You can use GNOME Disks instead:
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That issue #19 on sound output and mic input has been closed recently. Could someone confirm that it is now possible to make and receive calls in Crimson? Is the new build with the fix already available? If calls and SMS are working, I would be interested to join testing Crimson.
Should be fixed now with librem5-base-defaults 67pureos1.
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I’ve tested bluez 5.79 for a couple of weeks and it works really good (on Byzantium, but Crimson backports also contain that). I observed only some delay of about 5 seconds to BT button becomes available after the phone wakeup, but headphones connect from the first try all time.
Note: librem5-base should be upgraded first as far as it contained one conflicting file.
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It looks like Crimson work is progressing a lot lately so I’m hoping to try a Crimson alpha + your backports with this soon.
For now, I’m leaving my franken-Byzantium alone 
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Just worried about that when the Crimson is out in any luck this year, a lot of packages will be already in the middle of the life cycle. Some of the applications are really old such Phosh .34. Is Crimson based on the Bookworm? if it is, I think it is good before 2028?
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backports forever! 
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It looks like that version is deployed now in crimson-updates. Has anyone received that update? If yes, do calls work for you?
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I went back from pmos to pureos again without back ports. Now a lot of apps are gnome platform48, super slow on frame rate somehow. The eog image viewer can’t even be used. Gtk3 is still the fastest and smoothest so far, but I don’t if Purism let librem 5 support gtk4 it is going to be the same optimaization. The phosh 0.32.0 is also laggy as hell.
I think by next year, maybe a new model will be out:D
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Oh, really! A clean Byzantium is a super-slow? I thought I broke something due to backports, but it looks like something wrong with the upstream… At the same time I see that Crimson works much better but I have no time for migration right now.
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Yeah, before I can still install the backports, some apps were super slow especially in each apps settings such as chatty. Byzantium itself is smooth on some apps but smoother than pmos. I don’t think you break anything, same app perform low frames in both pmos and byzantium backports. Crimson I can’t use because the low disk issue too lazy to learn how to use the jump drive to partition the disk. Ha
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Regarding crimson images: note that all crimson images built until now will either have to be reflashed or manually fixed (by installing missing Recommended dependencies of installed packages, resizing the partition etc.) to be fully functional.
While I still can’t guarantee upgradability, I consider crimson suite in the PureOS repository to be in a good shape now so there’s a good chance that current images will be perfectly upgradable; this hasn’t been the case until very recently.
Also note that the image currently available to flash with librem5-flash-image is still an old and broken one.
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Does anyone have any tutorials how to fix the disk issue on crimson using jumpdrive? Thanks
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Unmount the partitions and resize them using GNOME Disks:
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…or update the packages and reboot, and perhaps call resize_rootfs manually if necessary. There’s no need to do that from outside the system.
I’d still advice reflashing it later, as this old image is known to be broken and is not going to be supported.
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have you successfully dons an apt update? when I do upgrade, It failed at the boot when I restarted.
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Crimson is based on debian 12, right? Is it worth the try, I am running debian trixie and thinking about staying on it once it’s stable…are there advantages to run crimson instead of pure debian?
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Yes, 12. At the moment, not (yet) for actual use. Crimson is still being fixed and set up. PureOS is more tailored for Purism hardware and needs, so if you’re not using those, you may get better experience (especially now) with other alternatives, like Debian.
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I’ve just updated my Crimson image and it seems calls work fine!
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Today, I flashed Crimson again to my second Librem 5 with Redpine card. The WiFi did only work after updating, as expected. After flashing, I put i my SIM card with mobile data in. I did not do the GNOME initial setup yet, but opened immediately the terminal and did sudo apt update and next sudo apt full-upgrade. After that I rebooted.
After the reboot the WiFi was present. I also made a call, and the person confirmed that the sound was excellent.
So there is great progress. I will keep on testing a bit with Crimson.
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One should note that Debian 12 (which is what Crimson is based on) was released June of 2023. The “full Debian support” lasts only one more year (June 10, 2026 is EOL). Debian -- Debian Releases After that it will receive support from the LTS team, but it should be known that it is not supported by Debian Security and Release team. LTS - Debian Wiki
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