MiniPC Show #111 – Look at the show notes or go away!!!!

LILYGO® TTGO T-Watch-2020 Product Description Hardware Specifications Chipset:ESP32, dual-core MCU, PMU power management FLASH:QSPI flash 16MB SRAM:520 KB SRAM / PSRAM 8MB Button:Power key USB to TTL:CP2104 On-bo…

https://www.tindie.com/products/ttgo/lilygor-ttgo-t-watch-2020/

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Building the World’s Largest Raspberry Pi Cluster Oracle’s Raspberry Pi Supercomputer, the largest Raspberry Pi cluster known to exist, got awarded one of the Top 10 Raspberry Pi Projects of 2019 from Tom’s Hardware.

https://dzone.com/articles/building-the-worlds-largest-raspberry-pi-cluster

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Oracle’s New Supercomputer Has 1,060 Raspberry Pis One Raspberry Pi can make a nice web server, but what happens if you put more than 1,000 of them together? At Oracle’s OpenWorld convention on Monday, the company showed off a Raspberry Pi Supercomputer that combines 1,060 Raspberry Pis into one powerful cluster.

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/oracle-raspberry-pi-supercomputer,40412.html

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NanoPi NEO3 Headless SBC Launched for $20 and up Last month, we found out FriendlyELEC was working on NanoPi NEO3, a tiny SBC powered by Rockchip RK3328 processor and made for headless applications and networked storage thanks to Gigabit Ethernet and USB 3.0 ports, as well as a 26-pin GPIO header.

https://www.cnx-software.com/2020/07/11/buy-nanopi-neo3-headless-sbc/

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Tiny NanoPi NEO3 SBC Targets Networked Storage with GbE and USB 3.0 Once upon a time, FriendlyELEC launched a Raspberry Pi Zero competitor for headless applications with Allwinner H3 powered NanoPi NEO, which was then followed with NanoPi NEO2 equipped with a more powerful Allwinner H5 processor and Gigabit Ethernet, and less than two years ago, NanoPi NEO4 was laun

https://www.cnx-software.com/2020/06/29/tiny-nanopi-neo3-sbc-targets-networked-storage-with-gbe-and-usb-3-0/

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UASP makes Raspberry Pi 4 disk IO 50% faster A couple weeks ago, I did some testing with my Raspberry Pi 4 and external USB SSD drives. I found a USB 3.0 SSD was ten times faster than the fastest microSD card I tested. In the comments on the video associated with that post, Brad Manske mentioned something I never even thought about.

https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2020/uasp-makes-raspberry-pi-4-disk-io-50-faster

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July Update: biggest update in months! Open. Friendly. Community Driven. I cannot remember the last time I had this much to report. With so many announcements and highlights, I ran out of time and didn’t cover a handful of topics that happened this month.

https://www.pine64.org/2020/07/15/july-updatepmos-ce-pre-orders-and-new-pinephone-version/

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Lenovo Yoga X leaks suggest an Android tablet that’s also a monitor Lenovo has been one of the more adventurous companies in the Android tablet space in recent years, with tablets designed to serve double duty as smart speakers/displays, tablets with built-in projectors, and dual-screen models with E Ink and color screens. android, mini https://liliputing.com/2020/07/lenovo-yoga-x-leaks-suggest-an-android-tablet-thats-also-a-monitor.html

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ptitSeb/box86 Box86 will let run x86 Linux program (games) on non-x86 Linux, like ARM (needs to be 32bits little-endian). Also, Box86 use native version for some “system” libraries, like libc, libm, or SDL and OpenGL, leading to more performance and easier integration with host system.

https://github.com/ptitSeb/box86

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Tiny IOGEAR GUD3C460 USB-C docking station turns your Android smartphone into a desktop As Ultrabooks become increasingly thinner year after year, more are shipping with fewer port options and the expectation that users will have adapters and docking stations ready to go. However, not all docking stations have to be bulky as there are a number of small and light options to choose from. android, mini https://www.notebookcheck.net/Tiny-IOGEAR-GUD3C460-USB-C-docking-station-turns-your-Android-smartphone-into-a-desktop.480571.0.html

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Ubuntu Appliances for Raspberry Pi include AdGuard, MQTT, Nextcloud, openHAB, and PLEX Canonical has launched an Ubuntu Appliance project for container-like apps based on Ubuntu Core snap packages. The first five free appliances provide AdGuard, mosquitto MQTT server, Nextcloud, openHAB, and the PLEX media server on the Raspberry Pi.

