Tag: Purism
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Purism launches Librem Key, the first and only security key to offer tamper-evident protection to laptop users
Purism Blog – 9.21.18 (9.20.18) Purism, the social purpose corporation which designs and produces popular digital rights respecting hardware, software, and services, has launched its new security token, the Librem Key, which is the first and only OpenPGP smart card providing a Heads-firmware-integrated tamper-evident boot process. The new Librem Key, built with Open Hardware USB…
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Librem 5, the world’s first ethical, user-controlled smartphone, makes steady progress for initial shipping beginning April 2019
Purism Blog – 9.5.18 (9.4.18) Purism, the social purpose corporation which designs and produces popular digital rights respecting hardware, software, and services, is sharing the much anticipated progress and scheduling for its Librem 5 smartphone. Read more: Librem 5, the world’s first ethical, user-controlled smartphone, makes steady progress for initial shipping beginning April 2019
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Warehouse Clearance Sale! Librem laptops starting at $999
Purism Blog – 7.19.18 (7.16.18) We sometimes get asked whether we will sell previous Librem models at a discount. The fact is that we normally don’t have a lot of Librem laptops lying around–the current stock sells out quickly and we order new batches. However, we also sometimes offer more than one type of Librem…
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Why Freedom is Essential to Security and Privacy
Purism Blog – 7.13.18 (7.5.18) Freedom, security and privacy are interrelated. The relationship between these three concepts is more obvious in some cases than others, though. For instance, most people would recognize that privacy is an important part of freedom. In fact, studies have shown that being under surveillance changes your behavior such as one…
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What is PureOS and how is it built?
Purism Blog – 6.15.18 PureOS is a general purpose operating system that is based on the Linux kernel and is focused on being an entirely Free (as in freedom) OS. It is officially endorsed by the Free Software Foundation. We adhere to the Debian Social Contract and the GNU FSDG. Read more: What is PureOS and how is it built?
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On the Importance of On-Screen Keyboards
Purism Blog – 6.13.18 (6.11.18) The role of keyboards cannot be overstated. They originated long before computers, and survive in the smartphone era. Millions of people text their friend by tapping away on their shiny pocket computers using the venerable QWERTY layout dating back to 1873. Read more: On the Importance of On-Screen Keyboards
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Librem 15 sale? Librem 13 sale? Why not both?
Purism Blog – 5.4.18 (5.3.18) Yesterday we’ve been pleasantly surprised to hear from Publisher of the legendary Linux Journal that we have been featured in their latest May issue focused on privacy. Shawn Powers, associate editor at Linux Journal, purchased a Librem 13 for his own use and decided to review it in depth. The result is a…
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Purism and UBports officially collaborate to offer Ubuntu Touch on Librem 5
Purism Blog – 4.26.18 (4.24.18) Purism and UBports are partnering to offer Ubuntu Touch as a supported operating system on Purism’s Librem 5 smartphone. Being able to work with Purism and focus on the Librem 5 hardware platform ensures that the Ubuntu Touch mobile operating system developed by UBports will be well supported, tightly integrated, and that future compatibility…
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Librem adds tamper-evident features, now most secure laptop under full customer control
Purism Blog – 2.28.18 (2.27.18) Protecting customer privacy, security and freedom is so fundamental to Purism’s mission that we codified it in our Social Purpose Corporation charter. We believe that these three concepts of privacy, security, and freedom are not just important by themselves but are also dependent on each other. For example, it’s obvious that by improving…
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Designing the Mobile Experience with Convergence in Mind
Purism Blog – Originally published Feb. 8, 2018 It is always great to have the opportunity to discuss face to face with community members to get the pulse of what their thoughts are and suggestions they might have for the Librem 5 project. As such, I was happy to spend time discussing at length with people attending…