This post is the beginning of a thread of previous monthly #PureOS development reports:
https://mastodon.social/@janvlug/114171705309966990
I enjoyed reading all of them. It is great that the development can be followed in such a transparant way.
The above linked article explains the current status of the #PureOS development. It starts with the foundation and infrastructure. It describes how packages are synchronized from #Debian, how some packages are improved (for #MobileLinux), and it describes newly identified issues.
The work on upgrading the operating system for the #Librem5 Linux phone is progressing well.
The work on this is funded by #Purism and people that have totally optional PureOS subscriptions.
The name of the official Purism #Linux distribution for the Librem5 is #PureOS.
The current version is #Byzantium, the next version will be #Crimson.
Taking an PureOS subscription helps funding.
There is huge progress lately, read the progress report for March 2025 here:
https://puri.sm/posts/pureos-crimson-development-report-march-2025/
@ekimia @jerome_herbinet @JerryWham @gael @murena @e_mydata
Sinon pour un téléphone avec Linux préinstallé il y a Librem 5 de Purism, avec #PureOS (basé sur #Debian) / Jolla C2 avec #SailfishOS / Volla Phone avec #VollaOS (Android) ou #Ubuntu au choix
Sur smartphone je n'ai testé qu'Ubuntu.
Dear @Mer__edith and the the amazing @signalapp team,
After the last update, the Signal "desktop app" is requiring us to launch the mobile app - however, many of us do not have the Android or any other "mobile" version of the Signal app any more.
We are a large (by our standards) group of #Linux phone users, and **your "desktop" app is our "mobile" app** : )
Our previous phones on which #SignalApp was initially activated was an Android or Apple device and we have since then completely migrated to #Linuxphones. Some of us may have registered Signal on #signalcli, Flare, #Molly, Signal Android in #WayDroid, etc.
The #mobileLinux community is growing - we have members spanning a good number of projects and devices, e.g.
- @purism #Librem5 and #LibertyPhone running #Debian-based #PureOS #GnuLinux, #Alpine-based #PostmarketOS or #Mobian,
- @PINE64 #Pinephone and PP Pro running #ManjaroARM, #SailfishOS, etc.
- @furilabs #FLX1 running #Droidian-based #FuriOS,
- a wide variety of Android phones (including OnePlus 6, Google Pixel 3, #Fairphone 4 & 5) running #Alpine-based @postmarketOS ,
- @volla , #Fxtec and #Brax3 devices running #UbuntuTouch by @ubports,
- devices running @mobian which is part of #Debian project, etc.
[Apologies to any project I may have failed to include - you are all appreciated]
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If you would like to support the development of #PureOS #Crimson you can do a totally optional monthly #donation via a PureOS subscription in the #Purism shop.
The three monthly subscription tiers are:
PureOS Subscription Expert
$19.99 / month
https://shop.puri.sm/shop/pureos-subscription-expert/
PureOS Subscription Premium
$9.99 / month
https://shop.puri.sm/shop/pureos-subscription-premium/
PureOS Subscription Standard
$5.99 / month
https://shop.puri.sm/shop/pureos-subscription-standard/
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#PureOS #Crimson Development Report February 2025:
https://puri.sm/posts/pureos-crimson-development-report-february-2025/
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#PureOS #Crimson Development Report January 2025:
https://puri.sm/posts/pureos-crimson-development-report-january-2025/
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#PureOS #Crimson Development Report December 2024:
https://puri.sm/posts/pureos-crimson-development-report-december-2024/
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#PureOS #Crimson Development Report November 2024:
https://puri.sm/posts/pureos-crimson-development-report-november-2024/
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#PureOS #Crimson Development Report October 2024:
https://puri.sm/posts/pureos-crimson-development-report-october-2024/
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#PureOS #Crimson Development Report September 2024:
https://puri.sm/posts/pureos-crimson-development-report-september-2024/
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#PureOS #Crimson Development Report August 2024:
https://puri.sm/posts/pureos-crimson-development-report-august-2024/
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#PureOS #Crimson Development Report July 2024:
https://puri.sm/posts/pureos-crimson-development-report-july-2024/
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Did you know that @purism is working towards a new release for the #Librem5 #FOSS phone?
The name of this new version is #Crimson. Crimson will be the next version of the PureOS #Linux distribution for the Librem 5.
#Purism only earns once money on their sell of a #phone, because Purism is not selling your data.
Since July 2024 you can take an optional subscription to advance the #PureOS development.
Since then there has been a monthly report on the progress.
https://puri.sm/posts/pureos-optional-subscription-added-to-advance-development/
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Great to read the #monthly PureOS #Crimson development report for February 2025: improved SD card stability on suspend.
https://puri.sm/posts/pureos-crimson-development-report-february-2025/
Thanks to all people who support this effort with totally optional PureOS subscriptions. And of course also thanks to all people who work on this!
Here you can support the improvement of #PureOS, the #Linux distribution that is provided by @purism for the
#Librem5 #phone:
@furilabs nice, nice, so #FuriOS is just like #SailfishOS or #PureOS, #Mobian, #PostmarketOS, ... yeah, it's a marketing post ;)
But (for me much more important) are you planning a second phone with for example a #Rockchip or at least a #Snapdragon SoC? Or do you just planning to use #Gigaset Smartphones as your base platform?
Hi @phosh, I'm currently running #Mobian with #Phosh on a #Librem5. It looks great and works very well. Thanks for all this great work!
I have a question though, because I'm not a big fan of background images. Is it be possible to completely disable the background image and have just a black background (or could a plain black background be added)?
I like the very clean non-distracting black background like it currently is on #PureOS Byzantium.
Weekly GNU-like #MobileLinux Update (07/2025): Reviews and Improvements