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by fghtr 2688 days ago
> So how does that solve a problem lineage os doesn't?

LineageOS depends on the proprietary drivers and/or undocumented devices, which will never get any updates. If there is a security bug in your WiFi driver, game over. This phone is being designed to work with free software, anyone could do updates.

>assuming the company survives, and

Again, free software gives us the freedom to do updates ourselves (or pay to someone to get them). GNU/Linux supports most of the old computers quite well.

>There will be little to no mainstream app support

"We will test the capabilities of powering Anbox or Shashlik to allow users the ability to run Android applications within PureOS on the Librem 5", https://puri.sm/faq/

>It seems to be relatively underpowered

True, but one has to start somewhere. Personally, I think this phone brings a lot of hope for the future.