Librem 5 phone progress report 15

I haven't backed the phone (yet) but have ordered the development-kit. Posted about the project recently:

http://bkhome.org/news/201806/librem-5-an-open-source-linux-phone.html

This is an exciting project, and I frequently visit the News page to see if there is any update posted. Today there is, Progress Report #15:

https://puri.sm/posts/librem-5-progress-report-15/

One thing that impresses me is that they are working with developers of other projects, engaging them and submitting patches. This is the way to go, an ambitious project like this needs lots of participants.

The dev-kit is promised for August 2018. I will be pleasantly surprised if it does meet that deadline, as they have only just designed the board and ordered the components. I think that they are using a CPU SOM module, which does make things easier. Hopefully the components will arrive, but even so, they are optimistic. Usually there are iterations, some boards made, tested, changes, then more made. 

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