Puri.sm announced Crowdfunding Campaign for the Librem 5, a Linux/PureOS Phone
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Looking forward to seeing if this project takes off. Would really like a Linux phone!
https://puri.sm/shop/librem-5/
Quick facts
- Does not run Google Android
- Does not run Apple iOS
- Runs PureOS by default, can run most GNU+Linux distributions
- World’s first ever IP-native mobile handset
- End-to-end decentralized communications via Matrix
- 5″ screen
- Security focused by design
- Privacy protection by default
- Works with 2G/3G/4G, GSM, UMTS, and LTE networks
- CPU separate from Baseband
- Hardware Kill Switches for Camera, Microphone, WiFi/Bluetooth, and Baseband
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Just no.
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I'm sick of both Apple and Google... I welcome anything else that wants to try and compete.
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There was the Openmoko phone a few years ago. Seemed interesting but i think this will have the same problem. Phone users dont care about anything like that. They want what their friends have. They dont know what linux is. 99.99% of them certainly dont care about privacy.
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@momurda said in Puri.sm announced Crowdfunding Campaign for the Librem 5, a Linux/PureOS Phone:
There was the Openmoko phone a few years ago. Seemed interesting but i think this will have the same problem. Phone users dont care about anything like that. They want what their friends have. They dont know what linux is. 99.99% of them certainly dont care about privacy.
I actually don't are what everybody else has. I want a phone that works good as a replacement for my tablet and tiny phone. The latest generation if Android & iPhones fit that bill pretty good.
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@dafyre said in Puri.sm announced Crowdfunding Campaign for the Librem 5, a Linux/PureOS Phone:
@momurda said in Puri.sm announced Crowdfunding Campaign for the Librem 5, a Linux/PureOS Phone:
There was the Openmoko phone a few years ago. Seemed interesting but i think this will have the same problem. Phone users dont care about anything like that. They want what their friends have. They dont know what linux is. 99.99% of them certainly dont care about privacy.
I actually don't are what everybody else has. I want a phone that works good as a replacement for my tablet and tiny phone. The latest generation if Android & iPhones fit that bill pretty good.
But that is what 99.999% have (android or iOS, not current versions of either, necessarily)
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I'd buy it.
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Looks like this was funded at nearly 150%. The only downside is that you have to wait over a year to get your phone that will more than likely be out of date when you get it.
