I am considering getting a mobile phone and I am after some sugestions and I know little about such things. I have so a avoided them like the plague as it seems a large percentage of users of such things become slaves to the device, something I have absolutely no intention of happenning to me.
The problem for me (I am recovering from a long illness) is It is becoming clear it would be nice to have some kind of communication for emergency use. I live in a remote rural area and I cannot at the moment walk any distance so if I am stranded, say my Greenspeed Magnum (Note 1) gets a flat rear tyre (thats happended 3 times this year) I have to wait till someone comes along and can give me assistance, this is NOT real satisfactory.
Something like the Librem 5, mentioned in a previous post, would be ideal as I really believe in Linux having been using it now from very early on (kernel 0.96d, early 1994), but supply being something like a year away may be an issue. So some thing else may be needed in the interim, any sugestions will be most apreciated.
Note 1: I have fitted my Magnum with a rear hub electric motor (a Golden Motor Magic Pie 4), this has made the rear wheel VERY difficult to remove its a real bench job, The front wheels are NOT an issue one can remove the wheel, change a tube and refit the wheel in less than 2 minutes, with the CO2 cartridges one can be one ones way in no time.
Lindsay
