Better late than never: PureOS 11 (crimson) is finally out, catching up with Debian 12 (bookworm) just in time for when bullseye/byzantium lose their extended security support next month. If you're still on byzantium, update ASAP! It's a solid improvement over both byzantium and plain bookworm. 🧵

#pureos #librem5 #purism #gnu #linux #mobilelinux #linuxmobile #linuxsmartphone #shotonlibrem5

While it's still not exactly on the bleeding edge, it's a significant step forward. Lots of infrastructural blockers that prevented further development have been resolved in the process, and even though the base isn't very fresh, there's quite a bit of fresh work included too. I'd say the end result may even be more polished in some areas than in other up-to-date distros now (with a strong accent on "some areas", obviously, as they're clearly ahead in some others!)

@dos I can testify to this. Camera with #Millipixels and GPS turn-by-turn navigation is with #Puremaps are both significantly improved. In fact, I just drove to a new suburb for the frst time without needing my degoogled Android. Previously I was using #postmarketOS on this #Librem5. Thanks.

@opensourceopenmind

I also confirm that I can totally navigate by using #PureMaps on my #Librem5.

Btw, did you notice that the volume of the turning instructions in PureMaps is pretty low? Actually too low to hear well for me. Way lower than the volume of other apps.

@dos