Tips and tricks – 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 Tips and tricks – Purism https://puri.sm/ 32 32 PureOS 10.3 Power Optimization https://puri.sm/posts/pureos-10-3-power-optimization/ Mon, 12 Jun 2023 16:51:02 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=79637 With PureOS 10.3, power saving and new goodies is the name of the game. Most companies abandon hardware soon after launch, but we have a different approach with the Librem 5.  With every upgrade to PureOS we push on the Librem 5, the more the device can do and the more efficient it gets. One […]

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]]> PureBoot’s Powerful Recovery Console https://puri.sm/posts/pureboots-powerful-recovery-console/ Thu, 09 Jun 2022 18:39:05 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=75219 Normally when we talk about our high-security boot firmware PureBoot, it’s in the context of the advanced tamper detection it adds to a system. For instance, recently we added the ability to detect tampering even in the root file system. While that’s a critical benefit PureBoot provides over our default coreboot firmware, it also provides […]

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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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]]> 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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]]> Video Editing on Linux Featuring Librem 14 https://puri.sm/posts/video-editing-on-linux-featuring-librem-14/ Thu, 27 Jan 2022 01:02:46 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=73887 Video editing is a complex topic with a wide-range of software to choose from. In this series, produced with Gardiner Bryant, we will cover some of the common video editing suites available for Linux. We will then jump into some of the other software that you can choose when producing multimedia content on Linux. Instead of just […]

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]]> My Recommendations for the Most Secure Librem 14 Configuration https://puri.sm/posts/my-recommendations-for-the-most-secure-librem-14-configuration/ Thu, 09 Dec 2021 20:39:50 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=73364 The Librem 14 is our most secure laptop to date. We aim to make the Librem 14 as secure as possible out of the box for the widest range of customers while also taking ease-of-use and overall convenience into account. We also avoid security measures that take control away from you and give it to […]

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]]> Announcing a New Video Series: Video Editing with Linux https://puri.sm/posts/announcing-a-new-video-series-video-editing-with-linux/ Tue, 21 Sep 2021 17:12:52 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=72859 When we were designing the Librem 14, we wanted it to be our dream laptop in all possible respects. This meant squeezing the most resources we could fit in there that could run coreboot and PureBoot. We settled on a tenth generation Intel i7 10710U CPU with 6 cores and 12 threads and combined with […]

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]]> Guest Post: Librem 14, Librem Keys, and Qubes OS https://puri.sm/posts/guest-post-librem-14-librem-keys-and-qubes-os/ Thu, 27 May 2021 16:19:28 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=71972 Editor’s Note: This is a guest blog post by Anthony J. Martinez republished with his permission. You can view the original blog post here. With the arrival of my second Librem Key, I thought now would be a good time to go over how I use Qubes OS features along with some more products from […]

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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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]]> Video Editing with KDenLive and the Librem Mini part 3: Transitions https://puri.sm/posts/video-editing-with-kdenlive-and-the-librem-mini-part-3-transitions/ Fri, 02 Oct 2020 19:39:52 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=69501 This is part of a series by our guest blogger Tre Scranton covering video creation on the Librem Mini. To read part 2, covering keyframe animations – click here] In the third and final video of our video series on how to create professional movies with the Librem Mini and KDenLive video editing app, we’re […]

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]]> Video Editing with KDenLive and the Librem Mini part 2: Keyframe Animations https://puri.sm/posts/video-editing-with-kdenlive-and-the-librem-mini-part-2-keyframe-animations/ Tue, 29 Sep 2020 20:19:10 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=69462 [This is part of a series by our guest blogger Tre Scranton covering video creation on the Librem Mini. To read part 1, covering transposing content over your media and using chroma key – click here] Last week we introduced you to a premier workflow for film editors and videographers using free software and freedom-respecting […]

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]]> Video Editing with KDenLive and the Librem Mini https://puri.sm/posts/video-editing-with-kdenlive-and-the-librem-mini/ Wed, 23 Sep 2020 23:05:45 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=69379 [This is part of a series by our guest blogger Tre Scranton covering video creation on the Librem Mini.] Video content is one of the most popular forms of media for communication on and off the internet. Many creatives spend hundreds, if not thousands – to obtain licensed use to hardware and software as a […]

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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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]]> PureOS for Creatives Part 3: Studio and System Set Up with JACK https://puri.sm/posts/pureos-for-creatives-part-3-studio-and-system-set-up-with-jack/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 18:10:50 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=69175 [This is part three of a three part series by our guest blogger Tre Scranton: PureOS for Creatives – covering music creation.  If you hadn’t read part one covering music production with LMMS but would like to, click here. For part two covering audio engineering with Ardour and Mixbus, click here.] In the PureOS for […]

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]]> PureOS for Creatives Part 2: Audio Engineering with the Librem 15 https://puri.sm/posts/pureos-for-creatives-part-2-audio-engineering-with-the-librem-15/ Thu, 27 Aug 2020 18:22:44 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=69154 [This is part two of a three part series by our guest blogger Tre Scranton: PureOS for Creatives – covering Music Creation.  If you hadn’t read part one covering music production with LMMS but would like to, click here.] PureOS, the operating system that powers Librem’s range of Purism products – is built upon a […]

