All apps in the store run under Librem 5. You can install other apps via the console, but they usually have an error in the application because they have not yet been adapted.
But you can install Flatpak, then you have a few “many” more apps in the PureOS Store - I would definitely recommend it to you. To do this, do the following:
sudo apt install flatpak
sudo apt install gnome-software-plugin-flatpak
flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
If you look at the picture in this previous comment, you can see ‘15GB’ which represent the USB-c key and ‘7.7GB’ which represent a micro-sd card put next to the nano-SIM slot
To navigate your files, you can install nautilus, or nemo (which will add a ‘Files’ shorcut in the main screen)
For a list of “good” software, you can take a look at what @amarok did here :
The next major release of the Librem 5 software will have adaptive nautilus: New Post: Sneak Peek of the Next PureOS Release on the Librem 5
Also the Mobian project has compiled a list of working applications together with a “mobile-ready” benchmark: https://wiki.mobian-project.org/apps
Hello,
I’m the proud owner of a brand new Librem 5, but I’m having a lot of problems right away.
So I understand much better why its promotion is for the moment oriented towards informed, committed, motivated and even militant “librists”.
I list below my difficulties, hoping that you will know the solutions.
Apart from that, it takes a long time to switch on and I have the impression that most applications are very slow.
Moreover, it seems to me that the battery does not last the whole day in case of sustained use (hence my question above…)
But despite all this, what a pleasure to use a phone (almost) like your desktop computer under Linux and with the same applications!
Waiting for your opinions and advices, in a word for your help, I thank you in advance and greet you cordially,
Patrick
1- Settings>Details>Users
5- I don’t think Squeekboard has text prediction yet. (Apologies if that’s not what you’re referring to.)
8- For GNOME apps, there’s a command you can run for each one, which will automatically scale it to the screen every time you open the app.
gsettings set sm.puri.phoc.application:/sm/puri/phoc/application/packagename/ scale-to-fit true ; replace “packagename” with actual name
For non-GNOME apps, I’m not sure. Another option is to rescale everything to 1/2 the current scale, using Settings>Devices>Displays>100%, but that’s not a great solution.
RE battery life, and for your interest, see: Evergreen Battery Test and Another Battery Test
There have been several improvements to the battery meter reading since then.
Also see:
And: https://tracker.pureos.net/w/pureos/mobile_optimized_apps/
And: https://tracker.pureos.net/w/pureos/3rd-party_mobile_optimized_apps/
Thank you very much Amarok !
I add two new questions :
How to create different contact groups (Family, Friends, Music, etc…)?
What would be the equivalent of Elements (Matrix) for PureOS or Phosh for Librem 5?
Thanks in advance!
You need a USB-C hub for that. Here are the tested ones: https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/community-wiki/-/wikis/Tested-Accessories#hubs.
I don’t have answers for those. You can try installing Elements or Fractal, etc., but no guarantee they will fit or function correctly. If you’ve added the Flathub repo, you will find more possibilities available when you use the search box in the Store app.
Actually, RE group messages (and MMS), see this: State of MMS on Librem 5
See here: https://tracker.pureos.net/w/pureos/3rd-party_mobile_optimized_apps/.
It’s “Fractal”.
Check if the card is mounted read only. I think you can do that running “mount” from console and look for the right line and if there is “ro” in it. And check the fileststem permissions and ownership. You can do that with “ls -hal”. Your username and user id on the L5 may be different then on the system where you prepared the card. If you use the card on L5 only it is probably enough to use “chown” as root to change ownerchip to your L5 user (“purism” I think, can check with “whoami”). If you use the cards on different systems maybe “idmapd” helps to map user ids, but I never used it.
From where and how do the contacts come? Did you export them and are you sure it contains the phone numbers?
I think you can run “sudo gparted” and use your normal password to gain root permissions temporarily.
You need the appropriate adapters if the devices like a USB thumb drive don’t already have a USB type C connector. Also you can use Bluetooth devices like keyboard and mouse.
Keep in mind, that I don’t have an L5 yet.
One more question:
When I click on the “message” icon of a contact, the SMS application automatically opens and I can send an SMS but when I click on the “phone” icon of the contact nothing happens.
So the contact directory is useless for the phone.
Is this a problem with my Librem5?
Is it a bug in the application?
Is this feature still under development?
Thanks in advance!
Thank you in advance!
Patrick
Just wait for the big release Byzantium, it coming soon.
Didn’t you say none of your contacts have phone numbers?
Soon™.
Oof, Linux filesystems are not suitable for removable storage by default 
Is there a solution without permission fiddling?
You mean other than using a FS without permissions like FAT32?
SDConsole# ‘chmod 777 .’ not help to ext4 permission write?
No, you need root to do that first, which is not always available.