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    Puri.sm announced Crowdfunding Campaign for the Librem 5, a Linux/PureOS Phone

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    • brianlittlejohnB
      brianlittlejohn
      last edited by brianlittlejohn

      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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      • JaredBuschJ
        JaredBusch
        last edited by

        Just no.

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        • brianlittlejohnB
          brianlittlejohn
          last edited by

          I'm sick of both Apple and Google... I welcome anything else that wants to try and compete.

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          • momurdaM
            momurda
            last edited by

            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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            • dafyreD
              dafyre @momurda
              last edited by

              @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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              • DashrenderD
                Dashrender @dafyre
                last edited by Dashrender

                @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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                • NerdyDadN
                  NerdyDad
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                  I'd buy it.

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                  • NerdyDadN
                    NerdyDad
                    last edited by NerdyDad

                    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.

                    https://puri.sm/shop/librem-5/

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