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. 🧵

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PureOS Crimson Development Report: April 2026 - PureOS Crimson Released – Purism

Purism makes premium phones, laptops, mini PCs and servers running free software on PureOS. Purism products respect people's privacy and freedom while protecting their security.

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PureOS Crimson is released!!!

After a long wait PureOS Crimson is finally released!! 🥳 🚀

This is a new release of the Linux distribution for the Librem 5 Linux phone and other devices made by @purism.

https://forums.puri.sm/t/pureos-crimson-is-released/30659

#PureOS #Crimson #release #Purism #Librem5 #MobileLinux #Linux #FOSS #opensource #DigitalSovereignty #DigitalAutonomy #privacy #freedom #security #phone #mobile

PureOS Crimson is released!!!

After a long wait, I am so excited to announce that PureOS Crimson is finally released!! 🥳 🚀 Existing Byzantium devices will automatically receive a PureOS Upgrade tool soon when installing system updates. New devices will begin shipping with PureOS Crimson pre-installed. Byzantium users wishing to use this tool today can run: sudo apt install pureos-upgrade What’s new? PureOS Crimson brings updates to the foundation of PureOS throughout the entire operating system. Use...

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RE: https://social.treehouse.systems/@carbonatedcaffeine/116583171204547360

Maybe the #Librem5 costs a lot, but I would not phrase it as "too expensive". Keep in mind that #Purism only once earns money when selling the device. No money is earned from selling user profiles or pushing advertisements or apps.

Purism contributed a lot to the #MobileLinux eco system, also on the software side:
- Origins of #Phosh
- #convergence
- upstreaming of #mobile patches to several #GNOME applications and Linux
- Origins of #adwaita
- #PureOS distro

See also: https://puri.sm/posts/pureos-crimson-development-report-march-2026/

"Purism exists because individual rights are no longer reliably protected by policy alone. In practice, they are determined by the design of the technology people are required to use.

The modern U.S. government no longer needs to openly censor speech or ban technologies to exert control. It can instead rely on a dense web of commercial platforms... that centralize power, identity, and data by design."

https://puri.sm/posts/purisms-product-philosophy-in-an-age-of-government-big-tech-convergence/

#Purism #freedom #power #MobileLinux #opensource #FOSS #phone #linux

Purism’s Product Philosophy in an Age of Government–Big Tech Convergence – Purism

Purism makes premium phones, laptops, mini PCs and servers running free software on PureOS. Purism products respect people's privacy and freedom while protecting their security.

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Where to buy a non-Apple, non-Google smartphone

: Both Cupertino and Google are imposing ever stricter limits on their phones – but you have alternatives

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Where to buy a non-Apple, non-Google smartphone

: Both Cupertino and Google are imposing ever stricter limits on their phones – but you have alternatives

The Register

I realize that yesterday it was exactly four years ago that I started the experiment to use the #Librem5 #Linux #phone as my daily phone.

I have been using it since then, and the software is being improved regularly and in a very transparent way.

Read here about the beginning of this experiment: https://janvlug.org/blog/one-week-librem-5-field-trial-day-1/

#MobileLinux #DigitalSovereignty #FOSS #OpenSource #Purism

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One week Librem 5 field trial - day 1

My experiences of a one week field trial with the Librem 5 Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) phone produced by Purism.

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Where to buy a non-Apple, non-Google smartphone

: Both Cupertino and Google are imposing ever stricter limits on their phones – but you have alternatives

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Catacomb Linux Mobile

Catacomb is a set of Linux Wayland applications for mobile Linux platforms like the PinePhone. All applications are optimized to run on low-end hardware with a limited battery life.