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441 points ploggingdev | 2 comments | 19 Nov 17 16:06 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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spiraldancing ◴[19 Nov 17 21:00 UTC] No.15735911[source]▶
Whatever happened to the Qubes-Purism marriage? They were on track to start Qubes-certifying Librems, and selling Librems with Qubes pre-installed ... then they cancelled the plans, and I never heard why?
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1. xkarga00 ◴[20 Nov 17 00:45 UTC] No.15736931[source]▶
FWIW, it seems that when you buy a Purism laptop there is an option to include a Qubes live usb in the deal. I just came across it while skimming through their website[1], not sure about anything else.

[1] https://puri.sm/shop/librem-13/ - see the Operating System choice

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2. spiraldancing ◴[21 Nov 17 19:18 UTC] No.15750686[source]▶
Thanks. I know about that. They used to sell Librems that had Qubes pre-installed, and they were on-track to get Librems to be the first officially certified hardware for Qubes. Then they canceled the whole thing, and now, as some kind of consolation/compromise, they offer Qubes-on-a-stick purchase option.