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Librem is a line of computers manufactured by Purism, inc. featuring open-source hardware and software. The goal is to protect privacy and freedom by providing no closed-source software in the operating system or kernel.[1][2][3] The laptops feature hardware kill switches for the microphone, webcam, and Wi-Fi, and can be purchased air gapped.

Models manufactured

There are presently two laptop models in production, the Librem 13 and Librem 15. A convertible tablet model, the Librem 11, is available for preorder but does not have an exact availability date ("To be announced") as of September 2016.[4]

Operating System

Initially planning to be preload its Librem laptops with the Trisquel operating system,[5][6] Purism eventually moved off the Trisquel platform to rebase onto Debian for the 2.0 release of its PureOS GNU/Linux operating system.[7] As an alternative to PureOS, Librem laptops can also be purchased with Qubes preloaded.[8]

BIOS

In 2015, Purism began research to port the Librem 13 to coreboot[9][10][11] but the effort was stalled. By the end of the year, a coreboot developer completed an initial port of the Librem 13 and submitted it for review.[12] In December 2016, hardware enablement developer Youness Alaoui joined Purism and was tasked to complete the coreboot port for the original Librem 13 and prepare a port for the second revision of the device.[13] As of early 2017, the porting efforts are ongoing.[14]

References

  1. ^ Kyle Rankin. "Purism Librem 15 Review". Linux Journal. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  2. ^ IEEE Consumer Electronics, Vol 5, Number 1, 2016 January, "Veillance Integrity by Design A new mantra for CE devices and services", pp. 33-143, By Steve Mann
  3. ^ Purism Aims To Build A Philosophically Pure Laptop, TechCrunch, Jan 23, 2015 by John Biggs (@johnbiggs)
  4. ^ "Purism Librem models comparison page". Purism. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  5. ^ Linder, Brad (2014-11-19). "Purism hopes to crowdfund a high-end, open source laptop". Liliputing. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
  6. ^ Rahl, Jon (2015-05-17). "Production and Shipping Update". puri.sm. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
  7. ^ Weaver, Todd (2015-09-18). "Weekly Update on Librem Production 2015-09-18". puri.sm. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
  8. ^ Porup, J. M. (2015-12-14). "Qubes OS will ship pre-installed on Purism's security-focused Librem 13 laptop". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
  9. ^ Moberg, Larry (2015-07-20). "Freeing the BIOS: Memory Init". puri.sm. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
  10. ^ Moberg, Larry (2015-08-14). "2015-08-14: Librem 13: Weekly BIOS Progress Update". puri.sm. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
  11. ^ Moberg, Larry (2015-08-21). "2015-08-21 Librem 13: Weekly BIOS Progress Update". puri.sm. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
  12. ^ Laurie, Duncan (2015-12-22). "Gerrit Code Review". review.coreboot.org. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
  13. ^ Alaoui, Youness (2017-01-05). "Diving back into coreboot development". puri.sm. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
  14. ^ Alaoui, Youness (2017-01-12). "Librem 13 coreboot report – January 12, 2017". puri.sm. Retrieved 2017-01-12.


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