devices Alldocube iPlay 80SE
Alldocube iPlay 80SE Ships With Android 16 and USB-C OTG for $131
Alldocube's iPlay 80SE is a $131 Android 16 tablet with a Unisoc T310, microSD expansion, and USB-C OTG, making it an affordable tinkering option.
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Valve Engineer Brings Vulkan and Modern Driver Support to Decade-Old AMD GPUs on Linux
A Valve engineer migrated decade-old AMD GCN 1.0/1.1 GPUs to the modern AMDGPU kernel driver, unlocking Vulkan support and roughly 30% better performance on Linux.
devices UP Xtreme PTL Edge Air
AAEON's Silent Panther Lake Mini PC Swaps Heatsink for Solid-State AirJet Cooling
AAEON's UP Xtreme PTL Edge Air pairs Intel Panther Lake with Frore Systems' solid-state cooling for a silent, 710-gram mini PC featuring a 40-pin GPIO header and up to 180 TOPS of AI compute.
Pinetek IOL Core4 Brings Industrial IO-Link Sensors to Raspberry Pi and Embedded Linux
Pinetek's IOL Core4 packs four IO-Link sensor ports onto a 60 x 45 mm module with open-source software, a Raspberry Pi eval kit, and dual Analog Devices MAX14819 transceivers.
Reviews
Lenovo Legion Go 2 Review: Running Bazzite on AMD Z2 Extreme Handheld
Bazzite turns the Legion Go 2 into more than a gaming handheld, with the Z2 Extreme and OLED display making it a genuinely versatile Linux device.
Orange Pi Zero 3W Review: Octa-Core A733 in a Pi Zero Footprint
Orange Pi crams an octa-core Allwinner A733 and up to 16GB of LPDDR5 into a Raspberry Pi Zero footprint, with a 10 Gbps USB port and about 4x a Pi Zero 2 W's multi-core grunt.
devices ASRock NUC BOX 320
ASRock Industrial Launches Wildcat Lake NUC Mini PCs With Dual 2.5GbE and ECC Memory
ASRock Industrial's NUC Core 300 series pairs Intel Wildcat Lake processors with dual 2.5GbE, ECC DDR5, and an NPU in compact mini PCs and standalone NUC motherboards.
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CachyOS Overtakes SteamOS as the Most Popular Linux Distro on Steam
CachyOS surpasses SteamOS Holo as Steam's most-used Linux distro at 18.12%, even as overall Linux share dips to 3.05% amid a familiar Simplified Chinese sampling spike.
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Xiaomi Gaming Monitor G25i 2026 Hits Europe With 240 Hz Fast IPS at €149
Xiaomi's 240 Hz Fast IPS gaming monitor arrives in Europe at €149 with 1 ms response, FreeSync Premium, and DisplayHDR 400.
Graperain's G733 Board Pairs Allwinner A733 SoC With Modular SoM Design
Graperain's modular G733 dev board puts the Allwinner A733 octa-core SoC with 3-TOPS NPU and RISC-V coprocessor on a gold-finger SoM for embedded developers.
Makerfabs MaTouch Combines Quad-Color E-Ink With a Four-Mic Array on ESP32-S3
Makerfabs' new MaTouch board pairs a 7.5-inch quad-color E-Ink display with a four-mic array on the ESP32-S3 for voice-controlled low-power dashboards.
devices Raspberry Pi Smart Display Module
Raspberry Pi's $30 Smart Display Module Brings CM5 to Intel's SDM Signage Standard
Raspberry Pi's new $30 CM5 carrier board conforms to Intel's SDM-L standard, slotting directly into commercial signage displays with HDMI 2.0, M.2 expansion, and a rich open-source CMS ecosystem.
linux mesa
Valve Brings Foveated Rendering to Mesa's Open-Source Vulkan Driver for Qualcomm Adreno
Valve lands foveated rendering in Mesa's open-source Turnip Vulkan driver for Qualcomm Adreno GPUs, advancing both the Steam Frame VR headset and the broader open-source graphics stack.
Geekom Launches GeekBook M14 Laptop With Ryzen and Core Ultra Options
Geekom's 14-inch GeekBook M14 ultraportable ships with AMD Ryzen 5 220 or Intel Core Ultra 5 options, USB4, 72 Wh battery, and a bundled docking station.
Enactic OpenArm 2.0 Is a Fully Open-Source 7-DOF Robot Arm Built for Linux and Physical AI Research
Enactic's OpenArm 2.0 is a 7-DOF open-source robot arm with QDD backdrivable joints, ROS 2 and MuJoCo support, and full hardware CAD under CERN-OHL-S-2.0, starting at $6,500.
Minisforum AtomMan G1 Pro Goes All-AMD With a 16 GB Radeon RX 9060 XT, Tuned for SteamOS and Linux
Minisforum's all-AMD AtomMan G1 Pro pairs a Ryzen 9 8945HX with a 16 GB RX 9060 XT in a 3.8-liter chassis, making it a prime SteamOS candidate.