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PureOS


Last Update: 2024-02-02 02:44 UTC


PureOS is a GNU/Linux distribution based on Debian. It is a desktop distribution that can be used as live media (CD or USB) or as full-featured operating systems installed on a hard disk. PureOS uses free and open source software exclusively and is endorsed by the Free Software Foundation. It ships with some privacy features enabled by default such as using DuckDuckGo as the search engine and the HTTPS Everywhere browser extension is enabled.

Popularity (hits per day): 12 months: 66 (154), 6 months: 70 (142), 3 months: 74 (136), 4 weeks: 79 (132), 1 week: 83 (121)

Average visitor rating: 6.63/10 from 8 review(s).


PureOS Summary
Distribution PureOS
Home Page https://pureos.net/
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Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2013-03-03: Distribution Release: PureOS 7.0
 • 2012-09-09: Distribution Release: PureOS 6.0
 • 2012-06-24: Distribution Release: PureOS 5.0
 • 2011-08-04: Distribution Release: PureOS 4.0
 • 2011-02-13: Distribution Release: PureOS 3.0
 • 2010-03-30: Distribution Release: PureOS 2.0
 • 2009-09-01: Development Release: PureOS 2.0 Beta 2
 • 2009-06-20: Development Release: PureOS 2.0 Beta 1
 • More PureOS releases...

  Headlines:
 • 2023-05-30 Purism unveils new line of servers
 • 2023-02-20 Purism unveils lapdock station for its Librem 5
 • 2021-05-25 PureOS provides convergence
 • 2021-03-24 Disk encryption coming to the Librem 5
 • 2021-02-24 PureOS provides new kernel improvements
 • 2020-11-19 Librem 5 mass production model now shipping
 • 2019-09-26 Librem 5 phones shipping
 • 2019-07-30 Librem 5 hardware finalized
 • 2018-12-18 Librem 5 dev kits shipping
 • 2018-03-13 Running Plasma Mobile on Librem 5
 • More PureOS headlines...

