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"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/
(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Tuesday October 10 2017, @10:00PM
There's a ton of work that goes into a modern cellphone, even if you're just ripping off last year's state of the art. And getting the parts fabricated would be very expensive too, not to mention doing all the exhaustive testing needed to make your PCBs work (they're a lot more complex than your garden-variety FR4 PCBs, and not that easy to design so that you get decent yield).