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by bacchusracine 1220 days ago
>>This is the cost of Librem 5 USA (made in USA) [0], not Librem 5 (made in China)

I suppose that helps a little. I seem to have incorrectly assumed that the USA model was intended for use in the USA, not simply assembled there. Still crazy expensive. For that price I'd expect it to come with a keyboard and mouse and replace my Thinkpad altogether.
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fsflover 1220 days ago
You indeed can connect Librem 5 to any keyboard, mouse, and screen and use it as a desktop.
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bacchusracine 1220 days ago
>You indeed can connect Librem 5 to any keyboard, mouse, and screen and use it as a desktop.

You have my attention.

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[goes and looks it up]

Niiiiice. Reads more...

https://puri.sm/posts/what-is-mobile-pureos/

The only problem I'm seeing is this is all Gnome and I'm a big Mate desktop guy. I wouldn't really have a desktop replacement unless I could get the traditional desktop back. Still this situation is a much better one than I originally feared. I'll be watching this closely. Thanks for educating me.

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SahAssar 1220 days ago
I'm pretty sure you can start mate on it when you are plugged into keyboard/display/mouse. You just wouldn't have a smooth switch between phone and desktop.
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