I agree. In my experimentation I have come across several apps that seem to function and scale just fine, so hopefully these can be incorporated over time into the curated list in the store.
I should probably also point out that a number of things will be different when we make the transition from amber PureOS to byzantium PureOS. Newer libraries and packages means weāll have a larger suite of software that should work. Often software that you might see work on mobian or other distributions, that isnāt in the PureOS Store, can be explained by the older libraries that happen to be in amber. Right now thereās a fair amount of backporting that goes on to get software into amber-phone.
Random thought: If the store window is bigger (convergence mode / external screen), could it show all?
Donāt know if thatās a good approach.
However, while the curated list is certainly sensible, the disadvantage is that it gives the impression that āthis is all thatās availableā, which again is something where you need to ābe in the knowā to make full use of it.
I donāt know whatās the best solution to that.
But I think the best documentation is the one that is not needed, because everything is obvious.
The User Guide application can be seen here, starting at 1:10 minutes in:
Searching the rest of the repo is also demonstrated in the video. Correction: That part is not demonstrated.
Um⦠so, by āuser guideā you mean āsetup assistantā?
I thought Kyle was either referring to the Documentation, the quick start guide which is linked there at the bottom, or some adaptation of Gnome Help?
Thatās what I understood him to refer to; I could be mistaken, though.
The package is named librem5-user-docs and it should create a desktop entry at /usr/share/applications/librem5-user-guide.desktop.
Interesting⦠I donāt have that.
Hmm. Thatās too bad. Well I guess I have something to investigate
Good point.
A good feature could be a filter which you can switch depending on what you search.
Having no filter, maybe pictograms could help. Showing to each app if itās made for desktop, tablet and/or mobile screen size. Like itās done in Steam where you can see Windows, Mac or Linux icons.
I think that the PureOS Store does show a different view when in convergence mode. At least itās something thatās been discussed.
A search for ālibremā in the app store found no hits, but āsudo apt install librem5-user-docsā places āLibrem 5 User Guideā in the App Drawer. It installs locally the content available at https://docs.puri.sm/Librem_5.html .
that is because the package does not yet have the proper appstream metadata to show up in the pureOS store
@linmob recently made another video: āLibrem 5 with PureOS Byzantium: Work in Progress + ā¦ā: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEsu9GFGzns