[bacchusracine]

>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.

[SahAssar]

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.