“We’ve removed the distractions, so it’s just you and your ideas. A clear space for deep thought,” says Caligra. “With a focus unlike anything available from big tech, Workbench is entirely dedicated to accelerating your work.”
(Image credit: Caligra ) (Image credit: Caligra ) Workbench uses an rpm-based core system, but while it is “not a distribution,” it is touted as an ideal host for containers and packages from open source and commercial repositories. Specifically, packages from the Fedora project can be added by root users, and tools like distrobox allow for software from other distros to be added.
Unlike a truly bespoke, clean sheet, ‘new computer system,’ if Workbench development ended one day, we don’t see any reason that you wouldn’t be able to use this hardware for a Windows, or other flavor of Linux, install. Hopefully, that doesn’t jinx it…
We did a rough calculation of the component hardware costs of the c100, and considered several unique parts central to this pleasing design. We think it would cost between $1,200 and $1,500 to make something similar, hardware-wise. So at $1,999 for the product, software, industrial design, support, and so on, the c100 seems like a reasonable proposition. You can pre-order 'Batch One' machines now for a $99 deposit, with shipments pencilled in for January 2026.
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Findecanor The design triggers warm feelings of nostalgia, but I wonder if the people who designed it really know much about peripheral design. The colour scheme definitely reminds of the Atari ST. I'd applaud the idea of putting the numpad on the left. But moving the nav cluster one row up away from the arrow keys and then both one column to the right looks like they were caused by off-by-one errors in Keyboard Layout Editor. The mouse looks shaped exactly like an Apple Desktop Mouse with an added mouse wheel. The successor to the Apple ADB mouse had got its rounded shape after much research in human-computer interaction. Also, the classic Amiga OS with its Workbench is actually still actively maintained, with new revisions having been released quite recently after a long period. So the name is not free for the taking. If I were Caligra, I would rename my desktop to avoid legal problems. Reply
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