François Téchené – 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 François Téchené – Purism https://puri.sm/ 32 32 Black Friday https://puri.sm/posts/black-friday/ Fri, 29 Nov 2024 08:08:12 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=82644 Today, Friday November the 29th 2024, get the Black Friday Librem 5 bundle with 15% off its base price along with 2 batteries and 2 screen protectors!

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]]> Replacing the Screen of Your Librem 5 https://puri.sm/posts/replacing-the-screen-of-your-librem-5/ Thu, 25 Jan 2024 17:18:13 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=81369 For those who like servicing their devices themselves, we are now selling a screen replacement for the Librem 5 Evergreen, Librem 5 USA and Liberty Phone. Instructions on how to replace the screen can be found in the documentation. If you have a device with a broken screen and don’t feel like replacing it yourself, […]

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]]> Working with the Librem 14 https://puri.sm/posts/working-with-the-librem-14/ Wed, 22 Nov 2023 22:16:55 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=80717 Last year, I got the idea of showcasing the power of the Librem 14 by making a professional quality commercial video of it. This video would be made entirely with the Librem 14 itself. It would include everything that I love doing, which is 3D animations, 2D (hand drawn) animations, real world cinematic shots, all […]

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]]> Introducing the Liberty Phone https://puri.sm/posts/introducing-the-liberty-phone/ Fri, 30 Jun 2023 19:22:48 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=79598 Introducing the Liberty Phone with more RAM and more drive space, starting at $2199. Learn More Buy Now The Liberty Phone is the upgraded version of our popular Librem 5 USA phone with Made in USA Electronics. The Liberty Phone integrates 4GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage. Made in USA Electronics All the […]

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]]> Librem 5 Battery Life Improved by 100%! https://puri.sm/posts/librem-5-battery-life-improved-by-100/ Wed, 31 May 2023 19:25:09 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=79561 Just like a great wine, the Librem 5 is getting better with age and it may well be the only smartphone to do so. That is because we don’t invest in obsolescence. In the opposite, our wonderful dev team is never giving up on their effort to optimize the software. After each major update, the […]

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]]> Introducing the Librem Server v2 https://puri.sm/posts/introducing-the-librem-server-v2/ Tue, 30 May 2023 10:56:10 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=79503 Introducing the Librem Server v2 The new Librem Server features a 9th generation Intel Core i7 processor with 8 Cores and 12MB of cache. It can get up to 128GB of DDR4 RAM. It also features 6 USB 3.2 ports, a slim optical disk drive, 2 internal drive bays, and 4 “hot-swap” 3.5 SATA 3.0 […]

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]]> Librem 5 Product Report and Roadmap for 2023 https://puri.sm/posts/librem-5-product-report-and-roadmap-for-2023/ Thu, 25 May 2023 19:08:14 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=79312 It has been some time since we last published a global product report for the Librem 5 phone. This is not because of slowing down our development effort, it is the opposite. We have been very busy and we have made substantial progress during the last few months. We have been listening to our customers […]

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]]> Toward Matrix support in Chats – Part 2 https://puri.sm/posts/toward-matrix-support-in-chats-part-2/ Thu, 16 Mar 2023 14:19:55 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=77527 Matrix integration within the Chats app is progressing and this post is detailing the development progress since the last one. This update is not so much about new features but more about bug fixes and great improvements that make Chats slowly becoming an everyday “1 to 1” and “small groups” messaging app for both SMS/MMS […]

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]]> Purism at “Le Capitole du Libre” in France https://puri.sm/posts/purism-at-le-capitole-du-libre-in-france/ Fri, 02 Dec 2022 20:53:35 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=76536 On the 16th and 20th of November, Adrien Plazas and I had a booth at the French Free Software event “Le Capitole du Libre” in the city of Toulouse. It was the first time the event was taking place since 2019. As for the previous years, this edition was a success and we have met […]

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]]> Animating Pepper & Carrot with a respectful laptop https://puri.sm/posts/animating-pepper-carrot-with-librem-laptop/ Mon, 25 Apr 2022 15:16:43 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=74674 I made a 2D traditional animation as part of a project I am working on for Purism, with a goal to demonstrate the power of the Librem 14 as a creative platform. Therefore, as a follow up to my previous post about making hand drawn animations with Librem computers, and as an addition to the […]

