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

Development Kit Hardware

The Librem 5 dev kit featured:

• i.MX 8M processor (same as production Librem 5)


• Development board form factor


• Full I/O access for testing


• Modular design for component testing

Why This Matters

The development kit allowed developers and enthusiasts to:

• 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

Early Development Insights

This boot video shows the state of the software stack early in development:

• Boot time performance


• Initial desktop environment state


• System stability during startup

The dev kit was instrumental in getting the Librem 5 ready for production shipments.

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