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I have a few questions, stuff I couldn’t find out about on the web site. Does the USB-C port drive an external monitor supporting a Linux desktop? Will people buy the “all USA parts” version, given that it is more than twice as expensive?

Anyway, a great project.




> Does the USB-C port drive an external monitor supporting a Linux desktop

Yes, they call it "convergence": https://puri.sm/posts/mobile-desktop-convergence/.

> Will people buy the “all USA parts” version, given that it is more than twice as expensive?

Some people reported receiving their Librem 5 USA, so probably yes. See also: https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/community-wiki/-/wikis/Freque....


Thanks!, the mobile/desktop/convergence is what I was thinking of. The linked article says that it is still under development, but in the future that is what I am looking forward to: a powerful pocket device that can plug into a monitor/keyboard/mouse in my study, into a whole wall display in our living room, and public I/O devices in libraries, offices, malls, friends' homes, etc. One can dream, right?

There is another great alternative for the longer term future: compute would be everywhere as well as public I/O devices for user interaction. Wherever you are, you could be recognized and your personal environment would be right there.

Pardon me for going far-afield here, but I am a fan of Gibson's cyberpunk sci-fi future, and I enjoy imagining what the combination of tech/society/governance/etc. will be.


> The linked article says that it is still under development, but in the future that is what I am looking forward to: a powerful pocket device that can plug into a monitor/keyboard/mouse in my study, into a whole wall display in our living room, and public I/O devices in libraries, offices, malls, friends' homes, etc. One can dream, right?

Well, according to many articles [0] and videos, this is practically a reality already. Also confirmed by people not affiliated with Purism [1].

[0] https://puri.sm/posts/my-first-week-of-librem-5-convergence/

[1] https://social.librem.one/tags/convergence.




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