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]]> PureOS for Creatives Part 1: Music Production with the Librem 15 https://puri.sm/posts/pureos-for-creatives-part-1-music-production-with-the-librem-15/ Fri, 21 Aug 2020 23:34:08 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=69073 [This is the first in a three-part series on PureOS for Creatives by our guest blogger, Tre Scranton] The possibilities and plethora of options using free software today are endless. In 2020, there is a free software equivalent for every mainstream commercial program on the market today. For photographers who use Photoshop, there is GIMP; […]

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]]> Automated testing with GNOME Web and Selenium on PureOS https://puri.sm/posts/automated-testing-with-gnome-web-and-selenium-on-pureos/ Mon, 27 Apr 2020 13:37:28 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=68209 Early this year Carlos Campos from Igalia implemented an automation mode in GNOME Web (sometimes known as Epiphany). This is especially useful for automated web testing, a subset of GUI testing. I decided it was time to take it for a spin. Carlos has covered the details in his post, here I will focus on […]

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]]> A Mini Media Center https://puri.sm/posts/a-mini-media-center/ Fri, 03 Apr 2020 23:42:05 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=67935 With so much time at home, a good media center is important. The Librem Mini is our most powerful hardware yet. With PureOS at its core, it’s able to run many free software media centers. It can also emulate many game platforms. Local Options: If you’re looking for something simple to plug into your TV, […]

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]]> Our tips for remote working https://puri.sm/posts/our-tips-for-remote-working/ Thu, 02 Apr 2020 16:11:36 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=67951 Office-based teams are sprinting to remote work to reduce the spread of the pandemic but the abrupt change has left many with little time to prepare. In this post I’ll share strategies we use at Purism, a proudly remote company since 2014 with a team spread across the globe. Summary Get free remote working software […]

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]]> A Mini Desktop Replacement https://puri.sm/posts/a-mini-desktop-replacement/ Sat, 28 Mar 2020 18:40:12 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=67885 Hardware is important when selecting a new desktop computer, but so is the software that drives the experience. You need to know there are applications you can rely on for your workflow. What can you use to browse the web, edit a spreadsheet, watch a movie, or play a game? PureOS, which empowers all our […]

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]]> Free software for remote working https://puri.sm/posts/our-essential-list-of-free-software-for-remote-work/ Wed, 25 Mar 2020 16:19:42 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=67849 Purism has been working remote since we started in 2014. Here’s our list of essential free software for remote work, all can be self hosted or used via various hosted options. Chat, Calls and Video Conferencing Team chat has already become an essential tool for teams looking to be more collaborative and less reliant on […]

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]]> Designing an Icon for Your App https://puri.sm/posts/designing-an-icon-for-your-app/ Wed, 19 Feb 2020 16:08:05 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=67366 Originally published on 30 December 2019 on Tobias Bernard’s GNOME Blog. You’ve designed your app’s interface, and found the perfect name for it. But of course a great app also needs a great icon before you can release it to the world. After the name, the app icon is the most important part of an […]

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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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]]> Easy Librem 5 App Development: Flashlight https://puri.sm/posts/easy-librem-5-app-development-flashlight/ Fri, 24 Jan 2020 19:53:26 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=67048 In my first post on easy application development on the Librem 5 I discussed how to turn a simple shell script that takes a screenshot into a full graphical app with only a few extra lines of code. In this post I will follow up with an even simpler application that took about twenty minutes […]

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]]> Easy Librem 5 App Development: Take a Screenshot https://puri.sm/posts/easy-librem-5-app-development-take-a-screenshot/ Wed, 22 Jan 2020 17:35:04 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=67005 I’m not a professional application developer but I know a few programming languages and have contributed to FOSS projects over the years. I like to write my personal programs as simple shell script that tend to run on my Linux laptop or server but never on my old Android phone. This is the first time […]

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]]> PureBoot Best Practices https://puri.sm/posts/pureboot-best-practices/ Tue, 22 Oct 2019 01:57:42 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=66007 PureBoot is our cutting-edge secured boot process that combines a number of technologies including: Neutralized and Disabled Intel Management Engine where only the code absolutely essential for the system to boot is left in the ME. Coreboot the free software BIOS replacement. A Trusted Platform Module (TPM) chip. Heads, our tamper-evident boot software that loads […]

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]]> Librem 5 App Design Tutorial — Part III https://puri.sm/posts/librem-5-app-design-tutorial-naming-your-app/ Tue, 02 Jul 2019 15:44:45 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=64130 Naming your app So you finally started working on the awesome idea you had for a GNOME app, designed a great interface for it and want to start building it. You open Gitlab in order to create a new repository… and oh no!, it wants a name. Existential dread sets in. Naming things is hard, […]

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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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]]> YouTube streaming with less interruptions and more privacy https://puri.sm/posts/youtube-streaming-with-less-interruptions-and-more-privacy/ Mon, 19 Jun 2017 17:07:29 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=19622 In this short tutorial, I will show you how to watch your favorite YouTube videos without being annoyed by the ads or those random visuals popping around (like “annotations”). It will also improve your privacy by avoiding storing some history and cookies from watching those videos within your browser. As a film maker, I think […]

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]]> Your own music studio with JACK, Ardour and Yoshimi https://puri.sm/posts/your-own-music-studio-with-jack-ardour-and-yoshimi/ Thu, 20 Apr 2017 15:24:27 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=18278 Last week, after flashing coreboot on my Librem 13 (as a beta tester of the new coreboot install script), I came across a few problems with my heavily tweaked PureOS install, so I decided I would do a full, fresh install of PureOS 3.0 beta so my environment would be much closer to what a […]

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