[PLUG] Librem One...

[Ben Koenig]

Librem is the product line, referring to the hardware. The Linux
Distro they use is PureOS
https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=pureos

Important distinction. The hardware is what makes these laptops stand
out, under the hood it's still a binary distribution of Debian which
leaves plenty of room for doubt.

They claim to have put a serious amount of effort into the hardware
configuration. Hardware-based kill switches and removing Intel ME. It
really doesn't matter how secure your OS is if the CPU/Mainboard have
built-in backdoors, so I'm curious to know if these hardware switches
really do the job.

Also, look at that Atheros WIFI chip! All it needs now is a Ryzen CPU
and I'll start throwing money at them.

On Sun, Jun 2, 2019 at 6:28 PM John Jason Jordan <johnxj at gmx.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 02 Jun 2019 19:35:36 -0500
> Michael Christopher Robinson <michael at robinson-west.com> dijo:
>
> >https://puri.sm/
> >
> >Linux Journal had an article on laptops running Librem One.  Any
> >thoughts?  I'm thinking laptops running Librem One may be better than
> >what you get if you go with System76 or you try to repurpose the
> >average Windows laptop.  Privacy is important for business, though
> >the target seems to be non business users.  Until today, I had never
> >heard of Librem One.
>
> I ran into them in connection with their smartphone efforts, still not
> available. Sadly they now have my e-mail address and send me regular
> advertising, which I haven't been able to opt out of.
>
> Being sort of in the market for a new laptop I was really interested in
> their offerings there. However, the biggest they offer is 15", so I had
> to cross them off my list.
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