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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 Alphatool on Wednesday October 11 2017, @11:09AM
I really want this to work, but there is a very, very long way to too to a useful handset. The hardware of a modern phone has become much easier, but the software stack is as difficult as ever. So far Purism has managed to get Linux to boot on a Dev board, which is a fine starting point. A phone operating system it isn't - not even close. There have been plentiful attempts to take Linux and put it on a phone and only Android has had huge success. WebOS, Firefox OS, openmoko, moblin, meego, maemo, Tizen... the list of solid yet failed attemps at Linux on a phone just keeps going. The last non-Android one left is Sailfish and it's surviving on life support despite building on billions spent by Nokia and Intel. I'm yet to see anything to convince me that Purism will succeed with a new OS where so many others have failed.
Don't get me wrong, I'm a backer not a hater. I even expect to get some cool hardware out of it, but unless Purism change path and build on Mer (or licence Sailfish) I fully expect to run an Android derivative on it.