Sebastian Krzyszkowiak @dos@librem.one

First week with my #Librem5 as my only phone. What happened so far:
- Synchronized contacts and calendar (Nextcloud)
- Added appointment to calendar and new contacts
- Made phone calls (nornal, loudspeaker)
- Wrote, received SMS
- Used Matrix
- Browesd the web
- Listen to music (Aux, Bluetooth, loudspeeker)
- Made a WiFi Hotspot
- Wrote a Python script to plot a complicated function
- Read News
- Took pictures
- Checked my location on the map
- Wrote this post
- Played games
- Probably more

Haven't seen anyone posting this yet, so I figured I'll share it: during our recent #Gnome #mobileLinux hackfest we got the experimental #libcamera pipeline handler for the #purism #Librem5 to work and make a video call with @dino. There were still some serious issues we didn't have time to debug any more - but hey, it's something :) (featuring @cas )

Yesterday, my friend's son turned four. They had his party at the lake. Since there wasn't really an address to share, my friend sent me the GPS coordinates.
I plugged them into Puremaps and it led me straight there while I was also listening to a podcast.
#mobilelinux and the #librem5 have come a long way.

Short overview about my feelings towards the #Librem5 after using it for 2 days as my only device.
What impresses me the most:
- Phone calls overall are flawless
- It feels quite snappy and responsive
- Not one single reboot or crash so far

What currently confuses me the most:
- Chatty doesn't load images in the matrix chat
- Instead of some room names, Chatty shows the room IDs
- All other matrix chat apps are also not working well.
I wasn't expecting matrix to be my biggest problem.

Google made it official that important apps like Messaging and Dialer are no longer maintained in the Android Open Source project. A free Android on its own is pretty much useless now.

https://android-review.googlesource.com/c/platform/packages/apps/Messaging/+/2614297
https://android-review.googlesource.com/c/platform/packages/apps/Dialer/+/2613992

@dos Here's he link to the announcement from the PureOS team: https://lists.puri.sm/pipermail/pureos-project/2023-June/000349.html which also has information for those still using #PureOS amber

PSA: If you're an adventurous PureOS user who has enabled `landing` repository in order to receive untested updates early, brace yourself: in a few days `landing` is going to start tracking Debian bookworm (instead of bullseye) and targeting PureOS crimson (instead of byzantium). It will still take some time to make crimson work, so please disable the repo! If you still want to be on the bleeding edge, consider enabling `byzantium-updates-proposed` instead. #pureos #purism #librem5

It's bookworm release day! Across the world members of the release, publicity, images and FTP teams are brewing industrial quantities of coffee as their final preparations are completed #ReleasingDebianBookworm

First day with my new #Librem5:
I am impressed how much already works out of the box. Maybe I will write a short overview about my experience in the next few weeks.
I will try to use it as my main device as soon as possible.

#Purism #Linux #Gnome

Just wrote a quick blog post with a few photos of my #Librem5 being upgraded to Mobian / Debian 12: https://jonathancarter.org/2023/06/09/phone-upgraded-to-debian-12/

Today I spent almost 9 hours running around a city, with my #Librem5 . I used waydroid in it with an app that allows to find public transport connections and buy tickets. I used it quite frequently, checking how can I get to a next point I had planned.
I returned with 40% battery left. The recent battery life improvement is awesome! (https://puri.sm/posts/librem-5-battery-life-improved-by-100/)

HowTo: Getting a GPS fix inside a multi-story building:

One issue that I have had with my #librem5 since day one has been the wireless hotspot. Off and on, I try to take the time to troubleshoot the issue. Today, I had some time and I am on call which is when I need it most so I started looking at it. It worked first time without issue!!!
The only problem is, was it fixed by an update since the last time I looked at it, or did I fix it last time and not know it.
If I fixed it, I don't know what I did because it's been a couple of weeks.

Today there was a great update of the #millipixels camera app for the #Librem5. Many thanks to all who worked on this.

Very nice that you can see the #gain, #exposure, #whitebalance, and #focus values in real time!

I was honestly getting really fed up with my #librem5 last week. It's been years now and it wasn't anywhere near as reliable as a phone should be. But then a few days ago a fix for modem-resume-after-suspend was pushed and the difference is night and day! I can finally pull my phone out of my pocket in a high-stress my-kid-throwing-tantrum-in-supermarket-and-I-don't-know-which-dogfood-to-buy situation and know that it will Just Work .

It's my belief that if an electronic device needs replacing within four years—for any reason—it was defective from the beginning.