you can always throw a lightweight distro on it like postmarketOS with i3, Sway, or even Sxmo for a better experience until the fancier DEs are more polished.

MichaelΠριν 4 ημέρες

Hmm.. I guess ill have to go with an iPhone 😔

ted rebelΠριν 4 ημέρες

Linus would be proud of that segwey.

Bryan TaylorΠριν 4 ημέρες

In 2004 I was huge Linux fanboi and was tinkering with a compaq ipaq pda that originally came with win ce, and I replaced it with OPIE Linux. It ran pretty good I was streaming yt with a huge pcmcia wifi card pack and opera mobile browser and with a data cable from my lg flip phone. tcpdump, aircrack, it was all there. Opie had the IPKG 'itsy package manager.' I thought it was going to be the future with some kind of seamless mobile/desktop with compiz, remember compiz? Then the iphone came out, and corporate doesn't support Linux for employees, and ended up on a mac for daily driver. So, I'm kinda disappointing this can't work the same way it is with grabbing a motherboard and installing Linux. The thing I miss the most about running Linux as my daily driver is that, you're not forced to change, you can have the same workflow for decades.

ReezuleanuΠριν 4 ημέρες

Is it possible for the phone to get updates that actually optimize the OS for the hardware? I really don't think it's already optimized to be on a phone.

garGANtuanΠριν 6 ημέρες

A thicc phone for a thicc man

Aayla FetzerΠριν 7 ημέρες

Put i3 on it lol

TwoTailedBeastΠριν 7 ημέρες

What I'm getting from this is you're still better off with a basic phone and small Linux laptop for privacy.

Ville VäinöΠριν 7 ημέρες

799 for that piece of shit. Haha

Viacheslav RomanovΠριν 8 ημέρες

That’s the reason why I ditched Linux desktop

gusherzΠριν 8 ημέρες

Anthony looks like a discord moderator

DezΠριν 9 ημέρες

Why is this thing 2000$ for the USA variant...it's like they don't want us to get this phone...smh

Pitchfork RebelΠριν 9 ημέρες

$2K better mean more than 3GB RAM

SuperblueΠριν 9 ημέρες

that's a hacker phone is not for n00bz, they have iphone

MrStevetmqΠριν 9 ημέρες

I found this when I was searching for 100euro smartphone and it took me a long time looking at the website just to find out that this is not close to 100euro.

twkbtwΠριν 9 ημέρες

they should do better with that price point. they're hijacking our privacy enthusiasm and love of Linux. *sad face*

startand0Πριν 9 ημέρες

what a voice

Aile NozzamΠριν 10 ημέρες

It's meant to be for developers interested in developing linux on smartphones, not for regular users.

HoysteinΠριν 10 ημέρες

Calling Linux a "fat" OS is a bit silly if this is your reason. You're looking at what is for all intents a BETA and saying it's bloated based on the fact it does not have GPU acceleration work yet when it has a third the layers of added bloat of android or iOS. It's not as polished as other linux distros yet. We will have to wait a while for that.

Chris HayesΠριν 11 ημέρες

I'm curious how the battery does. Very important for phones and from what I've heard Linux phones have horrific battery usage. Canonical dropping Ubuntu Touch support makes you think Linux OS's will never really become a thing.

Danilo KordicΠριν 11 ημέρες

It's very secure whrn it's off.

TheDeathmailΠριν 11 ημέρες

To be fair; if they had more time, it might improve... but they'd need a user base... but a user base only wants what's best in performance... it's a catch 22...

rylixav -Πριν 11 ημέρες

13:09 "I wanna like it so much. It's got a lot of really good ideas. As for the usability though..." Yeah, that's Linux in a nutshell.

Skeptical CavemanΠριν 11 ημέρες

The Fairphone 3+ a better choice for a Linux phone, better screen, performance and replaceable and upgradeable parts.

Eoghain LebiodaΠριν 11 ημέρες

my god I'm so sick of that error message on my browser

Megamanx1978Πριν 12 ημέρες

Anthony If you want a affordable Linux privacy phone why not get a Pinephone?

Blood RavenΠριν 12 ημέρες

As far as I know, you can install pretty much any of the mobile linux distros on this thing besides purism. That would be Ubuntu touch, Mobian (mobile debian) and there were a few others I think. Maybe do a follow-up video exploring how those stack up to PurismOS?

EpsilonsamaΠριν 12 ημέρες

It looks like they are running GNOME on a phone. Pretty interesting concept specially for security minded individuals and intelligence agencies.

AdityaΠριν 12 ημέρες

This guy is so respectable Edit: Or should I say admirable? 🤔

AdityaΠριν 12 ημέρες

Anthony: I use an iphone 11 pro max Me: He's an isheep! Also Anthony: I use mac os, windows, linux Me: Ohh 🙁

Asimo CloudΠριν 12 ημέρες

Bill gates: so... when can I buy you Linux? Or... winux??? Edi: lol I couldn’t spell bill gates

Brothers in MetalΠριν 13 ημέρες

800$ for a janktastic phone....This will never go anywhere with that price unfortunately.

