Linare, a company that integrates computers and software, is selling systems costing $199 with its own version of Linux. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, ...

Free tools, low power use, and zero noise—this setup actually holds up.

The Acer Aspire 1 (A114-61) is a cheap laptop with a 14 inch full HD display, 4GB of RAM, and 64GB of storage. Powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 1 processor, it launched in 2021 as a budget ...

Gumstix, a company that has been selling small system boards – about the size of a “gum stick” – for years, is now offering crowdfunding for hardware that users can design themselves. (Stick with me ...

The ShaRPiKeebo is a pocked-sized computer kit that features a custom PCB with a 2.7 inch sunlight-readable display, a 56-key thumb keyboard plus D-Pad buttons, and a LoRa radio for long-range ...

The pre-built Linux Kubuntu Focus Iridium laptop line is an unexpectedly good alternative to running any Linux operating system on converted Windows PCs. Born almost five years ago, Focus Computers ...

The Pogoplug (pic from CultofMac) is part of a service for sharing your pictures, videos and so on. Usefully, you can ignore their service and rework it to run ArchLinux from a connected USB thumb ...