> no first class citizen Linux Mobile device
The phosh page here https://phosh.mobi/about/ explains that phosh was initiated by #Purism for the Librem 5 phone, so I think #Librem5 should be seen as a first class citizen Linux Mobile device. They do exist! 
@zwarf I also have a #Librem5, and do not use it yet for collecting.
But I should start doing it, as the GPS works very well on my new #Librem5.
There is somewhere an app for this, but you have to build the application yourself. I did not try that yet. It would be great if this app was available in repositories, or as flatpak.
Unfortunately, I cannot recall now the name of the application. I will try to find it.
Read the April Crimson development report by #Purism.
Crimson will be the next version of PureOS, the operating system for Purism devices like the freedom respecting Librem 5.
There have been several #Linux kernel improvements for the #Librem5 phone.
Work on packaging continues.
Thanks to all who made this possible, by their work on this, by their subscriptions, or otherwise!
https://puri.sm/posts/pureos-crimson-development-report-april-2025/
@fraggle
I would say: phones like the #PinePhone and #Librem5 pave the way to a #freedom and #privacy respecting mobile ecosystem.
I use the #Librem5 as my daily phone, and if you are willing to accept some inconvenience to gain freedom on your phone, I highly recommend this phone.
I'm in full control, I can call, SMS, use Signal desktop, listen to radio and podcasts, navigate, record my jogs, view a map, chat, browse, email, access contacts. And I have full #root access out of the box.
Weekly GNU-like #MobileLinux Update (20/2025): A Linux Phone From Africa and #Phosh 0.47.0
phosh 0.47.0 is out 
:
This release is a bit smaller than the previous two as we spent more time on other parts of the #LinuxMobile stack but there's still some 
fixes and improvements, check out the full release
notes at https://phosh.mobi/releases/rel-0.47.0/ for details or see 
for a short 
to everyone who contributed to this release.
Librem 5 protip: listening to music on a cheap pair of tiny in-ear headphones in a noisy environment? Enable HD Bass to wake the bass guitarist up:
amixer -D hw:L5 sset 'HD Bass' on
What does that mean for users of #PinePhone?
◯ GTK4.18 dropped #GLES2 renderer
⚬ affected devices: PinePhone, #Librem5 (, #MNTReform)
Better stay with #GTK < 4.18 for performance?
Weekly GNU-like #MobileLinux Update (19/2025): Waking it up to wake you up
So yesterday I saw a @postmarketOS toot about their web flasher for Android devices, and I thought - how hard would it be to make one for L5? Turns out - not hard at all. Here it is booting Jumpdrive.
Some caveats:
- requires permission setting on Linux 
I may work out-of-box on other platforms though
- it's sloooow, but there's hope: https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/issues/1271
- asks 5 times to allow access to the device. Could go down to 3, but no less than that.
@TotalSonic @linmob @dan @spaceraser @ossobuffo There's plenty of people using the #Librem5 as their only phone so I don't think this is a valid statement. Looking at the #Librem5 and #ShotOnLibrem5 should give some ideas what people are doing with it.
How a $2,000 'Made in the USA' Phone Is Manufactured
｢ It’s the Liberty Phone, which is made by a company called Purism. The phone is a version of Purism’s Librem 5. The Made-in-China Librem 5 costs $800, and the Liberty phone costs $2,000. It has 4 GB of memory, and reviewers say that its specs are pretty outdated ｣
https://www.404media.co/how-a-2-000-made-in-the-usa-liberty-phone-phone-is-manufactured/
@linmob @dan @spaceraser @ossobuffo Purism (creator of the #Librem5) is a U.S. company and should have a large interest in having their devices work in north America.
The community wiki lists quiet a bunch of U.S. providers as supported: https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/community-wiki/-/wikis/Cellular-Providers
![Chromium window displaying an emscripten shell page and devtools console. In the console there's:
> navigator.usb.requestDevice({filters: []})
Promise (<pending>)
> Module.callMain(['-lsusb'])
uuu (Universal Update Utility) for nxp imx chips -- libuuu_1.5.201-11-gf2a4e3e24503
Connected Known USB Devices
Path Chip Pro Vid Pid BcdVersion Serial_no
=======================================
1:0 MX8MQ SDP: 0x1FC9 0x012B 0x0001 NXP FLASH
Overall, this presents the Librem 5 (and other things based on i.MX chips) flashing utility running in a browser and detecting a connected phone over WebUSB.](https://social.librem.one/system/media_attachments/files/020/123/258/original/101c06fab9223edf.png "Chromium window displaying an emscripten shell page and devtools console. In the console there's:
> navigator.usb.requestDevice({filters: []})
Promise (<pending>)
> Module.callMain(['-lsusb'])
uuu (Universal Update Utility) for nxp imx chips -- libuuu_1.5.201-11-gf2a4e3e24503
Connected Known USB Devices
Path Chip Pro Vid Pid BcdVersion Serial_no
=======================================
1:0 MX8MQ SDP: 0x1FC9 0x012B 0x0001 NXP FLASH
Overall, this presents the Librem 5 (and other things based on i.MX chips) flashing utility running in a browser and detecting a connected phone over WebUSB.")
