MiniPC Show #45 – Pinebook Is Coming!! and 3rd Best Selling Computer Of All

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Pre-release Pinebook spotted in the wild ($89 Linux laptop)
Late last year Pine64 unveiled plans to release a cheap Linux laptop with a starting price of $89.  While the Pinebook isn’t available for purchase yet, it looks like some developers have gotten their hands on pre-release versions of the laptop.
https://liliputing.com/2017/03/pre-release-pinebook-spotted-in-the-wild-89-linux-laptop.html
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Intel Launches Atom C3000 SoCs: Up to 16 Cores for NAS, Servers, Vehicles
Intel this week formally launched its Atom C3000-series processors (formerly codenamed Denverton). The new chips are designed for inexpensive storage servers, NAS applications, as well as autonomous vehicles.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/11144/intel-launches-16core-atom-c3000-cpus-for-nas-servers-vehicles
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Microsoft’s Windows Server OS runs on ARM, with help from Qualcomm
Microsoft has warmed up to Qualcomm to make a Windows 10 PC based on its ARM chip, and now the companies are bringing Windows Server OS to ARM.  For the first time ever, Microsoft is expected to show the Windows Server OS running on an ARM server.
http://www.networkworld.com/article/3178384/servers/microsoft-ports-windows-server-os-to-arm-with-help-from-qualcomm.html
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Orange Pi PCs get Ubuntu App Store thanks to Canonical
There’s no shortage of small, low-power PC-on-a-module devices designed to piggyback on the success of the Raspberry Pi.
https://liliputing.com/2017/03/orange-pi-pcs-get-ubuntu-app-store-thanks-canonical.html
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Orange Pi App Store
Orange Pi App Store
https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/03/16/the-orange-pi-community-gets-a-snap-store/
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Time for Electronic Engineering : News : OrangePi Zero Plus 2 : OPi Zero with HDMI
If you are in social groups and communities maybe you heard about idea Orange Pi Zero and HDMI.     The manufacturer of popular single-board computers Orange Pi implemented this idea and released Orange Pi Zero Plus 2 with HDMI.  Supported OS are Android, Debian and Raspberry Pi image.
http://time4ee.com/news.php?readmore=194
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Global Online Shopping for Apparel, Phones, Computers, Electronics, Fashion and more

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Orange-Pi-Zero-Plus-2-H3-Quad-core-Bluetooth-mini-PC-Beyond-Raspberry-Pi-2-Wholesale/32799908030.html
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Global Online Shopping for Apparel, Phones, Computers, Electronics, Fashion and more

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Orange-Pi-Zero-Plus-2-H5-Quad-core-Bluetooth-mini-PC-Beyond-Raspberry-Pi-2-Wholesale/32801249806.html
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Samsung DeX lets you use a Galaxy S8 like a desktop PC
Samsung’s new smartphone isn’t just a smartphone. The Galaxy S8 is also a desktop PC… sort of. It’s the first Samsung phone to support a new feature called DeX.
https://liliputing.com/2017/03/samsung-dex-lets-use-galaxy-s8-like-desktop-pc.html
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Your Smartphone Could Become The Brain and Touchpad of Your Laptop (Dock)
Mobile desktop convergence is likely to happen sometimes in the next few years, at least for some users, when your smartphone will be the brain of your laptop or desktop computer.
http://www.cnx-software.com/2017/03/29/your-smartphone-could-become-the-brain-and-touchpad-of-your-laptop-dock/
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Up board core
Up board core
http://www.up-board.org/upcore/
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Deep Thought
Yesterday and today, we’ve been working on our idea for Deep Thought. It started with Cara thinking of a personal-assistant like device to live in our makerspace. Us being us, we got to thinking what a good ominous device would look like for the space, and boom! Deep thought was born.
http://hackaday.io/project/19834-deep-thought
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The Matrix Voice is an Alexa for your Raspberry Pi
Matrix Labs just completed a successful crowdfunding campaign for what amounts to an AI voice recognition system for the Raspberry Pi which allows you, a mere mortal, to make your own Alexa in your basement.
https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/29/the-martix-voice-is-an-alexa-for-your-raspberry-pi/
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NanoPi M1 Plus
NanoPi M1 Plus 0 reviews / Write a review Available Options NanoPi M1 Plus Purchase Combination Heat Sink with 3M thermal paste (+$1.00)  NanoPi M1’s 3D Printed Housing (+$2.99)  SanDisk Ultra 8G Class 10 UHS-I MicroSDHC Memory Card (+$6.97)  TTL To RS232 Module (+$3.
http://www.friendlyarm.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=176
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FriendlyElec releases Ubuntu Linux-ready NanoPi M1 Plus — a $30 Raspberry Pi killer
The Raspberry Pi line of mini computers — including the all-new Pi Zero W — are wonderful devices for what they are. Quite frankly, they have inspired many young people to learn about programming, while helping makers to create some really cool projects.
https://betanews.com/2017/03/02/friendlyelec-linux-debian-ubuntu-nanopi-m1-plus-raspberry-pi/
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Raspberry Pi Surges To 3rd Best Selling Computer Of All Time Surpassing The Commodore 64
In many regards, the Raspberry Pi family of computers is quite modest, which is of course by design.
http://hothardware.com/news/raspberry-pi-surges-to-3rd-best-selling-computer-of-all-time-surpassing-the-commodore-64