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What is the current state of the software on the Librem 5? I would be happy to replace my main phone if it ticks the following boxes:

- Can handle phone calls and texts

- Cellular data works most of the time

- Has the Signal app

- Has a working web browser

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Other than the signal app, it does all of what you ask. It does NOT do MMS (nor does the Pinephone, there is no software support on any of them).

I don't know if signal works in a web browser?

Signal does not work in a web browser. However, there is hope that either the Signal app for Android can be used on a Linux phone through a compatibility layer like Anbox, or at least the Signal desktop app can be made to work on a phone screen. This is still a long way off, though.

I know Anbox is sort of working in Mobian/pinephone. It isn't production quality, but it works!

Ubuntu Touch / Ubports has a working Signal app. Currently called Axolotl it's not got all the bells and whistles but does the basics.

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