Valve's Proton SDK Build Toolchain Moves to LLVM 22.1.8
Valve's Proton SDK now builds on LLVM 22.1.8, dropping upstreamed patches and adding a vararg exit thunk fix tied to its ARM64EC work for x86-on-ARM emulation.
LILYGO T-Impulse Plus Puts an nRF52840 LoRa Node on Your Wrist
LILYGO's T-Impulse Plus packs an nRF52840 and SX1262 LoRa radio into a wristband, the same hardware combo that powers most Meshtastic nodes, with GNSS and an OLED on board.
Graperain GR1126B System-on-Module Pairs a 3 TOPS Rockchip NPU With Debian 12
Graperain's GR1126B system-on-module puts Rockchip's RV1126B and its 3 TOPS NPU on a 42mm stamp-hole module, with Debian 12, BuildRoot, and RKNN-Toolkit2 support for edge AI vision.
QuadRF Turns a Raspberry Pi 5 Into an Open Source RF Camera
QuadRF pairs four coherent SDR channels with a Raspberry Pi 5 to render nearby radio sources as a live 30fps overlay, with a fully open source GPLv2/GPLv3 stack.
Reviews
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.
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+).
TerraMaster F4-425 Pro Hybrid NAS Ships With TOS 7 on Linux 6.12
TerraMaster's F4-425 Pro hybrid NAS runs TOS 7 on Linux 6.12 with dual 5GbE, four SATA bays, three NVMe slots, and a choice of Intel N305 or N350 silicon.
OneXPlayer 3 Pairs Intel Arc G3 Extreme With an 8.8-Inch OLED, and SteamOS Is Already Watching
OneXPlayer 3 is the first handheld with Intel's Arc G3 Extreme, an 8.8-inch 144Hz OLED, and an 85Wh battery, and Valve's SteamOS beta already lists it for Linux support.
KDE Plasma 6.7.1 Lands With First Fixes for HDR and Wayland Desktop
Plasma 6.7.1 ships the first fixes for the release that brought simultaneous HDR and ICC color management, per-screen virtual desktops, and the final dedicated X11 session.
MYiR MAC-B5760 Packs a Rockchip RK3576 Into a Fanless Edge AI Box PC
The fanless MYiR MAC-B5760 runs Rockchip's RK3576 with an optional 20 TOPS RK1828 M.2 card for local 7B LLMs, plus dual GbE, four USB 3.0, and a Preempt RT Linux image.
Zotac ZBOX CI471 Nano Brings Intel Wildcat Lake to a Fanless Mini PC
Zotac's fanless ZBOX CI471 nano pairs Intel's new Wildcat Lake chip with a passively cooled chassis, and the Xe3 graphics already have open-source driver support in Linux 6.17 and Mesa.
Valve Prices the Steam Machine as SteamOS 3.8 Opens DIY Builds
SteamOS 3.8.10 now installs on any PC, letting you build your own Steam Machine, while Valve sets the prebuilt box at $1,050 with a randomized waitlist.
gaming mesa
Valve Adds Ray-Tracing Inspector GUI to Mesa 26.1 for RADV Driver Tuning
Valve's Linux team merged the Ray-Tracing Inspector into Mesa 26.1, a GUI for dissecting RADV's BVH and ray dispatches to push AMD ray-tracing performance further.
TrueNAS V140 Adds a 16-Core EPYC Node to the V-Series Lineup
TrueNAS slots a 16-core EPYC node into its V-Series: same Linux + OpenZFS enterprise software as the flagship, up to 16 PB raw, and an in-place controller-swap upgrade to the V160.
Pine64 Ships PineVoice, a $50 RISC-V Smart Speaker Built for Home Assistant
Pine64's PineVoice is a $50 RISC-V smart speaker built on the Bouffalo BL606P, with two mics, a hardware mute kill switch, and local Home Assistant voice control.
Alpine Linux 3.22.5 and 3.23.5 Patch OpenSSL and Xen Vulnerabilities
Alpine Linux 3.22.5 and 3.23.5 land OpenSSL and Xen security fixes, an in-place apk upgrade for the tiny musl-based distro that anchors countless containers and SBCs.