http://linuxgizmos.com/ubuntu-appliances-for-raspberry-pi-include-adguard-mqtt-nextcloud-openhab-and-plex/

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RK3399Pro module available in $199 and up dev kit Firefly’s open-spec, $119-and-up “Core-3399Pro-JD4” module runs Linux or Android on a 3-TOPS NPU-enabled RK3399Pro. The module is available as part of a $199 and up “AIO-3399PRO-JD4” dev kit.

http://linuxgizmos.com/rk3399pro-module-available-in-199-and-up-dev-kit/

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ROScube Pico SBC Runs Ubuntu & ROS on Intel Atom or Rockchip PX30 Processor ADLINK has launched ROScube Pico SBC designed for robotics projects and powered by either an Intel Atom x5 Apollo Lake processor or a Rockchip PX30 Arm Cortex-A35 processor via their SMARC-compliant system-on-modules namely LEC-AL and as LEC-PX30.

https://www.cnx-software.com/2020/06/11/roscube-pico-sbc-runs-ubuntu-ros-on-intel-atom-or-rockchip-px30-processor/

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Orange Pi 4 SBC Gets a $16 4G LTE mini PCIe Card based on Rockchip RM310 Orange Pi 4 SBC is one of the most cost-effective Rockchip RK3399 SBC’s, as it sells for as low as $50 with 4GB RAM, Gigabit Ethernet, WiFi, and Bluetooth, HDMI 2.0 output, etc..

https://www.cnx-software.com/2020/06/12/orange-pi-4-4g-lte-mini-pcie-card-rockchip-rm310/

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Pocket Popcorn Computer Pocket P.C. is your hacker terminal on-the-go. It is a handheld Linux device with a high-definition 1080p display and large battery life.

https://pocket.popcorncomputer.com/

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Critical flaws in embedded TCP/IP library impact millions of IoT devices across industries Millions of devices, from consumer products like printers and IP cameras to specialized devices used across organizations such as video conferencing systems and industrial control systems, are at risk due to critical vulnerabilities found in an embedded TCP/IP library.

https://www.csoonline.com/article/3562742/critical-flaws-in-embedded-tcpip-library-impact-millions-of-iot-devices-across-industries.html

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Ripple20 vulnerabilities will haunt the IoT landscape for years to come Cyber-security experts have revealed today 19 vulnerabilities in a small library designed in the 90s that has been widely used and integrated into countless of enterprise and consumer-grade products over the last 20+ years.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/ripple20-vulnerabilities-will-haunt-the-iot-landscape-for-years-to-come/

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Connect KubeSail This step makes it much easier to manage the configurations in the next steps. If you haven’t already signed up for KubeSail, do that now. Its free and just requires a GitHub account to register. Then, to manage your raspberry pi from the KubeSail dashboard, just run

https://kubesail.com/blog/microk8s-raspberry-pi/

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Pinebook Pro Manjaro Update Error “When you try to update Manjaro, it can be that you run into the following error:

conflicting files:

nss: /usr/lib/p11-kit-trust.so already exists in filesystem

I think this can happen when you have opened the preferences of the Package Manager. Even when you haven’t changed anything in the preferen”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NexyTfO0iuY

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WiFi Networks Turned Targets In This Pocket Game Looking for a way to make his warwalking sessions a bit more interactive, [Roni Bandini] has come up with an interesting way to gamify the discovery of new WiFi networks.

https://hackaday.com/2020/06/20/wifi-networks-turned-targets-in-this-pocket-game/

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Arm And Japan Get Their Day In The HPC Sun There is a constant push and pull between budget and architecture in supercomputing, and the passing of time has not made anyone’s arms tired as yet on both sides of the bargaining table.

https://www.nextplatform.com/2020/06/22/arm-and-japan-get-their-day-in-the-hpc-sun/

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Raspberry Pi-like Zynq-7020 SBC sells for $72 Sipeed has launched a $72, open-spec “Sipeed TANG Hex” SBC that runs Linux on an FPGA-enabled Zynq-7020 with 1GB RAM, 256MB flash, 10/100 Ethernet, 4x USB 2.0 ports, and an early RPi-like 26-pin GPIO header.

