Most modern smartphones ship with Android or iOS operating systems. A few run something different. And fewer still give you the option of picking your operating system, or coding your own. The PinePhone from Pine64 is an inexpensive phone that falls into that latter category. Priced at $150 and up, it’s designed to run GNU/Linux […]
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PinePhone Manjaro Community Edition coming soon for $149 and up (Linux smartphone)
Most smartphones are designed to ship with a single operating system, usually Android or iOS. But the PinePhone is a smartphone designed to support a wide range of GNU/Linux distributions — so far there are 17 different operating systems listed on the PinePhone Software Releases wiki. But if you’d rather not have to load your […]
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Purism Librem 5 Linux smartphone user reviews starting to come in (it’s a mixed, if optimistic bag)
7 Comments on Purism Librem 5 Linux smartphone user reviews starting to come in (it’s a mixed, if optimistic bag)The Librem 5 is the first smartphone from Linux laptop maker Purism. First announced more than two years ago, the Librem 5 still isn’t quite ready for prime time. But folks willing to pay $699 for pre-production hardware have started to receive devices from the Librem 5 Birch batch that began shipping last week. That means […]
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Now you can buy a Linux smartphone for $150 (PinePhone BraveHeart developer/early adopter edition)
8 Comments on Now you can buy a Linux smartphone for $150 (PinePhone BraveHeart developer/early adopter edition)Several companies are planning to ship Linux smartphones in the coming months. The PinePhone is by far the cheapest — and it could be one of the first to ship… if you’re OK spending money on a developer/early adopter edition phone. The PinePhone “BraveHeart” Limited Edition smartphone is now available for purchase for $150. It’s […]
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First batch of Purism Librem 5 Linux smartphones ships in late September
The Purism Librem 5 is a smartphone designed to run free and open source, Linux-based software and offer privacy and security features including hardware kill switches for disabling the wireless components, camera, and microphone. It’s been under development for several years, and it’s finally set to begin shipping soon. Purism has been promising to deliver […]
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Purism finalizes specs for the Librem 5 Linux smartphone (shipping in Q3, 2019)
Linux laptop company Purism is getting ready to ship its first Linux smartphone. The Purism Librem 5 was first announced in mid-2017, raised over $1.5 million through a crowdfunding campaign a few months later, and has been under development ever since. But some details have been in flux. Now that Purism says the phone is […]
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The $149 PinePhone Linux smartphone will support modular add-ons
The upcoming PinePhone is expected to be an inexpensive, but versatile smartphone designed to run GNU/Linux operating systems. Yesterday we took a look at some of the operating systems that are already being ported to run on the PinePhone. But it looks like the software isn’t the only thing that’s actively under development. Pine64 has […]
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PinePhone $149 Linux smartphone could support Ubuntu, Sailfish, Maemo, LuneOS and more
10 Comments on PinePhone $149 Linux smartphone could support Ubuntu, Sailfish, Maemo, LuneOS and moreThe PinePhone is a cheap, Linux-ready smartphone that’s expected to ship in limited quantities later this year. It’s not exactly a high-power device by modern smartphone standards, but with an expected starting price of $149, it will be a lot more affordable than some of the other Linux phones on the horizon. It’s also starting […]
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Purism Librem 5 Linux phone release date pushed back to Q3, 2019
There are a couple of efforts underway to develop smartphones that run GNU/Linux software. But Purism’s Librem 5 might be the most ambitious. It’s been under development for a few years, the company raised more than $1.5 million for the project during a crowdfunding campaign in 2017, and Purism started sending out development kits a […]