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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]

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 ]

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] In May 2024 version 6.0 was released, including Linux kernel 6.5, the GNOME 43.9 desktop environment, and support for dark mode. ^[21]

Reception [ edit ]

Endless Mini was awarded CES Editors' Choice at CES 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada, according to Reviewed.com . ^[22]

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. ^[23]

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

• PC World: "The Endless Mini $79 desktop PC stores as much of the Internet as it can" . PCWorld. January 5, 2016 . Retrieved May 19, 2016 .
• PC World: "The Endless Mini $79 PC: A desktop for the masses" . PCWorld. January 5, 2016. Archived from the original on May 21, 2016 . Retrieved May 19, 2016 .
• TechCrunch: "Endless Has Built A $79 PC For The Offline World" . TechCrunch. January 9, 2016 . Retrieved May 19, 2016 .
• The Washington Post: McFarland, Matt. "Meet the start-up that's betting on plain old PCs making a comeback" . The Washington Post . Retrieved May 19, 2016 .
• CBS: "Endless Unveils The Endless mini To Bring The Next Five Billion People Into The Information Age" . CBS. Archived from the original on February 25, 2016 . Retrieved October 12, 2017 .
• Wired: "Endless, il pc per chi non ha Internet - Wired" . wired.it . February 23, 2016. Archived from the original on June 2, 2016 . Retrieved May 19, 2016 .
• CNN: Shadbolt, Peter (March 7, 2016). "How the desktop computer will rise again - CNN.com" . edition.cnn.com . Retrieved May 19, 2016 .
• CNN International: "A desktop computer for the developing world - CNN Video" . edition.cnn.com . May 18, 2015 . Retrieved May 19, 2016 .
• CNN Expansion: Chavez, Gabriela. "Endless quiere convertirse en la "Apple del pueblo" " . cnnexpansion.com . Archived from the original on December 14, 2015 . Retrieved May 19, 2016 .
• BBC: "Budget PC targets developing world with own OS" . BBC News . April 16, 2015 . Retrieved May 19, 2016 .
• HuffPost: "5 Times Technology Made The World A Better Place" . HuffPost . June 5, 2015 . Retrieved January 12, 2020 .