Nicole Faerber – Purism https://puri.sm/ High-quality computers that protect your freedom and privacy Mon, 15 Jul 2024 00:05:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.26 https://puri.sm/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cropped-purism-logo-rectangle-1-32x32.png Nicole Faerber – Purism https://puri.sm/ 32 32 Unleashing the Librem 14 https://puri.sm/posts/unleashing-the-librem-14/ Wed, 06 Jul 2022 17:46:52 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=75383 With the Librem 14 laptop we went a couple of new ways all at once. First of all this is the most custom laptop design we have done so far. It embodies everything we wanted to have – at the time of writing the specification. But not only that, with the Librem 14 we also […]

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]]> Librem 14 Rave https://puri.sm/posts/librem-14-rave/ Thu, 08 Apr 2021 17:14:04 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=71454 Now that shipping of the Librem 14 to customers is imminent we should talk about some more details and enhancements we made.

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]]> Librem 14: Adding Librem EC, Freed Embedded Controller Firmware https://puri.sm/posts/librem-14-adding-librem-ec-freed-embedded-controller-firmware/ Mon, 22 Feb 2021 12:35:16 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=71068 Starting with the Librem 14 laptop we are including fully liberated Embedded Controller (EC) firmware with all the source code available. This is something we set as a goal a long time ago, and now we are finally here. Let’s first start by explaining what the EC is and does. A PC these days is […]

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]]> Librem 14 Progress – Hardware Development https://puri.sm/posts/librem-14-progress-hardware-development/ Fri, 28 Aug 2020 16:47:18 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=69179 About a month ago we approved the schematics for our Librem 14 main board, which is a fully custom Purism design. After that the schematics, which describe which electronic components are connected to which and how, needs to be turned in to a PCB design. This is a complicated and time-consuming process. We are happy […]

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]]> 2019 Year in Review: Hardware https://puri.sm/posts/2019-year-in-review-hardware/ Mon, 30 Dec 2019 14:47:24 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=66870 Librem 5 dev kits At the end of 2018 and going into 2019 we shipped the Librem 5 development kits – the first hardware for the Librem 5. The dev kits give developers very similar hardware and features to develop software against ahead of the final hardware being released, this is especially useful for GUI […]

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]]> Breaking Ground https://puri.sm/posts/breaking-ground/ Wed, 27 Nov 2019 17:39:09 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=66390 We are often asked, why does the Librem 5 cost that much? Well, there are several reasons and I will try to explain the most important ones. First of all, the design of the Librem 5 is unique in many ways. Most importantly the hardware is designed from the ground up by us and for […]

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]]> SIM Application Toolkit: Avoid Being Exploited https://puri.sm/posts/sim-application-toolkit-avoid-being-exploited/ Wed, 18 Sep 2019 21:47:58 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=65732 Technologies are often created with good intent, to make our life easier, to solve problems in a convenient way. The Management Engine in Intel’s CPUs, for instance, was intended to make the life of admins easier. It allowed for remote access on a very low level, so they could even do complete remote reinstalls of […]

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]]> Librem 5 Development Kits: we are getting there! https://puri.sm/posts/librem5-2018-11-hardware-report/ Fri, 09 Nov 2018 00:18:58 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=61256 A few weeks ago we published an update about the forthcoming of our Librem 5 development kits when we ran into some issues which caused delays. Today we’re bringing you another update on the hardware fabrication process, as well as some pictures and a video. At the same time as the last update got posted, […]

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]]> Progress update from the Librem 5 hardware department https://puri.sm/posts/librem5-2018-09-hardware-report/ Tue, 04 Sep 2018 14:57:02 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=53202 As you might have noted when we announced closing the development kit “last call” sale, new specifications have been made public. I want to explain what led to these specifications and why we made the choices we made and what the current timeline is for the devkits and Librem 5 phones. We want to make […]

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]]> Last Call for Librem 5 Dev Kit: order yours before June 1st 2018 https://puri.sm/posts/june-1st-last-call-for-librem5-devkit/ Mon, 21 May 2018 15:00:36 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=52631 Purism has finalized the specifications for the Librem 5 development kit and will be placing all the component parts order and fabrication run the first week of June 2018. If you want to have early access to the hardware that will serve as the platform for the Librem 5 phone, you must place your dev […]

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]]> Librem 5 puzzle pieces starting to come together—graphics, adaptive applications, docs and SDK https://puri.sm/posts/librem5-progress-report-7/ Sat, 03 Mar 2018 15:36:21 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=49252 The Librem 5 is a big project. And like a lot of big projects, as you probably know, it can appear overwhelming, until you can break the parts down into logical steps. Like a large puzzle scattered on a table, our team has been organizing and beginning to assemble all the pieces. This is very […]

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]]> Librem 5 general development report — February 13, 2018 https://puri.sm/posts/librem5-progress-report-5/ Tue, 13 Feb 2018 15:31:00 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=48498 Back from FOSDEM Being at FOSDEM 2018 was a blast! We received a lot of great feedback about what we have accomplished and what we aim to achieve.  These sorts of constructive critiques from our community are how we grow and thrive so thank you so much for this! It helps us to focus our development. […]

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]]> Librem 5 general development report — February 2nd, 2018 https://puri.sm/posts/librem5-progress-report-3/ Fri, 02 Feb 2018 16:30:15 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=47791 The Librem 5 and recent industry news Lately, news headlines have been packed with discussions about critical CPU bugs which are not only found in Intel CPUs, but also partially in AMD CPUs and some ARM cores. At the same time, some of our backers have voiced concerns about the future of NXP in light […]

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]]> Librem 5 Phone Progress Report – The First of Many More to Come! https://puri.sm/posts/librem5-progress-report-1/ Tue, 16 Jan 2018 12:00:00 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=47090 First, let me apologize for the silence. It was not because we went into hibernation for the winter, but because we were so busy in the initial preparation and planning of a totally new product while simultaneously orienting an entirely new development team. Since we are more settled into place now, we want to change […]

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]]> Initial Touch and Web Browsing experiments on Librem 5 prototyping boards https://puri.sm/posts/librem-5-touch-and-web-browsing/ Thu, 05 Oct 2017 15:16:50 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=32299 When it comes to prototyping the Librem 5, we are working hard and making progress on several sides. As you have seen in yesterday’s testing update blog post, we are working on development hardware in order to start getting software development groundwork done. Today, I’m sharing the results of a quick experiment with web and […]

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