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Feature 10.3 9.0 8.0 7.0 6.0 5.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.1 Feature
Release Date 2023-06-14 2019-09-26 2019-08-30 2013-03-03 2012-09-09 2012-06-24 2011-08-04 2011-02-13 2010-03-29 2009-01-15 Release Date
End Of Life                     End Of Life
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Price (US$)
Image Size (MB) 1700-1800 1400-1500 1400-1500               Image Size (MB)
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO Free Download
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Installation
Default Desktop GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME KDE KDE Default Desktop
Package Management DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB Package Management
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Release Model
Office Suite LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice -- -- LibreOffice OO.o OO.o OO.o OO.o Office Suite
Processor Architecture x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 i386 i386 i386 i386 i386 i386 i386 Processor Architecture
Init Software systemd systemd systemd SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV Init Software
Journaled File Systems ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Journaled File Systems
Multilingual Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes en, fr en, fr en, fr Multilingual
Asian Language Support -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Asian Language Support
Full Package List 10.3 9.0 8.0 7.0 6.0 5.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.1 Full Package List
Package 10.3 9.0 8.0 7.0 6.0 5.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.1 Package
abiword (3.0.5) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- abiword (3.0.5)
alsa-lib (1.2.12) 1.2.4 1.1.8 1.1.8 1.0.25 1.0.25 1.0.25 1.0.24.1 1.0.23 1.0.22 1.0.16 alsa-lib (1.2.12)
amdgpu (23.0.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- amdgpu (23.0.0)
bash (5.2.32) 5.1 5.0 5.0 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.1 3.2 bash (5.2.32)
bind (9.20.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- bind (9.20.1)
chromium (128.0.6613.137) -- -- -- 24.0.1312.68 -- -- -- -- -- -- chromium (128.0.6613.137)
cups (2.4.10) 2.3.3 2.2.10 2.2.10 1.5.3 1.5.3 1.5.3 1.4.7 1.4.4 1.4.2 1.3.8 cups (2.4.10)
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) 4.4.1 4.4.1 4.4.1 4.2.2 4.2.2 4.2.2 4.1.1-P1 4.1.1-P1 3.1.3 3.1.1 dhcp (4.4.3-P1)
e2fsprogs (1.47.1) 1.46.2 1.44.5 1.44.5 1.42.5 1.42.5 1.42.4 1.42WIP 1.41.12 1.41.11 1.41.3 e2fsprogs (1.47.1)
firefox (130.0) -- 68.1.0 68.0.2 -- -- 13.0 5.0 3.6.13 3.5.8 3.0.5 firefox (130.0)
freetype (2.13.3) 2.10.4 2.9.1 2.9.1 2.4.9 2.4.9 2.4.9 2.4.4 2.4.2 2.3.11 2.3.7 freetype (2.13.3)
gcc (14.2.0) 10.2.1 8.3.0 8.3.0 4.7.2 4.7.1 -- -- -- -- -- gcc (14.2.0)
gimp (2.10.38) -- -- -- -- -- 2.8.0 2.6.11 2.6.10 2.6.8 2.4.7 gimp (2.10.38)
glibc (2.40) 2.31 2.28 2.28 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.11.2 2.10.2 2.7 glibc (2.40)
gnome-shell (47.0) 3.38.6 3.30.2 3.30.2 3.4.2 3.4.2 3.4.1 -- -- -- -- gnome-shell (47.0)
gnucash (5.8) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnucash (5.8)
gnumeric (1.12.57) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnumeric (1.12.57)
grub (2.12) 2.06 2.02 2.02 1.99 1.99 1.99 1.99 1.98 1.98 0.97 grub (2.12)
gtk (4.16.1) 4.6.5 3.24.5 3.22.18 3.4.2 3.4.2 3.4.2 2.24.4 2.20.1 2.18.9 2.12.11 gtk (4.16.1)
httpd (2.4.62) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- httpd (2.4.62)
inkscape (1.3.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.46 inkscape (1.3.2)
k3b (24.08.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.90.0rc1 1.0.5 k3b (24.08.1)
kmod (33) 28 26 26 9 9 8 -- -- -- -- kmod (33)
krita (5.2.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- krita (5.2.3)
LibreOffice (24.8.1) 7.0.4 6.1.5 6.1.5 -- -- 3.5.4 3.3.3 3.3.0 3.2.0 2.4.1 LibreOffice (24.8.1)
linux (6.10.10) 5.10.179 4.19.37 4.19.37 3.6.11 3.5.3 3.3.6 2.6.39.3 2.6.37 2.6.33 2.6.27 linux (6.10.10)
Package 10.3 9.0 8.0 7.0 6.0 5.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.1 Package
lxpanel (0.10.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- lxpanel (0.10.1)
mariadb (11.4.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mariadb (11.4.3)
mate-desktop (1.28.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.28.2)
mesa (24.2.2) 21.2.6 18.3.6 18.3.6 8.0.5 8.0.4 8.0.2 7.10.3 7.7.1 7.7 7.0.3 mesa (24.2.2)
mysql (9.0.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mysql (9.0.1)
nautilus (46.2) 3.38.2 3.30.5 3.30.5 3.4.2 3.4.2 3.4.2 2.30.1 2.30.1 -- -- nautilus (46.2)
NVIDIA (560.35.03) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NVIDIA (560.35.03)
openbox (3.6.1) -- -- -- 3.5.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- openbox (3.6.1)
openjdk (22.0.2) -- -- -- 7u3 7u3 6b24 -- 6b18 -- -- openjdk (22.0.2)
openssh (9.8p1) 8.4p1 7.9p1 7.9p1 -- -- 6.0p1 5.5p1 5.5p1 5.3p1 5.1p1 openssh (9.8p1)
openssl (3.3.2) 1.1.1n 1.1.1c 1.1.1c 1.0.1c 1.0.1c 1.0.1c 1.0.0d 0.9.8o 0.9.8m 0.9.8g openssl (3.3.2)
perl (5.40.0) 5.32.1 5.28.1 5.28.1 5.14.2 5.14.2 5.14.2 5.12.4 5.10.1 5.10.1 5.10.0 perl (5.40.0)
php (8.3.11) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- php (8.3.11)
plasma-desktop (6.1.5) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- plasma-desktop (6.1.5)
postfix (3.9.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postfix (3.9.0)
postgresql (16.4) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postgresql (16.4)
Python (3.12.6) 3.9.2 3.7.3 3.7.3 2.7.3 2.7.3rc2 2.7.3rc2 2.6.7 2.6.6 2.5.4 2.5.2 Python (3.12.6)
qt (6.7.2) 5.15.2 5.11.3 5.11.3 -- -- 4.8.2 4.7.3 4.6.3 4.5.3 3.3.8b qt (6.7.2)
samba (4.21.0) 4.13.13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- samba (4.21.0)
systemd (256.6) 247.3 240 240 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- systemd (256.6)
thunderbird (130.0) 78.14.0 60.8.0 60.8.0 -- -- 10.0.4 3.1.11 3.0.11 2.0.0.22 2.0.0.19 thunderbird (130.0)
vim (9.1) 8.2 8.1 8.1 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.2 7.2 -- vim (9.1)
vlc (3.0.21) -- -- -- -- 2.0.1 2.0.1 1.1.10 1.1.3 1.0.5 0.9.4 vlc (3.0.21)
wayland (1.23.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- wayland (1.23.1)
xfdesktop (4.18.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- xfdesktop (4.18.1)
xorg-server (21.1.13) 1.20.11 1.20.4 1.20.4 1.12.4 1.12.3 1.12.1.902 1.10.2.909 1.7.7 1.7.5 1.4.2 xorg-server (21.1.13)