http://linuxgizmos.com/raspberry-pi-like-zynq-7020-sbc-sells-for-73/

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Install the Android Operating System on Raspberry Pi 3 with LineageOS #piday #raspberrypi @Raspberry_Pi To get Android to run on a Raspberry Pi, we will be using a special build of LineageOS developed by konstakang. Each Friday is PiDay here at Adafruit! Be sure to check out our posts, tutorials and new Raspberry Pi related products.

https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/07/03/install-the-android-operating-system-on-raspberry-pi-3-with-lineageos-piday-raspberrypi-raspberry_pi/

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The nanoPi Is A DIY Synth Based On The Raspberry Pi The nanoPi is a DIY synth project, based on the Raspberry Pi microcomputer. It combines a raspberry Pi Zero W, 10000mAh battery, and a Korg nanoKEY2 into a single portable synthesizer. Because it runs on a raspberry Pi, the possibilities for software are open. This build is based on fluidsynth.

http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2020/07/03/the-nanopi-is-a-diy-synth-based-on-the-raspberry-pi/

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Raspberry Pi 4 & Manjaro Plasma 20.04 – Jolly good? As you know, I’ve embarked on a peaceful crusade of trying to establish whether Raspberry Pi 4 can be used as an ordinary mini desktop. So far, I’ve shown you the first steps in my effort.

https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/rpi4-manjaro-kde-2004.html

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HAT Hacker HAT review — The MagPi magazine Supplied fully assembled, it’ll work with any 40‑pin Raspberry Pi model. Pimoroni has thoughtfully included six metal PCB standoffs (with screws) for spacing and securing it, and/or the attached mini or full-size HATs, via pairs of the eight mounting holes provided.

https://magpi.raspberrypi.org/articles/hat-hacker-hat-review

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Website hosting on Raspberry Pi 4 with Mythic Beasts Here’s Mythic Beast’s Pete Stevens to talk about how we run the Raspberry Pi website on Raspberry Pis, and how Mythic Beasts can run your site on Raspberry Pis too! In late 2016, Mythic Beasts launched a Raspberry Pi cloud, allowing you to rent a Raspberry Pi 3 as a service.

https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/website-hosting-on-raspberry-pi-4-with-mythic-beasts/

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Running Rosetta@home on a Raspberry Pi with Fedora IoT The Rosetta@home project is a not-for-profit distributed computing project created by the Baker laboratory at the University of Washington.

https://fedoramagazine.org/running-rosettahome-on-a-raspberry-pi-with-fedora-iot/

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Debian based Mobian Linux OS Brings Librem 5 Phosh Shell to Pinephone 2020 is the year of the Linux phone. Sort of… At least, we now have smartphones that ships with Linux thanks to PinePhone and Librem 5, and several Linux mobile operating systems with Ubuntu Touch based UBPorts, postmarketOS, and others. android, lftrou, linux, mini https://www.cnx-software.com/2020/07/10/debian-based-mobian-linux-os-brings-librem-5-phosh-shell-to-pinephone/

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Mobian Project Wants to Bring Debian GNU/Linux to Mobile Devices Meet Mobian, a new Open Source project that aims to bring the powerful and very popular Debian GNU/Linux operating system to mobile devices. If you thought for a second that the Linux phone market lacks operating systems you can try, think again as developers are just getting started. android, lftrou, linux, mini https://9to5linux.com/mobian-project-wants-to-bring-debian-gnu-linux-to-mobile-devices

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Mythic Beasts, miniNodes Offer Raspberry Pi 4 Hosting Services Mythic Beats is the company offering hosting services for the Raspberry Pi website, and following Eben Upton proposal they decided to host the website on eighteen Raspberry Pi 4 boards, fourteen of which used as LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) servers, as well as two used as static servers with Apa

https://www.cnx-software.com/2020/07/13/mythic-beasts-mininodes-offer-raspberry-pi-4-hosting-services/

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jmcerrejon/PiKISS · Fix issues and improve config, inet, other, server, tweaks sections. Raspberry Pi 3 ready. · Fix issues and improve games, emulators, info, mmedia sections. Raspberry Pi 3 ready. · Added Xump game. · Remove Minecraft script.

https://github.com/jmcerrejon/PiKISS

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GloDroid Brings Android 10 OS to Raspberry Pi 4, Orange Pi SBC’s, PinePhone, and PineTab The community of developers working on software for single board computers often prefer to focus on Linux support, as companies will often provide Android firmware images.

http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/139896

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