More posts in “Hardware”

A ton of Linux-powered hardware is out there, ranging from supercomputers and space rovers to more down-to-earth products like laptops, desktop PCs, smartphones, tablets, and more.

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Canonical Brings Ubuntu 24.04 to Qualcomm Dragonwing Vision Kit

Canonical has announced the first official Ubuntu desktop image for the Qualcomm DragonWing platform. A beta image of Ubuntu 24.04 desktop compatible with Qualcomm Dragonwing QCS6490 and QCS5430 processors, and specifically tailored for the Qualcomm RB3 […]

2 May 2025

Ubuntu Adds Official Support for NVIDIA Jetson AI Modules

Canonical has announced that it now ‘officially supports’ Ubuntu on the NVIDIA Jetson Orin series of computing modules, designed for low-power AI and machine learning applications. The General Availability (GA) of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS for […]

22 March 2025
MATEBOOK LAPTOP

Huawei’s New Laptops May Run Linux, not HarmonyOS Next

Is Huawei planning to ship Linux on its upcoming MateBook laptops instead of HarmonyOS NEXT? A fresh leak out of China this week suggests so. Huawei is no stranger to selling laptops with Linux. Various […]

6 March 2025

New Pebble Smartwatch Planned After Google Open Sources the OS

Did you ever own (or covet) one of those e-ink Pebble smartwatches of yore? Well, good news if you did: Google today open-sourced the PebbleOS operating system it used (minus proprietary bits) having acquired Pebble’s […]

27 January 2025

Raspberry Pi 5 with 16GB RAM Announced for £115/$120

Raspberry Pi has today announced the launch of a Raspberry Pi 5 with 16 GB RAM. A engorged-memory model had been oft-rumoured since the launch of the raspberry Pi 5 in 2024 – and long-desired […]

9 January 2025

Raspberry Pi 500 & Official USB Monitor Announced

In the mood for something sweet? Raspberry Pi has unveiled its new Raspberry Pi 500, an updated version of its keyboard PC powered by a Raspberry Pi 5. That’s not all, though. The British-based company […]

9 December 2024

Flexbar Brings Apple’s Touch Bar Back from the Dead

A new crowdfunding project aims to revive Apple’s (oft-derided) Touch Bar, but not as part of a laptop but a standalone USB device that work with Windows, macOS and Linux. It’s called Flexbar, and it’s […]

3 December 2024

RISC-V Mainboard for Framework Laptop 13 Available from $199

Framework make the most exciting laptops around —I don’t own one to be able to say they’re good, but the modular components, and upgradeable and repairable ethos is unlike anything else. As news earlier this […]

13 November 2024
Raspberry Pi official USB 3 Hub

Raspberry Pi’s New USB Hub Costs Just $12

Raspberry Pi has unveiled another low-price own-brand product, this time a 4-port USB 3.0 hub compatible with most of its single-board computers. In the past few months we’ve seen the company expand its range of […]

7 November 2024

Raspberry Pi Gives its Tiny Touch Display a Big Upgrade

Raspberry Pi has announced a new version of its 7-inch ‘Touch Display’ accessory. And given that the previous model was announced 9 years ago, some kind of update was arguably due for this device. The […]

4 November 2024

Pre-Orders Open for Pine64’s e-Ink Linux Tablet

Forget Amazon’s recent Kindle refresh, the most exciting e-ink device around is the PineNote from prolific open-source hardware makers Pine64. I reported last month that Pine64 had confirmed a new PineNote production run, the first […]

30 October 2024
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Raspberry Pi Launch Own-Brand SSDs Priced From $30

One of the best things about the Raspberry Pi 5 (other than the performance boost over its predecessor) is how much simpler it is to add an SSD. And if you’re running a full desktop […]

24 October 2024