On Tuesday Purism announced their first Librem 5 smartphones were rolling off the assembly line and heading to customers . "Seeing the amazing effort of the Purism team, and holding the first fully functioning Librem 5, has been the most inspirational moment of Purism's five year history," said their founder and CEO Todd Weaver.On Wednesday they posted a video announcing that the phones were now shipping, and Friday they posted a short walk-through video . "The crowdsourced $700 Linux phone is actually becoming a real product," reports Ars Technica: