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PureOS 10.3 GNOME

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About this target

Release: 10.3
Desktop: GNOME
Architecture: x86_64
Availability: Ready to launch

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About PureOS

PureOS is maintained by Purism, a company that builds privacy-focused laptops and phones, but the operating system stands on its own as a fully free distribution derived from Debian. It has earned endorsement from the Free Software Foundation, a status that requires excluding proprietary drivers, firmware, and applications entirely, so it runs best on hardware chosen with that constraint in mind. The default desktop is GNOME with privacy-respecting settings, and packages arrive as debs through APT from PureOS's own archive, which filters Debian for freedom. The same system spans form factors, since Purism has shipped PureOS on both its laptops and its Librem 5 phone with convergence as a design goal. It suits people whose first requirement is software freedom rather than maximum hardware compatibility. Because firmware limitations can make bare-metal installs fiddly, an OpenFactory browser VM is a friction-free way to look around PureOS.

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What happens when you press Try now

The button opens the OpenFactory console in a new tab and boots a fresh PureOS virtual machine from OpenFactory's verified source media. The session renders directly in the browser, so there is nothing to download and nothing to install on your computer.

Each visit gets its own machine with a fresh overlay over an immutable base image. Files, settings, and desktop changes behave normally inside the session and are discarded when it ends, so every visitor starts from the same clean PureOS 10.3 GNOME.

How GNOME behaves in a browser VM

GNOME organizes work around the Activities overview: one keyboard-friendly surface for launching apps, switching windows, and searching. Current releases ship a curated GTK application set and a Wayland session by default.

Questions about this target

Is this an official PureOS image?

Yes. Launches boot from OpenFactory's verified copy of official PureOS media with the GNOME desktop. The catalog records where each source came from and when it was verified, and visitor sessions never modify the stored image.

Do changes persist between sessions?

No. Every launch runs on a fresh overlay over an immutable base image, and the machine state is discarded when the session ends. No visitor sees another visitor's changes, and every session starts from the same clean PureOS 10.3 GNOME.

Can I get a customized PureOS instead of the stock demo?

Yes. The OpenFactory builder turns this release into your own image: pick packages, services, users, and hardening, then build it, test it in a browser VM, and download the result for real hardware.