Endless Computers

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Endless Mobile, Inc.Type| Private

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Industry|

* Computer hardware
* Computer software
* Consumer electronics
* Digital distribution
* Fabless manufacturing

Founded| 2011; 15 years ago (2011), in San Francisco, California , California , U.S.
Headquarters|

San Francisco, California , California

U.S.

Area served

| Worldwide

Key people

• Matt Dalio (CEO)[1]

• Marcelo Sampaio (CGO)
• Richard Vignais (CDO)
• Jonathan Blandford (VP, Engineering)

Products|

• Endless OS[2]

• Endless Mini[3]
• Endless One[4]
• Endless Mission[4]

Website| endlessos.com

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]

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Product
* 2.1 Hardware
* 2.2 Software
* 3 Reception
* 4 Reviews
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## History

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

Endless computer

### Hardware

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-cu AMLogic S805 Cortex A5 ARM processor (Mission Mini and Endless Mini).

### Software

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 4.0.3, which was released on 4 February 2022.[20]

## Reception

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

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

1. ↑ "About Us | Endless Computers". https://endlessos.com/about-us/.
2. ↑ "Home | Endless Computers". https://endlessos.com/home/.
3. ↑ "Our Computers | Endless Computers". https://endlessos.com/our-computers/.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Our Computers | Endless Computers". endlessos.com. https://endlessos.com/our-computers/.
5. ↑ "About Us | Endless Computers". endlessos.com. https://endlessos.com/about-us/.
6. ↑ "Company Overview of Endless Mobile, Inc.". www.bloomberg.com. https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=241000702.
7. ↑ "Endless Computers by Endless Team". https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1381437927/endless-computers/description.
8. ↑ Ackerman, Dan. "Endless Mini review". CNET. https://www.cnet.com/products/endless-mini/review/.
9. ↑ McQueen, Robert. "Launching Endless OS Foundation". https://www.endlessos.org/post/launching-endless-os-foundation.
10. ↑ "Endless Store". https://store.endlessm.com/.
11. ↑ "Easy-to-use Linux Distro "Endless OS" Now Available For Free To Everyone". fossbytes.com. https://fossbytes.com/endless-os-linux-distro-free-download-pc/.
12. ↑ Wallen, Jack (28 April 2017). "Endless OS: A Unique Take on Linux That's Perfect for New Users". https://www.linux.com/learn/intro-to-linux/2017/4/endless-os-unique-take-linux-thats-perfect-new-users.
13. ↑ DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 688, 21 November 2016
14. ↑ Endless OS Helps Tear Down Linux Wall | Reviews | LinuxInsider
15. ↑ "Endless OS". 2016-11-03. https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=endlessos.
16. ↑ "Endless Repositories". https://github.com/endlessm.
17. ↑ "Endless OS". https://endlessos.com/for-developers/.
18. ↑ "Endless OS Release History". January 4, 2018. https://community.endlessos.com/t/what-about-a-release-history/5277/3.
19. ↑ "Endless OS 3.3.6 Release Announcement". January 3, 2018. https://community.endlessos.com/t/release-endless-os-version-3-3-6/5263.
20. ↑ "Endless OS 4.0.0 Release Notes". https://support.endlessos.org/en/endless-os/release-notes/4-0.
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". https://www.pcworld.com/article/3033823/hardware/review-the-79-endless-mini-pc-isnt-for-you-but-its-still-pretty-cool.html.

## External links

* PC World: "The Endless Mini $79 desktop PC stores as much of the Internet as it can". PCWorld. 2016-01-05. https://www.pcworld.com/article/3017993/linux/the-endless-mini-79-desktop-pc-stores-as-much-of-the-internet-as-it-can.html.
* PC World: "The Endless Mini $79 PC: A desktop for the masses". PCWorld. 2016-01-05. http://www.pcworld.com/video/60724/the-endless-mini-79-pc-a-desktop-for-the-masses.
* TechCrunch: "Endless Has Built A $79 PC For The Offline World". TechCrunch. 2016-01-09. https://techcrunch.com/2016/01/09/endless-launch/.
* The Washington Post: McFarland, Matt. "Meet the start-up that's betting on plain old PCs making a comeback". The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2016/01/07/meet-the-start-up-thats-betting-on-plain-old-pcs-making-a-comeback/.
* CBS: "Endless Unveils The Endless mini To Bring The Next Five Billion People Into The Information Age". CBS. http://www.cbs19.tv/story/30890573/endless-unveils-the-endless-mini-to-bring-the-next-five-billion-people-into-the-information-age.
* Wired: "Endless, il pc per chi non ha Internet - Wired". 2016-02-23. http://www.wired.it/gadget/computer/2016/02/23/endless-pc-senza-internet/.
* CNN: Shadbolt, Peter (2016-03-07). "How the desktop computer will rise again - CNN.com". https://edition.cnn.com/2015/05/04/tech/mci-endless-computer-desktop-pc-emerging-markets/.
* CNN International: "A desktop computer for the developing world - CNN Video". https://edition.cnn.com/videos/tv/2015/05/18/exp-ns-dalio-endless-computers.cnn.
* CNN Expansion: Chávez, Gabriela. "Endless quiere convertirse en la "Apple del pueblo"". https://cnnexpansion.com/tecnologia/2015/04/21/somos-apple-para-el-resto-del-mundo-endless.
* BBC: "Budget PC targets developing world with own OS". BBC News. 2015-04-16. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-32329525.
* HuffPost: "5 Times Technology Made The World A Better Place". 2015-06-05. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/technology-improved-world_n_7492742.
* OpenSourceFeed: "Endless OS 3.6 - Exploring the rock solid system". 2019-06-15. https://www.opensourcefeed.org/1-endless-os-3.6-screenshots/.

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