[fsflover]

> I've got a feeling that it is almost as a 'dumb' phone. You got your calculator and SMS app but that's about it.

GNU/Linux phones are full personal computers in your pocket. They can do everything a computer can do: terminal, desktop Firefox, games, convergence (external screen, keyboard, mouse) etc. See my other links about Librem 5 in this thread.

[chriswarbo]

Yep. I've been doing this for over a decade on my OpenMoko. Getting a PinePhone for Christmas though!

[pjmlp]

Some of my Android devices as well, I just don't bother doing it.

[fsflover]

No previous phones provided real convergence (not just connecting the external screen, but using desktop apps). This is also not all differences. See here for more details: https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/community-wiki/-/wikis/Freque....

[pjmlp]

My point was "They can do everything a computer can do".

[fsflover]

This is not everything though if you cannot use desktop apps, connect keyboard/mouse/screen and install any OS.

[pjmlp]

Just use Bluetooth keyboard and mouse and cast to the screen, done.

Windowed Android apps running on full screen are desktop apps.

As for install any OS, then I guess Apple platforms aren't computers.

[fsflover]

Android apps on a big screen are not desktop apps [0]. Can you run desktop Firefox with all plugins there? Can you run native GNU/Linux applications in a terminal? Can you use the latest Linux kernel?

[0] https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/community-wiki/-/wikis/Freque...

> As for install any OS, then I guess Apple platforms aren't computers.

They are not general-purpose computers: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24866279.