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]]> 2021 Year in Review: Design https://puri.sm/posts/2021-year-in-review-design/ Mon, 10 Jan 2022 17:00:31 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=73566 This year, just like the previous years, the Purism design team has been focusing on improving the overall Librem products experience. We took this opportunity to contribute to some amazing upstream projects like Libadwaita for the world to benefit from those modern and respectful technologies. Our goal is to make each Librem product simple and […]

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]]> How Purism is Pioneering a Bright Future https://puri.sm/posts/how-purism-is-pioneering-a-bright-future/ Tue, 02 Nov 2021 18:01:14 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=73178 There are a few things that make me proud of being part of the Purism team. One of them is the philosophy behind a company that makes respectful hardware and software, that is fully owned by the people using it. Another truly beautiful aspect of Purism (which I discovered over the years)  is how Purism […]

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]]> Toward a Respectful Hardware Production https://puri.sm/posts/toward-a-respectful-hardware-production/ Mon, 14 Jun 2021 13:35:02 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=72183 Coming from a family of farmers and growing up in the country side, I have always been close to nature and have a lot of respect for it. Even if I also have a great interest in technology, I believe that done the right way it is not incompatible with respect for the environment. Unfortunately […]

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]]> The Simplicity of Making Librem 5 Apps https://puri.sm/posts/the-simplicity-of-making-librem-5-apps/ Fri, 09 Apr 2021 16:46:46 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=71520 The Librem 5 makes its application development workflow extremely simple.

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]]> Mobile/Desktop Convergence https://puri.sm/posts/mobile-desktop-convergence/ Mon, 23 Nov 2020 18:46:42 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=70133 Mobile/Desktop convergence is something that Purism had planned and has been developing since the launch of the Librem 5. It all started with the amazing work that Adrien initiated with the libhandy library, that let the default Librem 5 applications be adapted from the exact same applications running on the laptops. Now the Librem 5 […]

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]]> Hand Drawn 2D Animation with PureOS and Librem Laptops https://puri.sm/posts/hand-drawn-2d-animation-with-pureos-and-librem-laptops/ Tue, 13 Oct 2020 13:35:47 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=69658 Professional animation is not just possible but ideal with free software, this story shares what is possible running PureOS, Librem laptops, and accessories. I have been using free software for 6 years and each year these freedom respecting professional tools I use seem to improve faster than the commercial proprietary pace. Krita, as an example, […]

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]]> Making a 3D graphics video for the Librem 5 https://puri.sm/posts/making-a-3d-graphics-video-for-the-librem-5/ Tue, 22 Sep 2020 16:07:36 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=69399 At Purism, we do all our videos and other promotional material internally, with Librem hardware and free software only. This is part of our policy and I think it’s important, when I believe in something, to act in accordance with it. A few days after releasing the video of the Librem 5 hardware design, I […]

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]]> The design behind a modular and secure mobile phone https://puri.sm/posts/the-design-behind-a-modular-and-secure-mobile-phone/ Wed, 26 Aug 2020 17:28:11 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=69128 The Librem 5 is not just another smartphone. It is unique in so many ways and it represents, to me, the transition toward a world of digital ethics, which I hope will become the norm in the future. I wanted to do a video that underlines the unique hardware design of the Librem 5 for […]

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]]> Librem 14 Thoughts From a CG Artist https://puri.sm/posts/librem-14-thoughts-from-a-cg-artist/ Wed, 29 Jul 2020 16:35:34 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=68892 In this post, I wish to explain why I am so excited about the upcoming Librem 14, and why I am proud to have been involved in its conception. This is only a subjective point of view related to what I personally like in computers and so, I will start with telling about where my […]

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]]> The smartphone with convenience and control https://puri.sm/posts/the-smartphone-with-convenience-and-control/ Mon, 27 Apr 2020 13:26:08 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=68186 I often hear people saying that they have nothing to hide, and I usually reply that it is not about what you want to hide, it is about what you want to protect – your family’s privacy. Modern smartphones are convenient, always on and connected, but they come with a large attack surface to be […]

