Librem 5 Evolution

[FranklyFlawless]

@sb-purism

I thought I’d ask you current owners, from around a year ago, how has the Librem 5 software / experience improved?

Crimson became more usable on the Librem 5, enough that it is still my daily driver since December 2023.

Crimson Experience

I recently installed Crimson on my Librem 5 USA, and I have noticed many changes. Here is a list of them, along with photos: WPA3 works. The Settings app is nearly fully adaptive (excluding Displays, File History and Trash, Time Zone, and potentially others). Sometimes the adaptation is not triggered, so a workaround is to drag Quick Settings slightly down to redraw the screen. In Appearance, there is now a Dark style/theme. In Power, there are now Power Modes (Balanced and Power Saver). In A…

@sb-purism

Is there any direction or knowledge as to what might be better in one years time?

Phosh and its OSK:

Don't unblank in my back pack please

Crimson:

@JCS

PureOS development is slowly ramping up again after Purism revamped its cashflow and inventory financing and is now better living within its means. Better cashflow and recently increased sales are dissolving much of the debt that had become a blocker for most ongoing development efforts. Despite it being paramount in a tech company, R&D is ultimately a cost center; weight had to temporarily shift toward profit centers - marketing, sales, etc - for long-term survivability. Finances are now looking more promising and we’ll proceed with an internal PureOS development crowdfunding campaign (timeline TBD but expecting within a month or two, pending planning+infrastructure+webdev efforts) then keep the momentum to increase hours of contractor staff toward full-time. I can provide more concrete answers once several unknowns are resolved.

Case:

@JCS

Pushing this forward: short-term resale, then iterate upon an official design.