New Post: Librem 14 is Ideal for Enterprise Linux

Respectfully, unless there is evidence of parts availability I’m less than convinced this would be suited for enterprise.

And that’s independent of the challenge that nearly every enterprise I provide support for or have otherwise dealt with won’t buy from a vendor that isn’t in the magic quadrant.

I agree there are some nice to have features, but I would be seriously concerned about the ability to meet the scale of the purchases themselves as well as the scale of repairs in terms of parts only available from Purism like main boards and cases etc.

And while some enterprises will choose to have some departments have different hardware generally it’s preferred to have standard hardware so that systems can be quickly swapped then reimaged as needed. This makes the Librem 14 a tradeoff as it is missing hardware for windows hello for business which would be a nice to have for other departments.

This isn’t to say the Libre 14 isn’t nice, just that I don’t see it as a great fit beyond the SMB space and don’t think it is the enterprise gold this post implies.

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