About us
Linux14's main objective is to promote the deployment of Linux on desktops for home and professional users.
Although its market share is growing, it remains insufficient despite its many excellent qualities :
- open source and free
- robustness
- security
- performances
- flexibility
- usability
- lightweight
- growing simplicity
It's not for nothing that Linux already powers the vast majority of web servers, supercomputers, routers and network equipment, embedded devices, smartphones (Android) and video game consoles (Steam).
As hardware becomes increasingly compatible with Linux, a greater share of the desktop market will increasingly encourage software developers to follow suit, bringing the circle full circle.
Project
First we are working to offer a mini PC compatible with the most widely used distributions and featuring the following technical hardware specifications :
| OS | Linux (recommended distro below) |
| CPU | Intel Processor N100 |
| GRAPHICS | Intel UHD Graphics 4K |
| RAM | 16GB SO-DIMM DDR5 |
| STORAGE | 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 |
| DISPLAY | 2x HDMI 2.1a |
| WIRELESS | Wi-Fi 6E & Bluetooth 5.3 |
| LAN | 1x 2.5GBASE-T IEEE 802.3bz |
| USB | 3.2 Gen 2 (4x Type-A + 2x Type-C) |
| BIOS | UEFI |
| TDP | 6W average |
| COOLING | Fanless heat sink technology |
| CASE | Bronze polycarbonate & aluminium |
| SIZE | 120mm x 120mm x 60mm |
| POWER | DC12V USB Type-C |
| OPERATING | 0°C to +60°C Humidity 5% to 85% |
Some recommended distributions :
- independents: Fedora, Debian, Arch Linux
- based on Debian: Ubuntu, MX Linux, Linux Mint
- based on Arch: Endeavour OS, Manjaro, Garuda Linux
Resources
We are looking for partners to help us implement this project.