MiniPC Show #105 – Pinebook Pro Update, Great Email and Gumstix Raspberry Pi Zero AA

I know, Libre Computer boards (like Le Potato) aren’t that well supported but what’s different about this board though is that it has DDR4 RAM clocked at 2133Mhz which is faster than the normal LPDDR3 found in many boards. It comes in 1, 2 or 4 GB RAM variants priced $30, $40 and $60 respectively.

I got this Renegade board to replace my Raspberry Pi 3 for better performance and faster transfer speeds and I have been running it for over 6 months now as an OMV NAS with 2TB HDD to backup all my devices. It’s been very stable with great transfer speeds.

The really big issue with this board, however, is the poor support by popular distros. The manufacture’s website offers several images including Android which runs great as well as Debian and Ubuntu server and desktop images. There are also kernel 4.4 Armbian images that run just fine. But the 5.4 images are still in testing state.

I hope this great low-cost board gets more developer attention and better software support as the hardware is really promissing.
Thanks for the very informative show and keep up the good work.

Links:
Amazon Libre Computer Board ROC-RK3328-CC (Renegade) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078RSK46T

Manufacturer website: http://shop.t-firefly.com/goods.php?id=65

Official Manufacturer images: http://en.t-firefly.com/doc/download/page/id/34.html

Armbian images: https://www.armbian.com/renegade/

Best
Ahmed
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February 05, 2020 at 07:46PM
Gumstix Raspberry Pi Zero AA battery board makes the mini PC mobile
Gumstix has released a new board that lets you power a Raspberry Pi Zero computer with a pair of AA batteries, allowing you to use it without plugging the tiny computer into a wall jack or a bulky battery pack
https://liliputing.com/2020/02/gumstix-raspberry-pi-zero-aa-battery-board-makes-the-mini-pc-mobile.html
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February 10, 2020 at 09:59AM
Kaleido Screenless Portable PC Comes with Built-in Projector & Foldable Keyboard
The iF International Forum Design GmbH organizes a yearly design competition called the iF DESIGN AWARD. Hefei LCFC Information Technology’s Kaleido is one of this year’s winners.
https://www.cnx-software.com/2020/02/10/kaleido-screenless-portable-pc-comes-with-built-in-projector-foldable-keyboard/
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February 07, 2020 at 07:49PM
A new Raspbian update
The last major release of Raspbian was the Buster version we launched alongside Raspberry Pi 4 last year
https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/a-new-raspbian-update/
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January 26, 2020 at 10:47AM
The Long Goodbye of Wi-Fi Has Begun
https://spectrum.ieee.org/telecom/wireless/the-long-goodbye-of-wifi-has-begun
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February 03, 2020 at 08:21PM
Better Privacy: Encrypting DNS
For the time being, until companies design products and services with  them in mind, the work of protecting our privacy and security falls on  consumers like you and I.
https://www.secjuice.com/encrypting-dns-for-privacy/
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January 24, 2020 at 07:29PM
NanoPi R2S: A Raspberry Pi alternative that integrates two Gigabit Ethernet ports
FriendlyElec offers numerous affordable single-board computers (SBCs) that, depending on their configuration, can compete with the popular Raspberry Pi series. The NanoPi R2S is the latest SBC that FriendlyElec has brought to market, and one that it has based on a Rockchip RK3328 SoC. The 55.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/NanoPi-R2S-A-Raspberry-Pi-alternative-that-integrates-two-Gigabit-Ethernet-ports.451190.0.html

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