This is Workbench

A hyper-efficient environment made for focus and productivity.

Caligra Workbench is a Linux®-based operating system made for technical workstations. It’s designed to get out of the way and help teams to deliver more. A performance-oriented UI provides a unique environment focused on accelerating information work.

Workbench helps companies to reduce inefficiency, cost, and attack surface. It’s a minimal, thoughtfully-designed base that teams can build on to create their ideal workspace.

28.7% of knowledge worker salaries is wasted by distraction. Economist Impact
impact.economist.com/new-globalisation/in-search-of-lost-focus-2023

Kernel and base userland from the Fedora project
Read-only immutable base platform delivered via OCI containers
Integrated user-space package management via homebrew, flatpak, appimage, distrobox
Unique user interface designed exclusively for focused work
Rapid window and task management
Simplicity and minimalism dedicated to improving productivity

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Pricing

Workbench is priced with an annual fee, and is free for non-commercial use. Standard pricing for Workbench is $240 per seat per year.

Non-commercial

Free

Workbench is free to use for non-commercial purposes
Self-supported
Updates included

Startups

Free

Free for first year
Up to 10 seats
Commercial use permitted
Self-supported
For companies with < $1m turnover or funding

Standard

$240/year

Direct email support
Discounted pricing above 20 seats
Customization add-on available - your company’s own unique OS

Enterprise

Custom Pricing

Dedicated account management
Dedicated engineering support
Built-in fleet management
On-premises or cloud deployment
Complete customization - your company’s own unique OS

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A Host of Options

Workbench is not a distribution - it’s an ideal host for containers and packages from open source and commercial repositories. Tools like distrobox make it easy to use software from Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch, and any other distribution. And if you’re switching from Cupertino, just brew install as usual.

$ brew install sqlite

The c100 developer terminal is Caligra’s reference platform. A mini-PC built specifically for Workbench.

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