Originally Posted by mscion (Post 1543589)

Holy cow! Purism + Ubuntu touch!

https://puri.sm/posts/ubports-ubuntu...collaboration/

Originally Posted by gerbick (Post 1543592)

This does not bring any excitement for me. In fact, it does the opposite.

Originally Posted by deutch1976 (Post 1543593)

One can always choose between
Librem 5 with PureOS
Librem 5 with PureOS (KDE Plasma Mobile)
Librem 5 with Ubuntu Touch
It is even better now that we can choose the OS

Originally Posted by gerbick (Post 1543594)

You know, my statement perhaps came out a bit too harshly; thank you for your response as it is leagues more informative than my own.

After experiencing a bit of Ubuntu Touch, I can easily state that I would not choose Ubuntu Touch. PureOS with Plasma has my attention the most.

But you know what? Having multiple options is quite good. I just lack the enthusiasm (or patience) for Ubuntu Touch.

Originally Posted by sulu (Post 1543574)

On small screens I still don't understand how working without a hardware keyboard can work at all. On a 5" screen you basically need the whole screen to display a half-way useable keyboard, because unlike on a hardware keyboard where you get haptic feedback before(!) a key is pressed (e.g. N900) you can't make the individual keys on an on-screen keyboard any smaller than a fingertip.
I understand that on-screen phone keyboards basically circumvent this limitation by auto completion and auto correction and that seems to work well for texts that are adressed to humans. But I can't imagine this would work in a terminal where you type highly context-sensitive arbitrary two-letter commands.

Originally Posted by bennypr0fane (Post 1543825)

Amen to that. Except, I don't think that a proper keyboard is just required for programming - it's necessary for proper writing. Man, I still hate writing on touch screens. Why do manufacturers hate proper keyboards so much?