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by rocky1138 2784 days ago
I don't really have anything of value to add to the conversation, but in case the Librem5 team is here I just wanted to thank you for your work and applaud your openness to the current status of everything.

Another project which is taking on a similar challenge and is similarly open is the Dragonbox Pyra.
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ekianjo 2784 days ago
> and is similarly open is the Dragonbox Pyra

The Pyra is taking forever and it's pretty much a one-two men's team, which is why it takes so long I guess.

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rocky1138 2784 days ago
It is taking forever, yes. Unfortunate as the hardware will be out-of-date by the time it is actually fully released. Still, it'll be fast enough for its purposes and will really be a triumph for Michael Mrozek. It's amazing that he's been able to do all this.
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ekianjo 2784 days ago
The problem is that there are now alternatives out there like the GPD-Win 2 and GPD Pocket, which are way more "open" (and actually using the mainline kernel now) than the Pyra can ever hope to be (The Pyra will use to use a number of binary blobs to function. Such as the GPU support...). Of course, the GPD may be inferior in some aspects, but they release hardware very quickly and the market is pretty much captured by their efforts.
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fghtr 2784 days ago
And one more project is https://neo900.org.
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pessimizer 2784 days ago
It's dead, and I'm pretty sure all of the cash has been spent.
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