This is great news and I like that Purism are announcing this. They had previously announced (I can't find it on their blog unfortunately) a flatpak based App Store which is hopefully soon to come.
What I miss: What is the developer story here? Their team , even though it had 2 additions recently, is not very big with 9 people who focus on software. Also they aren't particularily open as to what already works and does not work, which – as the Librem 5 is not widely available yet, nor thoroughly reviewed (still waiting myself, having a PinePhone though) – is a problem.
If you want to have an overview about which apps already exist, I maintain a list at https://linmobapps.frama.io.
It's not very good at monitoring the actual state of the apps and does not look to good. If you have ideas on how to (or want to help) improve it, please get in touch!
If you want a list of the apps for the Librem 5, see:
https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/community-wiki/-/wikis/Freque...
(in the first link, it tells how ready the software is to be used in the Librem 5, and that list is maintained by the developers so it should be up to date.)
Thanks. I will check that list again (which should be linked on LINMOBapps already), there seem to be some games (and maybe more) that I have not added to my list (mostly because I just don't care about games).
What I meant with "state" is stuff like: Does it crash? Is it "feature complete"? Most rating systems (including the one on MGLapps/LINMOBapps) seem to look at "does this fit the screen" more than these aspects, and it is virtually impossible to fit this all into one score.
What I miss: What is the developer story here? Their team , even though it had 2 additions recently, is not very big with 9 people who focus on software. Also they aren't particularily open as to what already works and does not work, which – as the Librem 5 is not widely available yet, nor thoroughly reviewed (still waiting myself, having a PinePhone though) – is a problem.
If you want to have an overview about which apps already exist, I maintain a list at https://linmobapps.frama.io.
It's not very good at monitoring the actual state of the apps and does not look to good. If you have ideas on how to (or want to help) improve it, please get in touch!