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

Welcome #Crimson!

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#PureOS #purism #librem5 #MobileLinux #LinuxMobile #PoweredByRSS

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

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

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

Would you be interested in a blog with an update of the current state of the Librem 5?

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

https://www.theregister.com/2026/05/01/buy_a_foss_fondleslab/

#keepandroidopen #murena #purism #punkt #volla #jolla #furilabs #pinephone

#gruftig!

https://catacombing.org/

#Librem5 #Purism #ARM #arm64
https://forums.puri.sm/t/a-new-option-as-l5-desktop-catacomb/30322
#PinePhone