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.

Linux Mint Unveils Pocket-Sized ‘MintBox Mini’ PC

Linux Mint has announced that a new PC in its 'MintBox' line of PCs is coming in the spring: the 'MintBox Mini'.

15 January 2015

Samsung Z1: World’s First Tizen Phone Launches in India

The first Ubuntu Phone will launch next month, but it's not the only new mobile upstart trying to bring new experiences to our pockets.

14 January 2015

Intel ‘Compute Stick’ Is an $89 Chromecast-size PC That Runs Ubuntu

Imagine being able to carry a fully functioning Intel-based Ubuntu PC in your shirt pocket. Now stop imagining it because it's here. Say hello to the Intel Compute Stick.

8 January 2015

Cirrus7 Add Haswell CPUs To Award-Winning Ubuntu PC

German computer company Cirrus7 has refreshed its award-winning Ubuntu desktop PC with the latest Intel 'Haswell' processors.

19 November 2014

This is The Linux-based Tablet You’ve Been Dreaming Of

While we wait for a certain Linux-based mobile OS to arrive on phones before we start thinking about tablets, other entrants are upping their game.

19 November 2014
Spark KDE Plasma Active Tablet

KDE Improv, Tablet Projects Officially Axed

In news that few following the saga will find surprising, the team behind a highly publicised open-source hardware effort has announced that it is calling time on the project.

1 July 2014

Dell’s New Hybrid Laptops Will Offer Ubuntu Preinstalled

Dell is to offer Ubuntu on its latest batch of '2-in-1' Inspiron laptops, marking the first time the OS has been sold on a mainstream hybrid device.

3 June 2014

Samsung Unveils First Tizen Smartphone — Should Ubuntu Be Worried?

The very first Tizen-powered smartphone is to go on sale in Russia later this year.

2 June 2014

Controller Changes May See Steam Machines Delayed Until 2015

If you are hoping to lay down some hard earned cash for a Linux-based Steam Machine sometime this year, you ought to look away now.

28 May 2014

Solar Powered Ubuntu Laptop Readies US Release

Well, smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast! Remember that solar-powered Ubuntu laptop we wrote about last year? Well, it's emerged from the haze.

25 April 2014

Cirrus 7 Nimbus PC Now Available With Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

The company behind the award-winning Cirrus 7 Nimbus mini PC has announced that it is now available to buy pre-loaded with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.

14 April 2014

£219 Ubuntu HP Laptop Goes on Sale At eBuyer

Looking for a new Ubuntu laptop on a budget? UK electronics store eBuyer are offering a HP laptop pre-loaded with Ubuntu for just £219.

31 March 2014