Brothers in MetalΠριν 13 ημέρες

You guys should a video on the Lumia WOA project.

Yash Pal GoyalΠριν 13 ημέρες

11:02 ohhh my gooodnesss - soooo goooooood mimicking of that advt voice

Yash Pal GoyalΠριν 13 ημέρες

why did u not test the convergence idea of this phone?? i.e. tried connecting it to a dock and trying that. That is an important part of librem 5 for me.

RobΠριν 14 ημέρες

I have been so excited for this phone for nearly 4 years now. It took them this long, and it's still not remotely done. I understand some of the compromises required on the hardware side to keep the entire package FOSS, but that doesn't excuse the absolutely abysmal software side of things. No touch screen file manager? I mean seriously, it's a touch screen phone. No camera app? No recording app? There's been a lot of thought put into the hardware here, but this software is awful. You couldn't daily drive this phone, ever. Well, I suppose you could but... I wouldn't. A cell phone's use in an emergency situation is completely destroyed by this clunky OS.

Timrek TraxΠριν 14 ημέρες

The phone mic sounds better than their studio mic.

Algorithmically PuzzledΠριν 14 ημέρες

Saw the thickness of that phone and had to quickly check what year this video came out. Chunky boy

FaridΠριν 14 ημέρες

La Grasa (LG)

Tesseract95Πριν 14 ημέρες

I like fat phone

aires69ukΠριν 14 ημέρες

You've never owned a OnePlus phone then... no messing around.

GoFirst Website DesignΠριν 14 ημέρες

Phone without GRlifes is a brick

IcyhateΠριν 15 ημέρες

peep the pinephone

DarthlegomanΠριν 15 ημέρες

Penguin phone reeeeeeeee

Aleksandr TrohhatsovΠριν 15 ημέρες

Would personally prefer to flash Linux onto an older phone with better specs. Think Nexus phones or Sony phones are good candidates

Joseph CarterΠριν 15 ημέρες

The real problem here is that this thing is an $800 Raspberry Pi _3_ with more RAM and privacy switches. It's chonky, but … I'd deal with chonky if it means I get headphones, replaceable batteries, and a device that doesn't feel like it's gonna break if I look at it funny. But you're running Gnome on hardware that begs to be running something like LXDE. Yes, the more RAM helps. They've gotta get the specs up or the price down. I mean at $5-600 every Linux tinkerer would be seriously thinking about this. If it had a SoC somewhere near the budget-end of 2020 but 4GB of RAM, $800 would be a no-brainer for the right audience. But as it stands, the Librem 5 feels like a not-quite-finished toy for nerds who can afford it. That's not me. Especially since I'd need an XL version anyway, and they haven't got one.

Jamie LambrechtΠριν 15 ημέρες

i'd bet u could add the video format support to that browser or another one, plus there was SMTube right there.

BulbasaurUseVinewhipΠριν 15 ημέρες

its an anti-spying phone you don't get this phone to look at youtube or use google maps

ChefΠριν 15 ημέρες

799$ for this laggy clunky smartphone? Thats a joke. The camera isnt even working

Julien TamingΠριν 15 ημέρες

The price difference for made in China vs made in USA is INSANE.

SD48Πριν 15 ημέρες

Linux's tinkering through radio and micro waves? oh dear security... : )

Jojo DiAcΠριν 15 ημέρες

Hmmm I really don’t like the thought of a Linux device without a physical keyboard

Martin Costa PicazoΠριν 15 ημέρες

You can use Sailfish OS

Zombies ByteΠριν 15 ημέρες

Didn't actually test it as a phone. You assumed that would work. Like the changeable batteries but that means it's potentially got waterproof issues which I think is part of the reason why phones don't have interchangeable batteries (that and thinning). The buttons on the side look like you'd easily knock them when putting in and out of pocket which defeats the privacy idea should you not be aware you just logged back onto the network. The UI also doesn't look like any attempt was made to make a mobile version of Linux for this device which just illustrates the Android efforts and the serious money behind that. Anthony, why not try Google's phone, that's the purist Android experience you can get?

Benjamin EhrlichΠριν 15 ημέρες

Reminds me of one of my first laptops, Chromebook with Elementary OS (ubuntu based). Clunky, slow, open source... When I needed to get work done it just didn't deliver, but as far as coding and messing with it went, it was perfect.

Wh00t?!Πριν 16 ημέρες

Can you make phone calls without issues ? Because the point of having a phone is to make phone calls. Otherwise it's a raspberry with a screen on it and kill switches.

sinekonataΠριν 17 ημέρες

That Audacity demo made me all tingly inside. I think when my phone dies I'm getting the Librem5 or whatever will be the best Linux phone by then. Or I will just get the Pinephone for 200 dollars, I don't really need to have good hardware to tinker and code in it. Plus the Pinephone has working cameras, I don't think I could do without one on my phone.

electrohackerΠριν 17 ημέρες

p p p pine phone

BlueyΠριν 17 ημέρες

I never understood the "this is what you get when you put a desktop on a phone", like the back-end of android or ios isn't capable of running anything Linux can do if that was the goal? Its just about getting the hardware cheaper, which will come with bigger production runs, and about having many more people developing to progress linux as a mobile system... something that will come in time.

mohawksniper79Πριν 17 ημέρες

Apple the best usage of underage slave labor in china🤠👍 also anti fix company of the decade.

