As an ardent Linux user, you might have longed for a real Linux based operating system on your phone. Seems like your dream may come true.
Purism, a company known for making high-end Linux laptop with the focus on privacy and free software, successfully ran a crowdfunding campaign for a brand new smartphone called Librem 5.
The first Librem smartphone is expected to ship in January 2019 and Purism team is determined to keep this deadline. The development kit costing $399 will be shippingbefore that if you had ordered any.
So you have plenty of time to wait and watch.
With the demise of Ubuntu Phone, it’s difficult to imagine another Linux phone. If a big organization like Canonical couldn’t succeed with Ubuntu Phones, can Purism succeed with Librem? That’s the big question that can only be answered in future.
If I have to speculate, I think Canonical’s inexperience with hardware might be one of the reasons behind Ubuntu Phone’s failure. At the same time, Purism has a track record of producing top-notch hardware for Linux. Perhaps they will be able to do the same with mobile as well.
à ce prix pourquoi pas, j’ai vu d’autres linux phones mais c’était le prix d’un Apple ou Samsung dernière génération donc un produit de luxe, pour moi c’est pas ainsi que le grand public sera touché
