Endless OS Foundation

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Endless Mobile, Inc. is an American information technology company that develops the Linux-based operating system Endless OS and reference platform hardware for it.[5] The company was founded in 2011 and is based in San Francisco, California, U.S. with an additional office in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[6]

Endless Mobile, Inc.
Company typePrivate
Industry
Founded2011; 13 years ago (2011), in San Francisco, California, U.S.
Headquarters,
U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Products
  • Endless OS[2]
  • Endless Mini[3]
  • Endless One[4]
  • Endless Mission[4]
Websiteendlessos.com

History edit

Endless was founded in May 2012 in San Francisco, California by Matthew Dalio and Marcelo Sampaio. In the first three years, the company focused on designing through field research in Rocinha, the largest favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and also in Guatemala.

In April 2015, the company was launched for the general public through a campaign on the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter. It raised $176,538 with 1,041 backers in less than 30 days.[7]

In November 2015, Endless started to sell computers at Claro stores in Guatemala. Before that, the product was being sold in own kiosks. January 2016 marked the launch of Endless Mini, a white spherical PC the size of a grapefruit, costing $79 and $99.[8]

On April 1, 2020, Endless became a nonprofit organization, Endless OS Foundation.[9]

Product edit

 
Endless computer

Hardware edit

According to the specifications found in their store[10] there will be several models based either on an Intel Celeron N2807 processors (Mission and Endless) or on a quad-CPU AMLogic S805 Cortex A5 ARM processor (Mission Mini and Endless Mini).

Software edit

Endless OS is a Debian derivative distribution.[11][12][13][14] It is built on top of the Linux kernel and other open source technologies (Chromium, GNOME, GRUB, GTK+, PulseAudio, systemd, X.Org, and many more). Unlike most Linux distributions, it uses a read-only root filesystem managed by OSTree and Flatpak for application delivery and update.[15] The user interface is based on a highly modified GNOME desktop environment. Endless Computers publish their FOSS components and forks on GitHub.[16] They submit many of their patches upstream.[17]

The first public release was Endless OS 2.1.0 in July 2014.[18] Endless OS 3.3.6 was released in mid-December 2017.[19] The latest version of Endless OS is 5.0.4 Basic, which was released on January 27, 2023.[20]

Reception edit

Endless Mini was awarded CES Editors' Choice at CES 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada, according to Reviewed.com.[21]

Endless Mini was selected by TechSpot as one of the best devices showcased at the 2016 Mobile World Congress.

Reviews edit

PC World said that the Endless computer can be useful for areas with limited Internet access since it comes preinstalled with a lot of useful software and content, but for users who have easy access to the Internet, there are alternatives that are significantly more powerful or significantly cheaper.[22]

References edit

  1. ^ "About Us | Endless Computers". endlessos.com. Archived from the original on May 16, 2017. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
  2. ^ "Home | Endless Computers". endlessos.com. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
  3. ^ "Our Computers | Endless Computers". endlessos.com. Archived from the original on July 10, 2017. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Our Computers | Endless Computers". endlessos.com. Archived from the original on July 10, 2017. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
  5. ^ "About Us | Endless Computers". endlessos.com. Archived from the original on May 16, 2017. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
  6. ^ "Company Overview of Endless Mobile, Inc". www.bloomberg.com. www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
  7. ^ "Endless Computers by Endless Team". Kickstarter. Retrieved September 14, 2016.
  8. ^ Ackerman, Dan. "Endless Mini review". CNET. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
  9. ^ McQueen, Robert (January 5, 2021). "Launching Endless OS Foundation". Endless Blog. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  10. ^ "Endless Store". Archived from the original on January 11, 2019. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
  11. ^ "Easy-to-use Linux Distro "Endless OS" Now Available For Free To Everyone". fossbytes.com. fossbytes.com. June 5, 2016. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
  12. ^ Wallen, Jack (April 28, 2017). "Endless OS: A Unique Take on Linux That's Perfect for New Users". Linux Foundation. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
  13. ^ DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 688, 21 November 2016
  14. ^ Endless OS Helps Tear Down Linux Wall | Reviews | LinuxInsider
  15. ^ "Endless OS". DistroWatch.com. November 3, 2016. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
  16. ^ "Endless Repositories". GitHub. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
  17. ^ "Endless OS".
  18. ^ "Endless OS Release History". January 4, 2018. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
  19. ^ "Endless OS 3.3.6 Release Announcement". January 3, 2018. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
  20. ^ "Endless OS 5.0.0 Release Notes".
  21. ^ 2016 CES Editors' Choice Awards - Reviewed
  22. ^ Mah Ung, Gordon (February 19, 2016). "Review: The $79 Endless Mini PC isn't for you, but it's still pretty cool".

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