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 @janvlug You may want to adjust Speaker Boost ALSA control rather than use software amplification that causes clipping. This is shared with the earpiece, be careful not to blast it at full volume when you have it near your ear.
@opensourceopenmind @janvlug I hope that PipeWire will let us sort this out better. PulseAudio was very stubborn at considering the maximum available hardware amplification as 100% instead of 0dB, so I had to restrict it from using the whole range to keep it sane :(
