Home Assistant 2026.10 switches to OpenStreetMap vector maps drawn client-side, overhauls automation trigger IDs with a proper UI, and ships 15 new integrations favoring local-first, cloud-free operation.
Minisforum's ESP4B-850 PCIe card squeezes four NVMe M.2 slots, OCuLink, and USB-C onto a single bracket for desktop storage expansion.
NVIDIA's 615.78.08 Linux driver adds VK_NV_low_latency2 rev 3, cutting latency and stutter for VKD3D-Proton Frame Generation in D3D12 games on Proton.
Minisforum's 4.8-litre MS-02 Ultra with a low-profile RX 9060 XT delivers 80+ FPS at 1440p in modern titles while staying cool and running Linux out of the box.
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 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.
Open-source DSPi firmware turns a $5 Raspberry Pi Pico 2 into a full audio DSP with parametric EQ, active crossovers, tube modeling, and room correction over USB.
IBASE's IB966 squeezes Intel Panther Lake with up to 180 TOPS of AI compute, 128 GB DDR5, and dual 2.5 GbE onto a 3.5-inch SBC with solid upstream Linux driver support.
Nuvoton's 4.5 cm Chili Pro pairs dual Cortex-A35 and Cortex-M4 cores in an LQFP128 package with open source Yocto and Buildroot BSPs for $49.
MagicX confirms its tiny 3.3-inch OLED handheld's Dimensity 7300 specs at $179, undercutting the KT-R2, with Linux variants starting at $80.
Bazzite's latest stable release bumps its custom kernel to 7.2.8-ogc5 and reverts an ASUS ROG Ally power button fix that caused regressions.
A proposed Linux kernel governor for AMD's EPP could improve 1%-low frame rates by up to 31% on Steam Deck and AMD handhelds, with Wine and Proton thread hints on the roadmap.
Bazzite's latest stable rolls kernel 7.2.8-ogc4, adds AYANEO LED control, and fixes ASUS ROG Ally power button and MT7921e WiFi issues.
TrueNAS 27 RC.1 drops today built on Linux kernel 6.18 and OpenZFS 2.4, adopting a new yearly versioning scheme driven by community feedback.
DEBIX's first MediaTek-based SBC fits a 9-TOPS NPU, octa-core Genio 720 SoC, and rich I/O into a Raspberry Pi-sized industrial board with mainline Linux progress underway.
TechNexion's TELOS-AI4000 delivers 40 TOPS of edge AI inference via NXP's Ara240 NPU in a compact 12W module with open-source Linux drivers and SDK on GitHub.
