The $8 Linux Computer (2022)

6 comments

• hypercube33 14 minutes ago
  I love looking back 10+ years for the cheapest Linux thing you could buy. People were buying devices that were for kids or a router or something and repurposing it because it was open enough to get a shell on / flash Linux to it and start doing projects with.

  In the 2020s or somewhere before that we got a bunch of dedicated cheap MCUs that were good enough and I think stole the thunder from full Linux but there are still projects to run it on things like the ESP32 family.

  Either way, hardware hacking is still my favorite hobby to watch.
• internet2000 37 minutes ago
  The Raspberry Pi Zero sold for $5 before the foundation sold out.
• amelius 31 minutes ago
  I want this but in credit-card form factor, with a screen built in.
• nojs 9 minutes ago
  Is the Pi Zero 2W globally unobtainable at this point? What are folks using instead?
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  • wolvoleo 5 minutes ago
    There seems to be a 3W coming. I guess availability will suck though.
• winrid 37 minutes ago
  Quick someone upload a passmark score

  Probably a little faster than a Pentium 3
• znpy 44 minutes ago
  The chip computer used to be much more capable and feature rich at just 9$
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  • tdb7893 37 minutes ago
    Assuming you're referring to the one released in 2015, with inflation that's nearly 50% more expensive apparently.