Testimonials and user stories – 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 Testimonials and user stories – Purism https://puri.sm/ 32 32 My First Year of Librem 5 Convergence https://puri.sm/posts/my-first-year-of-librem-5-convergence/ Mon, 07 Mar 2022 22:27:55 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=74298 It’s hard to believe it’s already been a year since I wrote about My First Week of Librem 5 Convergence: I talked at length in my article Investing in Real Convergence about my decades-long wish to have a single computer I could carry with me that had all of my files, ran all of my […]

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]]> I (Finally) Fired Google https://puri.sm/posts/i-finally-fired-google/ Fri, 11 Feb 2022 17:44:52 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=74052 While I have been working for many years to remove all aspects of Google from my personal life, it was only this past week that I replaced the final piece. As of this week I have finally fired Google. It wasn’t easy, and in this post I’ll tell my story of how tightly Google was […]

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]]> My First Week of Librem 5 Convergence https://puri.sm/posts/my-first-week-of-librem-5-convergence/ Tue, 02 Mar 2021 15:08:50 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=71104 I put away my personal Librem 13v1 and tested out whether I could replace it with a Librem 5, USB-C hub, and Nexdock 2 laptop dock.

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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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]]> 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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]]> A Guest Post by Evon Ho https://puri.sm/posts/a-guest-post-by-evon-ho/ Tue, 17 Sep 2019 15:05:04 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=65681 Evon Ho, a first year Computer Science student at Southern New Hampshire University, asked us a few questions about Purism. Todd Weaver, Purism’s founder and CEO, answered them, and Evon wrote the following essay: Purism: A Privacy Based Computer Company It all started when Todd Weaver, Founder and CEO of Purism, realized Big Tech could […]

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]]> Librem 15 sale? Librem 13 sale? Why not both? https://puri.sm/posts/may-2018-laptop-sale-begins/ Thu, 03 May 2018 14:43:12 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=51924 Yesterday we’ve been pleasantly surprised to hear from Publisher of the legendary Linux Journal that we have been featured in their latest May issue focused on privacy. Shawn Powers, associate editor at Linux Journal, purchased a Librem 13 for his own use and decided to review it in depth. The result is a glowing review […]

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]]> Librem 5 Surges Past 50 Percent of its $1.5 Million Funding Goal To Deliver Encrypted, Privacy Smartphone That Won’t Track Users https://puri.sm/posts/librem5-over-50-percent-funding-goal/ Mon, 02 Oct 2017 15:27:40 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=31139 Crowdfunding support for GNOME Foundation and KDE backed security phone from Purism tops $900,000 with 3 weeks to go SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., October 2, 2017 — With overwhelming support from the Free/Libre, Open Source and GNU/Linux communities in addition to recent partnerships with KDE and the GNOME Foundation, Purism, the manufacturer that builds high-quality, top […]

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]]> Guest Post: Why I Bought a Librem Laptop for my Daughter https://puri.sm/posts/guest-post-why-i-bought-a-librem-laptop-for-my-daughter/ Sun, 06 Aug 2017 21:12:38 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=20923 I bought a Librem 13 for my 12 year-old daughter and couldn’t be happier about it. She wanted a new computer; and I, like a lot of parents, wanted to get something that is the best for her, but also offers some safety features, security from all these hacking threats, and that would give me peace […]

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]]> Todd’s Purism Librem 13 experience with coreboot and a neutralized ME https://puri.sm/posts/todds-librem-13-with-coreboot-and-a-neutralized-me/ Mon, 13 Mar 2017 14:00:56 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=15072 A few days ago, I got to experience the efforts of a culmination of free software supporters; from Purism team members, ME hackers, coreboot developers, and a lot of other individuals. I am very pleased to run a Librem 13 with coreboot, running a neutralized Intel Management Engine, and no microcode update. I used that setup […]

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]]> Switching from proprietary to free software https://puri.sm/posts/switching-from-proprietary-to-free-software/ Sat, 20 Aug 2016 12:34:36 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=5398 Hi, This post is an introduction to a series of articles I wish to write in order to help creative people move to free technologies and get more freedom and control over their tools while still achieving top quality work. Before starting with technical stuff, I would like to write a few words about myself […]

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