LILYGO's T-Echo Lite Kit Pairs nRF52840 and LoRa With a Keyboard for Off-Grid Mesh
LILYGO's T-Echo Lite Kit brings an nRF52840, SX1262 LoRa radio, e-paper display, and a detachable 5x4 keyboard to off-grid mesh messaging.
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GPD BOX Mini PC Pairs Panther Lake With PCIe 5.0 eGPU Expansion
The GPD BOX mini PC runs Panther Lake on Intel 18A and routes a PCIe 5.0 x8 MCIO link to full external GPUs, plus dual 2.5GbE and USB4 v2.0 at 80Gbps.
AYANEO Teases Pocket MICRO 2 as a 'Gen 2 Powerhouse' Android Emulation Handheld
AYANEO has teased the Pocket MICRO 2, a 'Gen 2 Powerhouse' Android retro handheld likely jumping from the Helio G99 to a far faster MediaTek Dimensity chip.
M5Stack LLM-8850 Kit Brings a 24 TOPS Axera NPU to the Raspberry Pi 5
M5Stack's LLM-8850 Kit adds a 24 TOPS Axera AX8850 NPU to the Raspberry Pi 5 over PCIe, with open AXCL tooling for running Qwen3, Llama 3.2, and Whisper locally.
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Best Single Board Computer for Home Server in 2026
Added Orange Pi 6 Plus (12-core, dual 5GbE, $199+). Updated Raspberry Pi 5 prices (RAM crisis: 4GB $75, 8GB $115). Updated Radxa X4 to 2.5GbE and corrected pricing. Updated ZimaBoard 2 to retail pricing ($279+).
Best Handheld Gaming PC for Bazzite in 2026
The best handheld gaming PCs for Bazzite in 2026, with updated prices, the new ASUS ROG Xbox Ally X, Legion Go S tariff price notes, and Valve confirming Steam Deck 2 is years away.
Alpine Linux 3.24.1 Ships OpenSSL Security Fixes for Container Hosts
Alpine 3.24.1 patches 15 CVEs including the June 2026 OpenSSL advisory, a priority update for the musl-based distro that underpins countless Docker and Kubernetes base images.
OneXPlayer X2 Mini Pro Pairs Strix Halo Silicon With a 144Hz OLED in a 3-in-1 Handheld
The OneXPlayer X2 Mini Pro packs a Ryzen AI Max+ 395 or 388, a 144Hz OLED, and an optional liquid cooler pushing the Radeon 8060S to 120W.
OpenZFS 2.3.8 Keeps the Stable Storage Branch Patched as 2.4 Moves Ahead
OpenZFS 2.3.8 patches the stable branch behind most ZFS NAS and homelab setups, the same line that brought RAIDZ expansion, fast dedup, and the zfs rewrite command.
OpenZFS 2.4.3 Ships Data-Integrity Fixes and Refreshed Platform Support
OpenZFS 2.4.3 lands 64 commits of data-integrity and parsing-hardening fixes, including dedup and redacted-send corrections, plus FreeBSD 15.x, Ubuntu 26.04, and aarch64 build support.
OpenZFS 2.2.10 Released for the Long-Term-Support Branch
OpenZFS 2.2.10 lands as the newest maintenance release on the long-term-support branch, the conservative default for NAS boxes and self-hosted Linux servers.
Lenovo's Arm-Powered AI Host Mini PC Runs Ubuntu on a 12-Core Cix CD8180
Lenovo's AI Host mini PC runs Ubuntu on the 12-core Arm Cix CD8180, the same chip as the Radxa Orion O6, with 45 TOPS and mainline Linux support underway.
Youyeetoo K1 Puts a Swappable Intel N100 Module on a GPIO-Loaded Carrier Board
The Youyeetoo K1 drops a swappable Intel N100 module onto a carrier board packing dual GbE, 27 GPIO pins, MIPI, and SATA, ready for Linux home labs or OpenWrt routing.
Juno Tab 4 Lets You Pick Phosh, Plasma Mobile, or GNOME on Intel Hardware
Juno's new x86 Linux tablets ship with a choice of Phosh, Plasma Mobile, or GNOME, and the 13-inch model is the first with an Intel Core Ultra chip.
KDE Frameworks 6.27 Lands With Image-Loading Hardening and New Syntax Definitions
KDE Frameworks 6.27 hardens image decoding against malformed EXR, AVIF, and HEIF files and adds Slint, BNF, and ABNF syntax highlighting, all atop Qt 6.9.0.
Proxmox Mail Gateway 9.1 Adds Client-Side Backup Encryption and Debian 13 Base
Proxmox Mail Gateway 9.1 adds client-side encrypted backups and a Debian 13.5 base with kernel 7.0, and still installs as a lightweight LXC container on Proxmox VE.