Section: Hardware

Linux runs on everything from supercomputers to space rovers to the dusty Raspberry Pi lost in your drawer. Here is Linux hardware news and developments that have caught our eye.

Raspberry Pi launch 10-inch Touch Display 2 for $80

Raspberry Pi has launched a 10-inch version of its Touch Display 2 with a 1200×1920 resolution and 10-point captive touchscreen for $80/£77. 5-inch and 7-inch variants of the Touch Display 2 have been available for […]

Wednesday
Firefox logo with a pleased face drawn on it, sitting on a purple background.

Firefox is adding Vulkan video decoding for Nvidia GPUs

Firefox is adding hardware-accelerated Vulkan Video decoding, saving Nvidia users on Linux the hassle of manually configuring the nvidia-vaapi-driver package. The change will be included in Firefox 153, out July 21, but it will not be enabled […]

1 July 2026
Close-up shot Pine64 PineVoice smart speaker showing its top-mounted buttons, microphone mute icon and plastic grille design.

Pine64 launch $50 smart speaker for Home Assistant tinkerers

Open-hardware manufacturer Pine64 has launched a $50 smart speaker that runs open-source software on a RISC-V chip. PineVoice (previously known as PineVox) is built around a Bouffalo Lab BL606P RISC-V SoC with integrated Wi-Fi, Bluetooth […]

24 June 2026

Raspberry Pi 6 won’t arrive before 2028 (and won’t have an NPU)

The Raspberry Pi 6 won’t be released before 2028 and it won’t feature an onboard NPU to handle AI compute tasks. Insight into plans for the Pi 6 were shared by three of the company’s […]

26 May 2026
CIX P1 SBCs.

Canonical share Ubuntu 26.04 concept build for CIX P1 devices

New Ubuntu Concept image for CIX P1 lets you run Ubuntu on Armv9 single-board computers, including the Radxa Orion O6 and Orange Pi 6 Plus.

18 May 2026
PS5 with Linux on the monitor.

PS5 hack runs Ubuntu, lets you play Steam games

A newly launched project lets you boot Ubuntu on a PlayStation 5 to play Steam games, though only if your console is on old enough firmware. The hack is the work of security engineer Andy […]

30 April 2026
Framework Laptop 13 Pro with Ubuntu logo on screen.

Framework’s Laptop 13 Pro is its first Ubuntu Certified machine

Framework’s new 13 Pro laptop is the company’s first to ship as certified for Ubuntu, who say you can buy it knowing you’ll get “guaranteed support right out of the box”. Framework hardware have been […]

22 April 2026
Four older Kindle modes with concerned faces drawn on the screens.

Your old Kindle won’t stop working in May, but don’t get comfortable

Amazon is dropping support for Kindle older models from 20 May, 2026, meaning owners of pre-2013 models will be unable to download new books or set up a device that has been factory reset — […]

9 April 2026
Raspberry Pi single board computer in front of a graph trending up and a hand holding cash.

Raspberry Pi’s eye-watering price rises & new 3GB RAM model

Raspberry Pi has announced a fresh round of price rises for its range of popular single-board computers, owing to industry-wide memory costs. It’s also launched a new version of the Pi 4 with 3GB RAM […]

1 April 2026
PimeTime watch next to the PineTime Pro showing differences.

Pine64 teases PineTime Pro with AMOLED, GPS and ‘custom’ chip

It’s been nearly 7 years since Pine64 (remember them?) introduced the PineTime (remember that?), a FOSS-friendly smartwatch priced under $30 and aimed at tech tinkerers and open hardware hackers. Now, it’s time for take two. […]

25 March 2026

BenQ Display Pilot 2 software now has a Linux version

BenQ released a Linux version of its Display Pilot 2 software at the end of 2025, but I only heard about this week when reading about the launch of the company’s latest coding monitor. Priced […]

22 March 2026

Arduino’s new AI single-board computer runs Ubuntu 

The Arduino Ventuno Q runs Ubuntu and targets edge AI workloads with 40 TOPS of compute and 16GB LPDDR5 RAM. Release date and price yet to be confirmed.

10 March 2026