Purism Librem 14 review (part 2): The ethical flagship
The second part of our in-depth review of Purism's latest ultraportable: How does the king of libre hardware compete with the premium laptop market?
Raffaele T.
Purism Librem 14 review (part 1): The ethical flagship
Our in-depth review is all about Purism's latest ultraportable: How does the king of libre hardware compete with the premium laptop market?
Two new Linux handhelds with nostalgic vibes
Our long-time followers will know how much we love PDAs, be them Linux
evergreens [https://tuxphones.com/tag/pinephone/], radical RISC-V experiments
[https://tuxphones.com/bunnie-studios-precursor-open-hardware-risc-v-linux-pda-phone/]
or somewhat esoteric Android/Linux hybrids
[https://tuxphones.com/best-linux-phones-buying-guide-2022/#4-%E2%80%94-fxtec-pro1-x].
Not one, but two new homebrew PDAs were presented in
A new wave of Linux applications
With the start of the new year, we can see a new trend delineating Linux software. Phosh with its newborn libadwaita, KDE's Kirigami and Maui Shell show that – like it or not – the era of convergent Linux applications has just started.
After all, even laptop screens are not too big
CutiePi Tablet review: The open-hardware Linux tablet
Introduction
Over the last years, we have seen many Linux-powered tablets, all of which
developed with different approaches to "openness". For instance, the PineTab
trades performance and a somewhat conservative design for a very low selling
price and full Linux support, which made its demand high to the point of
You can now live-boot postmarketOS on Android phones
To spread awareness of the Linux ecosystem, the very first "Live CDs" played a
crucial role: by taking away most of the fear of overwriting their hard drives,
they allowed more people to test and effectively use any spin of the Operating
System, and by keeping the filesystem in RAM,
PinePhone modem gets easy OTA update support via fwupd
As most readers will know, the PinePhone is essentially considered to be the
reference mobile Linux hacker's playground. And while this achievement may be
for the most part thanks to its flexible software, its hardware structure, and
the Quectel EG25-G baseband in particular, are no exception. The modem firmware
can