On Sat, Aug 29, 2020 at 9:07 PM Keith Bainbridge <keithrbaugro...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 28/8/20 6:23 am, Dan Hitt wrote: > > > > So next time i search, i hope to do it more intelligently. > > > > So why not start the search now, while you have time to think about it > for a bit before you need to jump in? > > Why, indeed? I suppose that would entail getting a list of carriers and a list of phones, and then checking the phones against the carriers. There seem to be sites that do compatibility checks (e.g., willmyphonework.net) so i guess this is possible in principle, although i could not find either 'librem' or 'purism' on their list. But they do have a way of submitting queries for items not on their list, so maybe i'm not trying hard enough. (Although i am looking for something more modest than librem.) Anyhow, i'm all ears to hear of anybody's experience in choosing a phone which runs free software (like debian, or some of the others that people have mentioned) and what carrier they use. Especially if it is an out-of-the-box experience, but also if it involves installation on an existing phone. And, if you install a new os on an existing phone, do you first have to activate the phone with some carrier, or can you just plug your phone into a monitor and keyboard and do the installation of the os just like you would on your pc, and then go through the activation with a carrier? And thanks for posting, Keith! dan
