The hardware features of the laptop are impressive

Jan 30, 2015 13:18 GMT  ·  By

Librem 15 is a new Linux-powered laptop that will ship with completely free applications, drivers, and kernel. The crowdfunding campaign for this laptop is almost over and it has been a resounding success.

It's not every day that we get to see so much support for a laptop that runs a Linux system, especially in the crowdfunding effort for a quality device that is actually quite expensive. The makers of this laptop wanted to provide users with the best experience possible and they didn't cut any corners when they built it. This means that users can expect to find top quality for a laptop that looks a lot like MacBook Pro.

Librem 15 is also sold as a laptop with Libre software. You might wonder what's more free than Linux, as strange as that sounds. As it turns out, some people, including the Free Software Foundation, thinks that the kernel, the drivers, and the apps need to be open source and free. For example, the official NVIDIA drivers do not fall into this category. The Nouveau drivers are the ones that respect the criteria for Libre.

Librem 15 is a success

Even if there are still two days left on the clock, we can safely say that Librem 15 is a success. The makers of the laptop have managed to gather almost 50% more funds than what they initially required. The funding is scheduled to end on January 15.

"First of all, we would like to thank each and every backer who has helped us exceed our goal, with days still remaining! This means the Librem 15 will be going to production, and you will receive your laptop as soon as we get the motherboard fabricated and the laptop assembled! Your comments, questions, support, criticisms, and advice have led us to create something that we all are very proud of," wrote the developers of Librem 15 from Purism.

For more hardware details about this desktop, you can check our initial report.

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