PureOS

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PureOS
Pureos-desktop-byzantium.jpg
PureOS 10.0 with GNOME
Developer Purism and community contributors
OS family Linux (Unix-like)
Working stateCurrent
Source model Open source
Latest release 10.3 [1] / 14 June 2023;2 years ago (14 June 2023)
Repository
Kernel type Linux kernel
Default
user interface
GNOME, KDE
License Free software licenses
(mainly GPL)
Official website pureos.net OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

PureOS is a Linux distribution focusing on privacy and security, using the GNOME or KDE Plasma desktop environment. [2] [3] [4] It is maintained by Purism for use in the company's Librem laptop computers as well as the Librem 5 and Liberty Phone smartphones. [5] [6] [7]

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PureOS is designed to include only free software, and is included in the list of Free Linux distributions published by the Free Software Foundation. [8] [9]

PureOS is a Debian-based Linux distribution, merging open-source software packages from the Debian “testing” main archive using a hybrid point release and rolling release model. [10] The default web browser in PureOS is GNOME Web. [11] The default search engine is DuckDuckGo.

The mobile interface of PureOS, Phosh, the GNOME mobile shell, developed by Purism and GNOME (2018-05) Phosh, the GNOME mobile shell, developed by Purism and GNOME (2018-05).jpg
The mobile interface of PureOS, Phosh, the GNOME mobile shell, developed by Purism and GNOME (2018-05)

See also

References

  1. "Download Byzantium Version: PureOS 10.3 Media Size: 2 GB". 14 June 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  2. Vaughan-Nichols, Steven (2019-03-07). "PureOS: One Linux for both PCs and smartphones". ZDNet . Archived from the original on 2019-03-25. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
  3. Evangelho, Jason (2019-03-25). "My First 24 Hours With Purism's Librem 15 v4 Laptop And PureOS". Forbes . Archived from the original on 2019-07-23. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
  4. Roston, Brittany (2015-06-22). "Librem 13 laptop focuses on privacy with PureOS". SlashGear.com. Archived from the original on 2019-07-23. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
  5. "PureOS – a pure Linux phone experience". Purism. Archived from the original on 13 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  6. "Exploring the Librem 5 Free Phone". Linux Magazine. Archived from the original on 4 October 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  7. Purism, SPC. "Hardware Specifications: Liberty Phone".
  8. Robertson, Donald (2017-12-21). "FSF adds PureOS to list of endorsed GNU/Linux distributions". Free Software Foundation . Archived from the original on 2019-06-22. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
  9. "Free GNU/Linux distributions". www.gnu.org. Archived from the original on 2014-12-16. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
  10. "PureOS Rolls On as Stable". puri.sm. 6 September 2019. Archived from the original on 2021-10-10. Retrieved 2021-10-10.
  11. "An Epiphany regarding Purebrowser". Purism. 13 December 2019. Archived from the original on 13 June 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  12. "Librem 5 design report #5". Purism (company). 10 May 2018. Archived from the original on 13 June 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.