MiniPC Show #107 – Work From Home WFH Solutions, NanoPI RS2 and Great Email

Nextcloud: The Swiss Army Knife of Remote Working Tools
Remote working culture has been booming for past few years in coding, graphics and other IT related fields. But the recent Coronavirus pandemic has made it mandatory for the companies to work from home if it’s possible for them.
https://itsfoss.com/nextcloud/
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Index of /downloads/
Index of /downloads/ Name Last modified Size Description Parent Directory 19-Mar-2018 07:11 – NextCloudPi_02-06-18 19-Mar-2018 11:12 – NextCloudPi_03-17-18 19-Mar-2018 07:12 – berryboot 22-Mar-2018 16:39 – testing 15-Feb-2018 16:08 – l10n_templates.tar.
https://ownyourbits.com/downloads/
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meet.jit.si

http://meet.jit.si/
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March Update: Manjaro on Pinebook Pro & PinePhone Software
Open. Friendly. Community Driven. COVID-19 recovery in China is underway and factory work is slowly returning back to normal. This is good news, and we hope to have a constant stream of updates for you in the coming weeks.
https://www.pine64.org/2020/03/15/march-update-manjaro-on-pinebook-pro-pinephone-software/
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Thanks Honkeymagoo from LinuxLugCast
http://linuxlugcast.com/
Plasma Bigscreen IMG
This project is using various open-source components like Plasma Bigscreen, Mycroft AI and libcec with a modified KDE Neon img for the Raspberry Pi 4 to allow easy accessing content-related services on your TV. A big launcher giving you easy access to any installed apps and skills.
https://plasma-bigscreen.org/
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NanoPi R2S Dual GbE IoT Board and Gateway Launched for $22 and Up
We first covered NanoPi R2S SBC back in mid-January 2020.
https://www.cnx-software.com/2020/03/25/buy-nanopi-r2s-dual-gbe-iot-board-and-gateway/
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Lightweight Kubernetes
K3S is a highly available, certified Kubernetes distribution designed for production workloads in unattended, resource-constrained, remote locations or inside IoT appliances.
http://k3s.io/
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Anbox for ARM64
Anbox is a container-based approach to boot a full Android system on a regular GNU/Linux system like Ubuntu. In other words: Anbox will let you run Android on your Linux system without the slowness of virtualization. The Android inside the container has no direct access to any hardware.
https://github.com/HarleyPato/anbox-arm64

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Email
Scott

So I have a few Raspberry Pis and they are ok for what I'm using them for. I've never found them to be a great GUI desktop device though. I know you've frequently complained that the Pi isn't really "open" and using closed proprietary blobs for main components, an opinion that aligns with my own values. However I've been burned in the past dabbling in alternatives (Pine64) due to lack of decent software driver/image support. Meanwhile, as closed as the Pi is, it has excellent support with frequent solid software images being released.

So, that raises today's question: what do you feel is the most "open" platform that also has good and active software/driver support? Here are my criteria:

- Should not be much larger than a Ras Pi
- Does not need to be more powerful than a Pi4
- Needs to have a GPU with good driver support (for ongoing support of graphics acceleration, since I want to be running a Linux desktop GUI and will occasionally play video)
- Does not need wifi or bluetooth
- Built-in gigabit ethernet (RJ45)
- HDMI or other digital video out
- Active GUI desktop image support, historical and promising signs for the future (at a minimum should have a working Bionic-based image)

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