Redemerald0wnsΠριν 18 ημέρες

Can you try UBPorts Ubuntu on Pinephone or KDE Plasma on Pinephone? Apparently Pinephones decent

Buddhadeb SarkarΠριν 18 ημέρες

It's late, but yaa.. you got it..

jeppsta1Πριν 18 ημέρες

Perfect phone for spys

Backyard ObservatoryΠριν 18 ημέρες

LOL. I still have the Tegra2 Moto I used to build a full on Ubuntu ARM release for (UbunTop). Used it for years as a netbook.

Genghis Khan PepeΠριν 18 ημέρες

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG I just barely found out that this guy has his own channel!!! I'm so glad I can listen to his smooth, rich, honeylike, buttery voice continuously

Jojo Bob bubbleΠριν 18 ημέρες

Is there a way to subscribe to Anthony's videos?

The Best Games 974Πριν 19 ημέρες

This phone would be cool if you could plug in hdmi, keyboard, mouse ,basically use it as a phone and as a desktop. I thin ubuntu phone was aiming in that direction

Vallarta EntertainmentΠριν 19 ημέρες

Damn dude. One hour less of tech, one hour more of exercise.

Marco AkΠριν 19 ημέρες

A channel with only Anthony and Dennis, would shine more than a Super Nova.

Thomas PickensΠριν 19 ημέρες

Linux absolutely won't run everything. That's just an ignorant claim. The thing is a garbage one off just like everything based on the crap Linus Torvalds created.

Thomas PickensΠριν 19 ημέρες

You don't want to mess with your phone all the time but you like Linux?! IN A PHONE?! Yeah. That absolutely defeats the purpose.

Sean SweeneyΠριν 20 ημέρες

Anthony's reviews are consistently awesome, just sayin'.

Chilean Guy FleegmanΠριν 20 ημέρες

why didn't you use it in desktop mode?

Miguel AragonΠριν 20 ημέρες

I was curious about how phone calls on that thing works.

Martijn VenhuizenΠριν 21 ημέρα

you don't pronounce it gnome but G-nome.

David BrantleyΠριν 21 ημέρα

didn't Ubuntu try to do this???

D RossΠριν 21 ημέρα

I want this

Shubham BhushanΠριν 21 ημέρα

Yes.

James ChaneyΠριν 21 ημέρα

Yeah, but can it run SuperTuxKart?

UK Dashcam GuyΠριν 21 ημέρα

android is linux based....

Sean SΠριν 21 ημέρα

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.

Karyl KiddΠριν 22 ημέρες

I don't call it "ge- nome" because that's weird. Instasubbed

NuggetΠριν 22 ημέρες

But can it run DOOM?

Wild TangentΠριν 22 ημέρες

I like this content, you can tell Anthony is genuinely excited about the potential it represents. And I second others that say Anthony deserves his own Linux/FOSS-focused segment.. I'd watch that religiously. Regarding this phone... I think other than smoothing out their manufacturing process, the hardware is there, if underpowered and a bit vintage by now... what's really lacking on this and every other Linux smartphone project is as always the software. There are efforts to develop a proper phone UI shell but as always... UI/UX seems to be an area that FOSS really struggles with 🙃

John BaxterΠριν 22 ημέρες

I think that it's a bit young but it has potential

o kΠριν 22 ημέρες

Does it support the .net core in terminal? That's one of the major limitations of android terminal emulators.

MrJoltzΠριν 23 ημέρες

If a fully desktop app is working, theoretically we can install chromium?

mazz's maker spaceΠριν 23 ημέρες

Why didn't you plug a USB-C dongle with HDMI, USB, card reader, etc. to plug in an external monitor, keyboard and mouse? I am disappoint. I hope to see this on the LTT channel. It wouldn't have taken long to do..

Dirty BubbleΠριν 23 ημέρες

Well, you can't put a price on privacy.

Dirty BubbleΠριν 23 ημέρες

you're beautiful you nerdy man

Floriduh ManΠριν 23 ημέρες

Yes. Linux is always the answer.

Aaron ThomasΠριν 23 ημέρες

Purity should have contacted Canonical for help.... Ubuntu Touch worked beautifully for a "beta" on a Nexus 4.... Problem is, there isn't a big enough market for Linux based smartphones.

Cancer FairyΠριν 23 ημέρες

Windows Mobile but Linux.

Phillip DudleyΠριν 23 ημέρες

I do have to enable DRM and install non-free codecs to watch a lot of things on GRlifes, even some of these videos.

FiecyLickΠριν 24 ημέρες

My history teacher is named Todd Weaver and he's in jail for having a minor pregnant at my high school. I had 3 different teachers because of him XD.

Filip CarlssonΠριν 24 ημέρες

i would love a linux phone but only problem is android app support, i need to use my banking app, sailfish os seems to be the only option for now