PureBoot – Purism https://puri.sm/ High-quality computers that protect your freedom and privacy Wed, 01 Oct 2025 18:29:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.28 https://puri.sm/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cropped-purism-logo-rectangle-1-32x32.png PureBoot – Purism https://puri.sm/ 32 32 What is Librem Vault USB drive? https://puri.sm/faq/what-is-librem-vault-usb-drive/ Mon, 06 Jan 2020 15:57:40 +0000 https://puri.sm/?post_type=faq&p=66947 It is a plain USB flash drive, gold coloured, with Librem Vault label on it, that is used to store your Librem Key’s public GPG key (textual file with .asc extension). Librem Vault drive is required for certain operations with PureBoot, like OEM factory reset of the PureBoot.

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]]> What are the various PureBoot options offered? https://puri.sm/faq/pureboot-options/ Mon, 06 Jan 2020 15:33:21 +0000 https://puri.sm/?post_type=faq&p=66929 When purchasing a Librem laptop, you have presented with several options for boot firmware (“BIOS”): Default: PureBoot Basic: PureBoot, configured in Basic mode. This is the simplest choice. If you have a Librem Key, you can disable Basic mode and configure PureBoot with your Librem Key at any time. You can also switch to coreboot+SeaBIOS, […]

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]]> What is PureBoot? https://puri.sm/faq/what-is-pureboot/ Mon, 06 Jan 2020 14:26:32 +0000 https://puri.sm/?post_type=faq&p=66927 PureBoot is Purism’s secured boot process which combines a number of technologies. Physically, PureBoot requires TPM enabled Librem laptop with proper coreboot version (actually, it is possible to setup this on a Librem laptop without TPM, as well), and a Librem Key, Purism’s USB security token. With PureBoot you can easily verify if the your […]

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