Endless Turns Nine: 9 Fun Facts About Endless!
Last week marked 9 years since the start of Endless: developing our vision, Endless Operating System, various hardware solutions, and partnerships for those in-need around the world. Now as the nonprofit Endless OS Foundation, we're set for even stronger social impact – and higher leaps!
To celebrate, here are nine fun facts about Endless:
The idea for the first low-cost Endless PC was sparked in India by considering combining the ubiquitous TV screen + the soon-to-explode mobile phone market in developing countries.
Endless launched in Silicon Valley and Brazil in 2012: we were global in year one!
The Endless OS was developed for offline communities, and comes pre-loaded with internet content and apps that do not require Internet.
Half of the Endless OS staff is made up of software engineers. We code a lot!
Endless feels that gaming and learning to code is an important part of any education.
There’s a GNOME living inside of our Operating System.
Our OS allows access to free and open-source software (FOSS) that competes with expensive professional grade commercial software – and it’s FREE.
Over the years, we have designed both hardware and software solutions for our communities around the world.
Our OS has been deployed on over 5 million PCs worldwide.
(And one extra for fun): After 8 years as a for-profit company, Endless transitioned to the nonprofit Endless OSFoundation in 2020.