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Purism Exceeds $1 Million in Funding for Librem 5 Linux-Based Smartphone

posted by CoolHand on Tuesday October 10 2017, @02:14PM   Printer-friendly
from the freedom-fighter dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

"The most popular mobile operating system on the planet, Android, is already based on Linux, but with Google in charge of it, many consumers cannot depend on it for privacy. With that said, Purism is planning to fight the impossible fight against Android and iOS with the "Librem 5" smartphone. This is a device that will run a privacy-focused Linux-based OS called "Pure OS," but the hardware is wide open for any OS, really. Purism is trying to raise $1.5 million through crowdfunding, and earlier today, it reached a significant milestone -- $1 million! Maybe the fight isn't impossible after all..." - via BetaNews

In the news:

https://puri.sm/shop/librem-5/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15436716
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15090156
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/74cl80/purism_librem_5_has_surpassed_1000000_raised_in/
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/75bjmp/librem_5_funded_hooray/

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  • (Score: 2) by RamiK on Tuesday October 10 2017, @04:44PM (2 children)

    by RamiK (1813) on Tuesday October 10 2017, @04:44PM (#579884)

    Seeing how NXP i.MX don't have built-in LTE modems I'm guessing they'll source a global one and run it over the PCI-e lanes.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 11 2017, @03:47AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 11 2017, @03:47AM (#580272)

    Baseband is to be USB attached. I hope there will be multiple options offered (if module is not soldered on).

    • (Score: 2) by RamiK on Wednesday October 11 2017, @10:50AM

      by RamiK (1813) on Wednesday October 11 2017, @10:50AM (#580380)

      I guess that means they're re-purposing the extra PCI-e lane for USB3. Regardless, I doubt they won't solder. Maybe, just maybe, they'll socket it. But I doubt it.

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