FAQs and documentation – 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 FAQs and documentation – Purism https://puri.sm/ 32 32 Phosh Overview https://puri.sm/posts/phosh-overview/ Tue, 29 Dec 2020 15:44:44 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=70682 phosh is graphical shell for mobile, touch based devices like smart phones. It's the default graphical shell on Purism's Librem 5 (and that's where it came to life) but projects like Postmarket OS, Mobian and Debian have picked it up putting it into use on other devices as well and contributing patches.

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]]> Librem 14 Launch FAQ https://puri.sm/posts/librem-14-launch-faq/ Tue, 07 Jul 2020 09:45:36 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=68642 There has been a lot of excitement ever since we announced the Librem 14 last week. There has also been quite a few questions. In this post we’ll go through some of the most Frequently Asked Questions for those of you still deciding whether to pre-order and take advantage of our discount: Q: When will […]

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]]> Easy Librem 5 App Development: Scale the Screen https://puri.sm/posts/easy-librem-5-app-development-scale-the-screen/ Tue, 18 Feb 2020 22:09:33 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=67305 This is another installment in my series on easy Librem 5 app development using command-line tools and the GUI-building tool yad. If you missed my previous articles on this topic check out how I created a screenshot and flashlight app using these same principles. As with the previous articles, this article starts with a problem […]

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]]> PureOS Rolls On as Stable https://puri.sm/posts/pureos-rolls-on-as-stable/ Fri, 06 Sep 2019 14:04:11 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=65438 PureOS was originally conceived as a rolling release. A rolling release receives periodic updates in a “rolling” fashion–they just keep rolling in. This is good, as you get the latest cutting edge changes to applications and system libraries. But unfortunately there is a side effect to rolling releases: they are bad for stability, because the […]

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]]> The Future of Computing and Why You Should Care https://puri.sm/posts/the-future-of-computing-and-why-you-should-care/ Tue, 02 Apr 2019 15:49:04 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=63034 The future of computing and why you should care (transcript follows) Let me set the tone via a quote: “The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people, but the silence over that by the good people.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr. Let me start by stating: I believe we can […]

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]]> Initial Developer Documentation for the Librem 5 Phone Platform https://puri.sm/posts/librem5-progress-report-10/ Wed, 11 Apr 2018 17:29:26 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=50309 At Purism, we are just as excited as you are about the the development boards that will be distributed this summer. Once a person receives their development board, their first thought will be “This is great! Now, what do I do with it?” In anticipation of the technical guidance that will be needed, the developer […]

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]]> What the CIA Vault 7 Documents Mean https://puri.sm/posts/what-the-cia-vault-7-documents-mean/ Wed, 15 Mar 2017 13:00:50 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=15653 WikiLeaks has recently released a treasure trove of documents, codenamed Vault 7, that will take weeks to digest. And we will digest it all. But before we go document by document, we wanted to address top-level concerns users have, and how our philosophy and business model are the only ones that can withstand the test […]

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]]> A better-organized website https://puri.sm/posts/a-better-organized-website/ Tue, 15 Nov 2016 01:07:30 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=10330 As some of you might have noticed, I have been progressively deploying Purism’s new website over the past few weeks, after some months of small improvements and preparations. Far from being merely a visual style update, the main goal of this initiative was to reorganize all the contents, to make them easier to find, and […]

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]]> We updated our FAQ — Here’s why it matters https://puri.sm/posts/we-updated-our-frequently-asked-questions-why-it-may-be-more-important-than-you-think/ Fri, 09 Sep 2016 14:38:18 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=6021 Recently, we have updated our Frequently Asked Questions. “Who cares!” you might say. Well, here’s why I think it may be more important than you think. For the longest time we had five FAQ’s. Five. As a small company with little staff, FAQ’s and documentation were initially not as big of a priority as they […]

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]]> M.2 (NGFF) vs standard SATA drive sockets in Purism Librem laptops https://puri.sm/posts/m-2-ngff-vs-standard-sata-drive-sockets-in-purism-librem-laptops/ Thu, 10 Dec 2015 23:33:35 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=1793 We have gotten many questions on the M.2 (NGFF) drive in the Librem laptops, those questions ranging from: Can you boot from the M.2? Can you have both M.2 and SATA Drives? Which one is primary, which one is secondary? So we wanted to confirm and answer those questions. In short: Can you boot from […]

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]]> Camera/Microphone Hardware Kill Switch Behavior on Librem Laptops https://puri.sm/posts/camera-microphone-hardware-kill-switch-behavior-on-librem-laptops/ Thu, 10 Dec 2015 18:58:59 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=1767 All Librem laptops come with a Hardware Kill Switch (HKS) which physically severs the circuit to the Camera and Microphone. The Librem laptops are the first to offer this feature and it works quite well. And in some cases, a bit TOO well. Specifically a Librem laptop Camera and Microphone Hardware Kill Switch will work with […]

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]]> Hardware Can Be Your New Best Friend https://puri.sm/posts/hardware-can-be-your-new-best-friend/ Wed, 15 Jul 2015 00:46:56 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=1284 A visitor to the Purism site contacted us with a question. It’s a question that we sometimes encounter when we’re with friends or at events, and so we thought we’d share the response to his query. Q: On your website, you state: “All other laptops use hardware chips coupled with software that can betray you. […]

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]]> Alternative Free and Open Source Software https://puri.sm/posts/alternative-free-and-open-source-software/ Sat, 15 Nov 2014 23:32:14 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=369 A common request for anybody using free and open source software is “What would be equivalent to <insert_branded_software_name_here />?” So we wanted to make a simple table that shows common branded proprietary software and what free and open source software replaces or is an acceptable alternative to it.

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