Librem 5 Development Kit [Booting]
Librem 5 Development Kit [Booting]
A look at the Librem 5 development kit booting up.
This video shows the early stages of Purism's Linux phone development, demonstrating the boot process of the dev kit hardware that preceded the final Librem 5 device.
Boot Process Overview
The video captures the complete boot sequence of the Librem 5 development kit:
- Power-on and bootloader initialization
- Kernel loading
- System initialization
- Desktop environment startup
- i.MX 8M processor (same as production Librem 5)
- Development board form factor
- Full I/O access for testing
- Modular design for component testing
- Start working on mobile Linux applications before the phone's official release
- Test and debug hardware drivers
- Develop the Phosh mobile shell
- Optimize the software stack for the i.MX 8M platform
- Boot time performance
- Initial desktop environment state
- System stability during startup
Development Kit Hardware
The Librem 5 dev kit featured:
Why This Matters
The development kit allowed developers and enthusiasts to:
Early Development Insights
This boot video shows the state of the software stack early in development:
The dev kit was instrumental in getting the Librem 5 ready for production shipments.