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Version: 10.0
Rating: 4
Date: 2022-04-29
Votes: 8


I tried this one before, I had some problems and gave up.
It is "Debian based" and intended to run Live. Uses the Calamares Installer so it should be easy install for a Beginner.
===
Install completed, apparently without error.
This implementation of the Calamares Installer permitted me to NOT install a boot loader, so it rebooted to my default OS, Debian.
Update GRUB and it appears as expected.
=== reboot ===
Now it is looking for the boot partition and it fails and goes to BusyBox.

===
Twice more, no joy.
Perhaps I Must use It's own bootloader in order to "properly" complete the install. OK, I will Reinstall.
===
OK, I'm in.
It's really spartan and uses some odd desktop that's hard to figure out (for me).
In-order to Update the packages it wants it requires a Reboot. WTF?
===
OK, lengthy but now it has populated the apps, and I figured out how to get a terminal installed.
Can't find a web browser, I guess that's optional
sudo apt install mate worked, now to see if I can log out and then login with mate desktop.
===
"PureOS mostly ships with software from the Debian software repository but has all software removed that violates Purism's guidelines and the GNU Free System Distribution Guidelines"
Makes me wonder what the heck is the problem with Firefox.
===
Synaptic to the rescue.
gnome "Discover" does list synaptic, after that everyting I am looking for is here... Thunderbird, Mate Extras, Conky, etc.
The problem was not the PureOS repos not having it... gnome failed to list it.
===
This experiment has been fun, but now I ask myself Why?
I still have not discovered much about how it has been built (stable/testing/sid) other than it is another home brew by a company that markets hardware (really expensive hardware).
They have nearly 30 people on staff, but how many are actually going to maintain their PureOS distro?
I will keep it on my system and revisit again... but I don't consider it a Keeper nor do I recommend it for most people.


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Version: 10.0
Rating: 5
Date: 2022-03-23
Votes: 3


Finally got to run Pure OS on my Toshiba laptop.
Unfortunately it doesn't seem to work with Ventoy USB installer, which allows one to live boot a number distros. I had to use Etcher.
Unfortunately, I am disappointed that the so called convergence with the phone didn't. After labouring to install GSConnect, I could not connect my phone to the computer. Such a let down for a GNU/Linux libre distro.

This was such a disappointing turn of events for a distro that has one of the best website.

Consequently my distro hopping continues.


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Version: 10.0
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-03-17
Votes: 2


The Purism team certainly does a marvelous job on optimizing the OS. My experience with it was smooth as butter compared to other distros. I tested pureOS on vm using only 2 cores and 2gb of ram and the result was more than I was expected. Arch-based distro (Manjaro, Endevors, Void etc) and some other debian-based distros freeze when I opened too many firefox tab. However, pureOS didnt.

Even though there are some certain areas that needs to be improved, the overall impression is near perfection. The team does know what they are doing with their tight budget. Recommend this to Keep it up!


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