Thought this article would be of interest to some here:
https://www.minds.com/RAGEPRO/blog/librem-5-linux-776572573294010369
Apparently uses “Pure OS” a linux distro based off of debian.
EDIT: looking at the company website, it seems not much is happening (info being updated) - so I don’t know the status of this project.
They post updates on the blog Posts – Purism
The phone is a nice concept. I’ve also been considering buying one of their privacy laptops, but they’re really expensive. It makes sense because they’re a small company without the luxury of economies of scale that big manufacturers like Dell or Apple have. But at the end of the day, they’re pretty much in the same price range as an Apple MacBook Pro.
More updates - of course mockups are easy, delivery is the hard part