Purism has written a new blog article:
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Without any actual measurements to back up my claim, I will say that my Librem 5 has felt a little bit more responsive with the latest updates available.
The latest configuration tells Linux never to swap out a page that was touched in the last 1 second. For interactive use, like a desktop computer or phone, this greatly improves responsiveness, especially when there is not much free RAM to work with.
These improvements reached both Byzantium and Crimson for the Librem 5. While many disposable phone models have come and gone in the Librem 5’s life, we are proud to continue providing updates to it.
I haven’t seen the performance issue I raised in one of my favorite apps lately so I want to say this change indirectly addressed it.
I’m hoping that when Crimson does become available, we will see more improvements as major version changes are not being backported to Byzantium.
While Byzantium won’t receive new major versions of software, we are still maintaining the existing software in Byzantium since it is in active use.
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A really great update. I like reading these updates about the progress a lot!
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