Show notes
We present a buffet of budget Linux boxes. From $40 to $400 you'll be surprised by what we found. Then we attempt to find the perfect distro for them.
Special Guest: Alex Kretzschmar.
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Links:
- NASA greenlights two new Mars helicopters and lengthens Perseverance’s resume — Perseverance’s high-flying robotic companion, the Ingenuity helicopter, has inspired the design of two future rotorcraft that would swerve over the Martian terrain to pick up other samples.
- Get your name in the hat for our JPL tour — Join the JB Crew at JPL! We only have 15 spots. Please enter your info, and our happy little python script might just pick your name from the virtual hat.
- Upcoming Jupiter Broadcasting Meetups
- remembertoremember on Twitter — I haven’t really had major Linux woes in a long time and I use new hardware with 4k but always shop with Linux in mind.
- New $160: Beelink MiniS Mini Pc with 11th Gen Processor N5095,8GB DDR4 128GB SSD Mini Desktop Computers
- Acer Switch One SW1-011 Intel Atom x5-Z8300 @ 1.44 GHz 2GB Ram 32GB Storage
- Lenovo IdeaPad 3 14IML05 14" 128GB SSD, Intel Pentium Gold, 2.40GHz, 4GB
- Acer Mini PC Atom x5-Z8300 2Gb RAM 16Gb EMMC WiFi Bluetooth Linux CloudProfessor
- nixos-generators — The nixos-generators project allows to take the same NixOS configuration, and generate outputs for different target formats.
- MinisForum DeskMini UM350 Ryzen Mini PC
- Dell Wyse 5070 thin client
- New Features in Linux Mint 21 ‘Vanessa’ Cinnamon Edition — Linux Mint 21 is a long term support release which will be supported until 2027. It comes with updated software and brings refinements and many new features to make your desktop experience more comfortable.
- Linux Mint 21 Released - Built Atop Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Office Hours 9 — We Hate Crypto Too
- ManageIQ
- Usermode FTP Server on Flathub
- gh4a — Github client for Android
- OctoDroid on F-Droid
- OctoDroid for GitHub
- JB Colony Matrix Meetup Rooms