LINMOB.net is a blog about LINux on MOBile devices. With the PinePhone (Pro) and Librem 5 shipping it is back to report on GNU+Linux on mobile devices.

As you may have heard or rather read, the Spanish company Liberux recently launched a crowdfunder for their new mainline Linux “Nexx” phone on Indiegogo - starting at 8 GB RAM/128 GB eMMC/LTE for 799 EUR and going up to 32 GB RAM/512 GB/5G for 1300 (during the crowd-funder).

The specs include impressive things, such as two USB-C ports and a headphone jack - quite unusual these days. It’s also somewhat modular (cellular modem, RAM, and storage are on modules) and they aim to open-source the hardware and plan to manufacture the devices in Spain - meaning, the Liberux Nexx will be (successful funding assumed) be one of the only (?) smartphones designed and build in Europe.

I asked Liberux for an interview, and they were happy to answer my questions. While they would have prefered to do this as a video interview, I just could not swing that (we’re preparing to move, and I have to stand-in for a colleague on holiday at the dayjob right now) - so gladly, they agreed to do it in a back and forth via email. With that said, here you go […]