MiniPC Show #124 – Brett has a great Soldering Iron … we’re jealous, SteamDeck, AYN Odin and Raspberry Pi Imager Secrets!!

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Russia To Build RISC-V Processors for Laptops: 8-core, 2 GHz, 12nm, 2025
Russian outlet Vedomosti.ru today is reporting that the conglomerate Rostec, a Russian state-backed corporation specializing in investment in technology, has penned a deal with server company Yadro and silicon design company Sintakor to develop RISC-V processors for computers, laptops, and servers.

https://www.anandtech.com/show/16827/russia-to-build-riscv-processors-for-laptops-8core-2-ghz-12nm-2025
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Russia to Build 8-Core RISC-V CPUs for Laptops, Government Systems
RISC-V has attracted a great deal of interest across the computing industry for its open-source instruction set architecture and rapidly evolving ecosystem. There are reports that Russia plans to build new RISC-V based CPUs by 2025.

https://www.extremetech.com/computing/324735-russia-to-build-8-core-risc-v-cpus-for-laptops-government-systems
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UY CHAN Upgraded TS80P 9V/12V Type C USB Original Digital OLED Programmable Pocket-size Smart Mini Portable Soldering Iron Station Kit (With US Power Supply)

https://www.amazon.com/UY-CHAN-Programmable-Pocket-size-Soldering/dp/B07G71CKC4
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NanoPi R2C is a cheaper dual GbE mini router with YT8521S Gigabit Ethernet PHY
FriendlyELEC’s NanoPi R2C is an updated version of NanoPi R2S dual GbE mini router that replaces Realtek RTL8211E Gigabit Ethernet transceiver with a Motorcomm YT8521S chip.

https://www.cnx-software.com/2021/08/14/nanopi-r2c-cheaper-dual-gbe-mini-router-yt8521s-gigabit-ethernet-phy/
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Raspi-config’s mostly undocumented non-interactive mode
If you’ve ever used a Raspberry Pi, you’ve probably used the raspi-config configuration tool. This text-based user interface (TUI) is great for changing 99% of basic settings on the Raspberry Pi, such as the hostname, WiFi country, locale, memory split, etc…

https://loganmarchione.com/2021/07/raspi-configs-mostly-undocumented-non-interactive-mode/
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Raspberry Pi Imager update to v1.6
Since Raspberry Pi Imager was released just over a year ago, we’ve made a number of changes and fixes to help make it more reliable and easier to use. But you may wonder whether it’s changed at all, because it looks almost exactly the same as it did last year.

https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-imager-update-to-v1-6/
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Nextcloud beat US hyperscalers as collaboration platform for EU digital sovereignty project Gaia-X – Nextcloud
Gaia-X was imagined as a federated data infrastructure ecosystem for Europe. More than 250 members already came on board and decided to join forces around the same common objectives and endeavors of Gaia-X, according to Gaia-X.

https://nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-beat-us-hyperscalers-as-collaboration-platform-for-eu-digital-sovereignty-project-gaia-x
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Cursive

https://cursive.apps.chrome/
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Armbian 21.08 Released with Xfce, Cinnamon, and Budgie Desktops, Debian Bullseye Builds
The Armbian project released today Armbian 21.08 as a new major version of this Linux-based distribution for single-board computers powered by ARM processors. The Armbian 21.

https://9to5linux.com/armbian-21-08-released-with-xfce-cinnamon-and-budgie-desktops-debian-bullseye-builds
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AYN Odin handheld game console with Snapdragon 845 and Android coming soon for $199 and up (crowdfunding)
The AYN Odin is a handheld game console that looks a bit like a Nintendo Switch Lite. The Odin has a 6 inch, 1080p IPS LCD display surrounded by game controllers and it’s expected to have a starting price of less than $200.

https://liliputing.com/2021/08/ayn-odin-handheld-game-console-with-snapdragon-845-and-android-coming-soon-for-199-and-up-crowdfunding.html
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Here’s why SteamOS switched from Debian to Arch Linux
One of the many surprises of the Steam Deck announcement concerned SteamOS. The underlying software of SteamOS 2.0 was Debian (back when Steam Machines were a thing) but that’s been dropped for Arch Linux for version 3.0.

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/heres-why-steamos-switched-from-debian-to-arch-linux
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ROG Phone 5s Pro
Features Tech Specs Gallery Support Fueled for winning by the latest Qualcomm® Snapdragon® 888+ 5G mobile platform, ROG Phone 5s Pro launches your mobile gaming experience into the next dimension.

https://rog.asus.com/phones/rog-phone-5s-pro-model/
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Introduce the Radxa Zero
We are happy to announce the Radxa Zero, a new member of our SBC family. We’ve been wanted to make the Zero form factor since long time ago but there is no good SoC choice. RK3326 was the close one but it doesn’t support HDMI.

https://forum.radxa.com/t/introduce-the-radxa-zero/6550/3

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