Awesome.
I was looking at the Purism Librem 5 but the reviews were really bad and said it was nowhere near consumer ready.
Is PinePhome different? Better?
No, it's worse. But if you're a competent linux* hacker** this is not a deal breaker, or even an issue really.
* If you're under 40 and not at least competent in linux (you should be fluent) you're in for a world of hurt and to be dominated by tech tyranny. Older folks can legitimately not care but <40 = fucked.
** Hacker in the computer project sense not in "the hacker 4chan" sense. Someone buying a raspberry pi to automate their home is a hacker in this sense.
Shit. Ya I’m mid 30s and can’t code to save my life.
What’s your recommendation to get started learning for a beginner? Udemy courses? Is there a primer or foundational course you’d recommend?
You don't need to code but just understand how unix works,like at a sysadmin level. Then get some older hardware and play, play around with some distros, fix the issues that will inevitably crop up on your hardware so you can fix other issues on other hardware, learn why arch is different than debian and what drove those decisions.
Get something structured on unix (not linux) at first like Udemy or GC+ and then google everything (I know, but it's still the best for this kind of thing). Once you make the transition you'll get out of the cycle of new and shiny, focus on getting stuff done, you'll save a ton on hardware and no more Apple and google.
Also, if you're on a mac you're on a unix fork that's more unix-y than linux. Linux breaks a lot of unix commandments (I"m looking at you systemd). Open up Terminal.app and type ls -al. Before you do that google "unix ls" to see what it does.
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