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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