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I suppose this is a case of where filling in the text field when you pressed submit would have helped. What is a Purism and why should I care?

RIMR 2y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purism_(company) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purism_(company)
jacobgkau 2y ago
Purism is a company in California that sells Linux computers and other privacy-focused devices and services. Their Librem 5 phone is probably the most famous product they've had; it was originally crowdfunded and had a lot of delays with production and delivery, but on the other hand, it resulted in a lot of contributions to the GNOME project (specifically the current GTK and Adwaita combo, which has incorporated a lot from Purism's libhandy project).
- masspro 2y ago
  Purism also had/has this AweSIM cellular plan offering. Shortly after I signed up (a couple years ago), their backbone provider went bankrupt or dropped them or something; don’t remember. The outage lasted months, and during that whole time they kept charging the monthly fees! I sent a pointed message to support and they said “oh, well we promise we were always planning on refunding these charges later.” They offered to refund me individually because I’d called them out.
- nottorp 2y ago
  Thanks. I know about the Librem phone actually. Had no idea how the company making it is named though.
frankharv 2y ago
Well seeing how hackernews is a tech site we kinda expect you to know tech.
- bangaladore 2y ago
  Count me as another person who had (had) no idea what this company is. They have 32 employees and < 10M revenue.
  - jacobgkau 2y ago
    They kind of punch above their weight in terms of name recognition and development influence within the desktop Linux ecosystem. I currently work at System76, and we're kind of the same way; anyone following the /r/Linux subreddit or reading OMG! Ubuntu for more than a month probably knows of us, even though we're not actually that large. But if you don't use Linux or don't actively follow desktop Linux development, then it would be quite easy to have no clue.
    - bangaladore 2y ago
      > But if you don't use Linux or don't actively follow desktop Linux development, then it would be quite easy to have no clue. I don't, and that's probably why.
  - nottorp 2y ago
    It's not the size. They have (had?) one well known product but the fanbois expect everyone to know how the company is called, what US state it's registered in and the CEOs shoe size... > I currently work at System76, and we're kind of the same way; anyone following the /r/Linux subreddit or reading OMG! Ubuntu for more than a month probably knows of us Funny, in this case I know of your company name but have no idea if your products have names and what they are.
    - boopmaster 2y ago
      famous for linux desktops with wood-grain paneling, if memory serves! (and it maybe doesn't!)
      - 0xcde4c3db 2y ago
notatoad 2y ago
nobody's telling you to care. scrolling past a link is always an option

RIMR 2y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purism_(company) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purism_(company)

jacobgkau 2y ago

Purism is a company in California that sells Linux computers and other privacy-focused devices and services. Their Librem 5 phone is probably the most famous product they've had; it was originally crowdfunded and had a lot of delays with production and delivery, but on the other hand, it resulted in a lot of contributions to the GNOME project (specifically the current GTK and Adwaita combo, which has incorporated a lot from Purism's libhandy project).

masspro 2y ago
Purism also had/has this AweSIM cellular plan offering. Shortly after I signed up (a couple years ago), their backbone provider went bankrupt or dropped them or something; don’t remember. The outage lasted months, and during that whole time they kept charging the monthly fees! I sent a pointed message to support and they said “oh, well we promise we were always planning on refunding these charges later.” They offered to refund me individually because I’d called them out.
nottorp 2y ago
Thanks. I know about the Librem phone actually. Had no idea how the company making it is named though.

frankharv 2y ago

Well seeing how hackernews is a tech site we kinda expect you to know tech.

bangaladore 2y ago
Count me as another person who had (had) no idea what this company is. They have 32 employees and < 10M revenue.
- jacobgkau 2y ago
  They kind of punch above their weight in terms of name recognition and development influence within the desktop Linux ecosystem. I currently work at System76, and we're kind of the same way; anyone following the /r/Linux subreddit or reading OMG! Ubuntu for more than a month probably knows of us, even though we're not actually that large. But if you don't use Linux or don't actively follow desktop Linux development, then it would be quite easy to have no clue.
  - bangaladore 2y ago
    > But if you don't use Linux or don't actively follow desktop Linux development, then it would be quite easy to have no clue. I don't, and that's probably why.
- nottorp 2y ago
  It's not the size. They have (had?) one well known product but the fanbois expect everyone to know how the company is called, what US state it's registered in and the CEOs shoe size... > I currently work at System76, and we're kind of the same way; anyone following the /r/Linux subreddit or reading OMG! Ubuntu for more than a month probably knows of us Funny, in this case I know of your company name but have no idea if your products have names and what they are.
  - boopmaster 2y ago
    famous for linux desktops with wood-grain paneling, if memory serves! (and it maybe doesn't!)
    - 0xcde4c3db 2y ago

notatoad 2y ago

nobody's telling you to care. scrolling past a link is always an option