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]]> 2019 Year in Review: Design https://puri.sm/posts/2019-year-in-review-design/ Tue, 07 Jan 2020 12:42:17 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=66979 We are only a small design team at Purism but we cover a wide area of design related work. Here is a review of what happened in design in 2019. Creative design Early in 2019 we successfully produced a professional video campaign for the Librem One launch using completely free software. It was the first […]

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]]> Up and Running With Your Librem in Three Minutes https://puri.sm/posts/up-and-running-with-your-librem-in-three-minutes/ Mon, 08 Jul 2019 12:48:54 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=64293 Security and privacy for everyone The right to respect and privacy should be unconditional; within the digital world itself, it shouldn’t be necessary to be an expert in computer science to guarantee you can–and know how to–be entitled to those rights. Making secure and respectful devices is essential, but to be fully ethical, those devices […]

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]]> “See Your Junk” – Behind the scenes https://puri.sm/posts/see-your-junk-behind-the-scenes/ Wed, 12 Jun 2019 14:28:08 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=63598 At Purism, we aim to promote privacy and freedom through the use of free software (and we see it as ethical software). When we work, and in order to produce our content–such as what you see in this page–we use free software, too. And so, with a small budget and some basic audio and video […]

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]]> Ethical aesthetics – Librem 5 design report #7 https://puri.sm/posts/librem5-progress-report-18/ Thu, 16 Aug 2018 19:13:19 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=54910 You may have noticed that there is no obvious visual branding on the Librem laptops. While this was at first a technical limitation on the very first Librem model (back in 2015), the subtle and minimalistic branding that began on newer models in 2016 was a conscious design decision. Now, we’re hoping to refine the […]

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]]> Designing the scope of the Librem 5’s communication apps https://puri.sm/posts/librem5-progress-report-16/ Tue, 31 Jul 2018 16:30:06 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=54603 We have spent the last few weeks focusing on the design of the default communication features of the Librem 5. As part of that process, we came up with the design specification for two applications. One of them is called “Calls” and has been designed for the purpose of—you guessed it—making and receiving phone calls. […]

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]]> Librem 5 design report #5 https://puri.sm/posts/librem5-progress-report-11/ Thu, 10 May 2018 23:27:47 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=51945 Hello everyone! A lot has happened behind the scenes since my last design report. Until now, I have been reporting on our design work mainly on the software front, but our effort is obviously not limited to that. The experience that people can have with their physical device is also very important. So in this […]

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]]> Purism at FestiĞ1 and the Librem as a Digital Hardware Wallet https://puri.sm/posts/purism-at-festig1-and-the-librem-as-a-digital-hardware-wallet/ Wed, 28 Mar 2018 03:15:19 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=50169 Two weeks ago, I attended an event in Toulouse, France, where I was kindly invited by the organizers, who offered me a booth to present Purism and the Librem line. Purism, utilizing a hardware security element in our Librem Laptops as well as our upcoming Librem 5 phone will be addressing the serious issue of […]

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]]> Design report #4: symbiotic applications https://puri.sm/posts/librem5-progress-report-8/ Sat, 10 Mar 2018 23:44:03 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=49504 Purism’s long-term goal has always been to make computers that are as convenient as they are respectful to the people that use them. The Librem products are an ethical platform and therefore should not be discriminating anyone; instead, they are meant to be inclusive of all human beings. In other words, everyone should find in […]

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]]> Design report #3: designing the UI Shell, part 2 https://puri.sm/posts/librem5-progress-report-6/ Fri, 23 Feb 2018 13:00:14 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=48915 Peter has been quite busy thinking about the most ergonomic mobile gestures and came up with a complete UI shell design. While the last design report was describing the design of the lock screen and the home screen, we will discuss here about navigating within the different features of the shell. The mock-up on the […]

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]]> Designing the Mobile Experience with Convergence in Mind https://puri.sm/posts/librem5-progress-report-4/ Wed, 07 Feb 2018 14:10:10 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=48207 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 FOSDEM this week-end. Comments from the […]

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