linux kde
KDE Gear 26.04.3 Closes Out the Series With Fixes for Kdenlive, Elisa, and KDE Connect
KDE Gear 26.04.3 closes the series with targeted fixes for Kdenlive's playhead tracking, Elisa's audio output switching, and KDE Connect file transfers.
devices Titan Mini
Titan Mini Board Pairs a 1 GHz Cortex-M85 MCU With Arm's Ethos-U55 NPU for $44
A 1 GHz Cortex-M85 MCU with Arm's Ethos-U55 NPU on a Pi HAT-compatible board running open-source RT-Thread RTOS, starting at $44.
EDATEC ED-IPC1200 Brings Industrial Data Acquisition to the Raspberry Pi CM0
EDATEC's ED-IPC1200 pairs a Raspberry Pi CM0 with isolated digital I/O, serial ports, and optional 4G LTE in a fanless DIN-rail enclosure for industrial data acquisition.
gaming steam
Linux on Steam Drops to 3.69% in June, Continuing Slide From March Peak
Linux drops to 3.69% on Steam in June, shedding two-thirds of its March record, while Proton 11 and FSR 4 keep the gaming stack advancing.
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+).
Flipper's Open-Source BUSY Bar Adds Matter and a Local HTTP API for Home Assistant
The Flipper Zero team's BUSY Bar is an open-source focus display with native Matter support, an HTTP API, and Python and TypeScript libraries for Home Assistant automations.
devices NanoKVM Go
Sipeed's NanoKVM-Go Puts a 4K USB-C KVM in a Watch-Sized Aluminum Case
Sipeed's NanoKVM-Go is a watch-sized USB-C KVM doing 4K capture, WiFi 6, and Tailscale, plus an MCP server that lets AI agents drive the remote machine. Starts at $49.
devices WeAct N006
WeAct N006 Puts NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX on a Credit-Card-Sized Carrier Board for Drones and Robots
The WeAct N006 mounts an NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX onto a 90 x 60 mm carrier board with CAN Bus, dual PCIe Gen4 M.2 slots, and XT30 power for drones and robots.
devices RootBoard
RootBoard Turns a Raspberry Pi Zero Into a Pocketable Linux Terminal
RootBoard is a Kickstarter handheld that wraps a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W in a 70-key keyboard, color display, and battery for a pocketable, open-hardware Linux terminal.
System76 Lemur Pro Adds 16-Inch Model and Intel Panther Lake Chips
System76's ultralight Lemur Pro now comes in 14- and 16-inch sizes with Intel Panther Lake chips, Arc B390 graphics on open-source drivers, and Pop!_OS with COSMIC.
Seeed's XIAO nRF54LM20A Packs Bluetooth 6.0, Matter, and a RISC-V Coprocessor Into a Thumbnail
Seeed's XIAO nRF54LM20A boards put Nordic's Bluetooth 6.0, Matter, and Thread SoC on a thumbnail-sized USB-C board, drawing as little as 0.33 µA and starting near $10.
Forgix Board Pairs a Raspberry Pi RP2354 With an Efinix FPGA in a Teensy Footprint
The $50 Forgix board pairs a Raspberry Pi RP2354 with an Efinix Trion T8 FPGA in a Teensy footprint, with an open-source loader that streams bitstreams over USB.
GPD Win Max 3 Puts Strix Halo and Radeon 8060S in a Pocketable Gaming Laptop
GPD's next mini gaming laptop packs a Ryzen AI Max+ 395 with Radeon 8060S, 128GB unified memory, a 165 Hz screen, and a swappable external battery.
Simplia CONNECT RW612 Squeezes Six Radios Into an M.2 2230 Module
The Simplia CONNECT RW612 fits WiFi 6, Bluetooth LE, Thread/Zigbee, LTE-M, NB-IoT, and GNSS onto a single M.2 2230 card, with open hardware files and Zephyr plus Matter support.
CirkitScape Top HAT Adds RS-485, ADC, and GPIO Expansion to Raspberry Pi
The CirkitScape Top HAT packs a 12-bit ADC, RS-485, an MCP23017 GPIO expander, and a 4-port USB hub onto one Raspberry Pi HAT, with mainline kernel driver support for the key chips.