Purism announced today that the crowdfunding campaign of its Librem 5 security- and privacy-focused free and open-source Linux smartphone has successfully ended with $2 million.
Librem 5 was successfully crowdfunded about two weeks ago when it surpassed its goal of $1.5 million, but the campaign continued to run, and now it appears to have gathered half million dollars more, ending with $2 million, which we believe is more than enough to build world’s first truly free mobile device.
Powered by PureOS, Purism’s own GNU/Linux distribution based on the popular Debian GNU/Linux operating system, but focused on offering users a privacy-focused and more secure desktop solution, Librem 5 will be using KDE’s Plasma Mobile and GNOME’s GNOME Shell user interfaces, along with powerful open source software.
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