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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: 1) by DECbot on Tuesday October 10 2017, @04:49PM (1 child)

    by DECbot (832) on Tuesday October 10 2017, @04:49PM (#579886) Journal

    I've got that keyboard too. I retired it this year because I finally got fed up with the lack of a dedicated number row.

    I replaced it with the iClever folding, backlit keyboard and a pocket size folding phone/tablet stand. The keyboard is a reasonable size for typing and the charge last a long time even when using the backlight. I have no regrets whatsoever.

    folding keyboard [amazon.com]
    phone/tablet stand [amazon.com]

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  • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Wednesday October 11 2017, @08:35AM

    by FatPhil (863) <{pc-soylent} {at} {asdf.fi}> on Wednesday October 11 2017, @08:35AM (#580345) Homepage
    Would you sell me your old thinkoutside keyboard? Mine's suffered from too many beer spills (it's not actually for me, it's for a friend, he does his beer reviewing/rating on his iphone, and my thinkoutside is a boon for him - I was thinking of giving it to him as a chrissy pressy, as I don't use it any more, but giving him a kinda broken one seems a bit crap).
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