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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   
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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Original Submission

• Re:Next Phone(Score: 4, Informative) by LoRdTAW on Tuesday October 10 2017, @02:52PM

  by LoRdTAW (3755) on Tuesday October 10 2017, @02:52PM (#579829) Journal

  I'm in the same boat. After buying a Nexus 5 and the original Nexus 7 2012: paperweight edition, I'm no longer buying Google devices.

  These features have me hooked:
  MicroSD slot
  Headphone and Microphone Jack (3.5mm)
  Hardware kill switches for:{
  Camera
  Microphone
  Baseband
  WiFi/Bluetooth
  }

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