Alternative IT for business, with the risks spelled out

Linux, open-source and independent vendors, for business owners, IT leads and the MSPs who support them. Every option comes with its real risks and practical ways to reduce them.

Catalogue

Foundations

How your IT team or MSP buys, deploys, manages and supports the machines.

Laptops, desktops and operating systems

Framework Laptop 13

A thin, light 13.5-inch laptop designed to be customised, upgraded and repaired, sold pre-built with Windows 11 or as a DIY Edition you assemble yourself and run Linux on.

From £849 one-off, per device · inc. VATRisk Medium

Framework Laptop 13 Pro

Framework's business-focused 13-inch laptop, designed to be repaired and upgraded, sold pre-built with Windows or Ubuntu, or as a DIY Edition. It is Framework's first laptop certified by Canonical for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.

From £1,199 one-off, per device · inc. VATRisk Medium

Configuration and device management

Ubuntu Pro with Landscape

Canonical's subscription for Ubuntu machines, covering security updates, compliance tools and Landscape, its tool for managing and patching fleets of Ubuntu machines from one place.

From $25 per device per yearRisk Medium