Purim’s Librem 5 Linux Phone Will Run Ubuntu Touch, Thanks to UBports

Lead by talented Linux developer Marius Gripsgard, the UBports Foundation keeps the Ubuntu Touch mobile OS developed by Canonical, the company behind the widely-used Ubuntu Linux operating system, alive for various popular smartphones, including Fairphone 2, Nexus 5, OnePlus One, as well as the BQ Aquaris M10 FHD tablet that was designed to run Ubuntu Touch in the first place. Now, Purism and UBports are partnering to offer the Ubuntu Touch mobile operating system on the upcoming Librem 5 Linux phone, which raised more than $2 million last fall???, promising to be the privacy and security-focused smartphone you’ve been expecting for a long time. While not the default OS, users will be able to easily run Ubuntu Touch on the Librem 5 phone.