Why do I not have ordered a #librem5 yet?
Well, I live in the EU and 1.7k€ for a phone with enough memory, so that I can use it as a daylie driver is a bit to much for me.
I would love to have a #linux first #phone as a daylie driver, but at that pricepoint... sorry I have to give it a pass. Maybe in 12 years, if I no longer have to pay child support
Hello
Does anyone know how to install the proprieraty drivers for the #librem5 to replace the etnaviv driver ?
I dont find any documentation about it
Weekly GNU-like #MobileLinux Update (17/2025): LAS and funding news
@dos @kannan For those who want to try, can install mobian-base, librem5-support and librem5-tweaks packages from https://people.debian.org/~praveen/mobian/ on your #mobian #trixie install. I have also sent merge requests to all 3 packages. Hopefully this can be shipped in trixie by default. Our bounty to fix this properly in pipewire still stands https://opencollective.com/dephcom/projects/pipewire-echo
I'm really liking the upgrade to trixie, now that I have a work around to fixing echo in calls - I went back to pulseaudio as @dos suggested it would be simple. Though with one mistake in coping systemd user-presets to wrong directory (even though I thought I disabled wireplumber and pipewire-pulse, it was not actually disabled), I had to do a lot of troubleshooting as all my audio devices just vanished! Thanks also to @kannan who suggested to remove pipewire-pulse.
@hanscees I read the review now, and I'm a very similar kind of user as the person that wrote the review. I'm not using #Wayland on my #Librem5. For #Signal I use the desktop version that is installed as a #flatpak. If you can accept some inconvenience to have more #freedom and #privacy, the Librem 5 is an excellent choice. Indeed, there are stil some rough edges, but the software keeps improving and work towards a new release of #PureOS is progressing. For me the Librem 5 is an excellent phone.
I wanted to try #Mobian #Trixie on my #Librem5 again as I got a way to go back to #pulseaudio to as a work around to missing echo cancellation support in #pipewire (Thanks to @dos ). So I went ahead and ran the usual apt dis-upgrade way (in hindsight, may be gnome software was a better option). But I got locked out of the session as upgrade was progressing. So I had to force shut down and then use #JumpDrive to repair it from my laptop.
I documented it in #debian wiki
https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Purism/Librem5Phone#Using_JumpDrive_and_qemu_to_get_emergency_access_to_your_system
Do you know what is really cool and handy of #Linux phones like the #Librem5?
You can save files, like tickets directly from your computer on your #phone, for example in the #Phosh #ticketbox directory.
The #GNOME save dialog allows to save to another device, like your Linux phone if it is accessible over ssh / sftp.
@drew_belloc @noodlejetski I don't have a dock either. I do have a favourites row though, and currently these are the pinned apps (arranged in no particular order):
2. Chats (#Chatty) by Purism & GNOME - supports #SMS, #Matrix, #XMPP
3. Contacts by GNOME
4. #Firefox web browser by #Mozilla
6. GNOME Settings
7. #Phosh Mobile Settings
8. Tweaks by #postmarketOS
9. #Tuba (client for #Mastodon / #Fediverse)
11. #DeltaChat ( #openstandards-based, #securityaudited, fast #e2ee chats over bloody #email!)
12. Files / #Nautilus by GNOME
All #FreeSoftware /Libre, #OpenSource #FOSS / #FLOSS : )
Note: The home screen and the app drawer / search / overview is all one and the same.
Just donated to the effort to improve sound quality on the #Librem5 when using #pipewire: https://opencollective.com/dephcom/projects/pipewire-echo
I'd be even more happy about the approach of sponsoring development through the community if this donation would be accepted as being for an official non-profit organization accepted as such in Germany.
Giving for #OpenSource should be respected as a a benefit to the public and appreciated by the government by whatever means they do this for other purposes (in Germany it's possible to declare such donations for reducing taxes to pay).
Hey #MobileLinux community - if everybody gives a little there'll be a fair pay for someone doing this work.
We have setup our first bounty as part of #dephcom (we started as #debphoshfund but Open Source Collective suggested a name change and community picked the new name via a poll).
https://opencollective.com/dephcom/projects/pipewire-echo
If you have a Librem 5 and you'd like more choice with Operating System, especially newer versions of software than currently being shipped in PureOS #byzantium or even upcoming #crimson please support.
Weekly GNU-like #MobileLinux Update (16/2025): Counting Easter Eggs
Are there any people using #LinuxMobile (#mobian, #postmarketos, #ubports, maybe on #pinephone or #librem5) at #eh22 @linuxmobile ?
@richardwonka The "standard" #Librem5 is made in China.
The software is fully free and #opensource and can be inspected.
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.
If you want to exercise your digital civil #freedom and #autonomy, and if you want to support the development of a #privacy focused #Linux phone and its operating system, head over the the #Purism shop and order a #Librem5. They are in stock.
Note that the Librem 5 is a phone that is designed from the bottom to run Linux. It is not a phone with Android originals that is now running a Linux distribution.
You fully control the phone.
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/
@dos Thanks for this very nice list. I've been using the #Librem5 for nearly three years as my daily, primary phone.
It is great to see that there is still so much potential for improvements. I hope that over time they will be added.
Thank you, and all others contributing to the #MobileLinux ecosystem for your great work!
