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"Unlike most modern smartphones, it has a user-replaceable battery. And there are hardware kill switches that let you disable the camera, mic, WiFi, Bluetooth, and/or cellular baseband."

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"Developers are working to port , , and to run on Purism’s hardware."

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"The Librem 5 ships with PureOS, a GNU/Linux-based operating system. But the device is sold unlocked and users will be able to install other operating systems." liliputing.com/2019/09/purism- A pure alternative to and

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Librem 5 - first run walk through video youtu.be/Gvnt78mK-Ac

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"They’ve also ventured into online services through Librem One, a monthly subscription service offering access to privacy-minded alternatives to to , , , et al."

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"Purism has expended a fair bit of effort in the software stack (which is based GNOME Shell) helping to fund advancements like libhandy for responsive GTK apps."

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"This phone is about more than superficiality; it’s about giving its user total control over their data and their privacy." omgubuntu.co.uk/2019/09/librem A pure alternative to and

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"The Librem 5 is unlike anything else on the market. Not only is it one of the only smartphones on Earth that doesn't ship with Android, a fork of Android, or iOS—Purism's commitment to 100% open software, with no binary blobs..." arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/0

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"The Librem 5 is, arguably, the first smartphone available that focuses on privacy and security because it does not exploit nor track the user’s digital footprint. The Librem 5 features, hardware kill switches, layered security protection, decentralized and IP-native communication, user-controlled sourced code, and hardware encryption." fosslinux.com/21079/long-antic

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"Selling a smartphone is a cutthroat business, and we've seen dozens of companies try and fail over the years. Purism didn't just survive long enough to ship a product—it survived in what is probably the hardest way possible, by building a non-Android phone with demands that all the hardware components use open code. Making it this far is an amazing accomplishment."

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"The OS is the Free Software Foundation endorsed by PureOS, a Linux distribution that, in this case, has been reworked with a mobile UI. Purism says it will provide updates for the "lifetime" of the device, which would be a stark contrast to the two years of updates you get with an Android phone."

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"The Librem 5 is unlike anything else on the market. Not only is it one of the only smartphones on Earth that doesn't ship with Android, a fork of Android, or iOS—Purism's commitment to 100% open software, with no binary blobs..." arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/0

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Here's what the PureOS store looks like on the Librem 5 puri.sm/posts/first-librem-5-s

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has started shipping puri.sm/posts/first-librem-5-s

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Would you like to see more photos of the now shipping puri.sm/posts/first-librem-5-s Librem 5 Aspen batch? Of course you would, here are some close-ups of the metal case

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has started shipping puri.sm/posts/first-librem-5-s

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Would you like to see more photos of the now shipping puri.sm/posts/first-librem-5-s Librem 5 Aspen batch? Of course you would, here are some close-ups of the metal case

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Purism & 5.3: The team contributed 12 patches, which include the Librem 5 devkit device tree and LCD panel driver. Go team puri.sm/posts/purism-linux-5-3

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Did you know that with a Librem One account you get end-to-end encrypted chat, VoIP, and video calling used by millions of people librem.one

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