Would it possible (and an equivalent experience) to order a Librem 13 without any hard drives and install PureOS from a hard drive purchased elsewhere? I’m thinking of doing this to save money but I wouldn’t want to miss out on any of the security features Purism might include out of box.

In principle you could, but Purism doesn’t offer an option for purchasing without storage. [image] How to order a Librem with no drives? Feedback Hi, I am keen to order a Librem 13, but intend to mount my own existing drives. This post states that it is possi…

[image] mrbean: I’m thinking of doing this to save money but I wouldn’t want to miss out on any of the security features Purism might include out of box. it’s probably a matter of how tech savy and how fast and efficiently you can perform all the neccessary operation required to get all that …

Is this being considered? i find it sad to buy something i will just throw in the garbage :frowning: …i mean I will keep it with the pile of <500gb SSD/HDDs that i tell myself i can still use for something and never do. …think of the earth I have a 2TB ssd from the laptop the 13 will be replacing,…

[image] gcb: not even boot it on pureOS as I will install arch or something else on it (can’t stand ubuntu or gnome) How about booting it up and apt install kde-plasma-desktop or whatever else desktop you like? It’s not Ubuntu and it doesn’t have to be Gnome :wink: ⚡ Install KDE …

[image] gcb: I have a 2TB ssd from the laptop the 13 will be replacing a 2 TB ssd is something of a rare sight in laptops and it’s certainly way more expensive than your average storage device. you might want to lead with that next time :wink:

Fair enough, but with half a dozen or so device, reducing the number of distros you have to care about is important. As in, it is at least one less security email list i would need to subscribe to

It was still cheaper then the Pro storage options on the libre store :frowning:

Ordering a Librem 13 without storage?

Hardware

wctaylor February 10, 2019, 9:00pm 2

In principle you could, but Purism doesn’t offer an option for purchasing without storage.