Most modern laptops are designed to be used and then discarded, or at best recycled when their time is up. Some models allow you to upgrade the RAM or storage, but many do not. Even fewer have user-replaceable batteries. And almost none allow you to upgrade the processors, display, or other hardware. That’s one of […]
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New options added to EOMA68 PC card crowdfunding campaign
It’s been a little over a month since Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton launched a crowdfunding campaign to build a free and open source modular PC system which includes an EOMA68 PC card (with a processor, memory, and storage) and a series of accessories including desktop and laptop docks. The campaign has raised over $60,000 so far, […]
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Crowdfunding begins for modular EOMA68 PC system (laptop, desktop, upgradeable PC card)
Comments Off on Crowdfunding begins for modular EOMA68 PC system (laptop, desktop, upgradeable PC card)Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton has been developing the EOMA68 modular PC system for the past five years… and now he’s finally ready to begin selling hardware. The first devices include a $65 computer-on-a-card that’s designed to fit into a laptop or desktop PC case. You can reserve some of the first devices by making a […]
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Interview with EOMA68 Libre laptop developer Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
The EOMA68 Libre Laptop is a notebook powered by a removable, upgradeable PC card. It’s the the latest iteration of a concept that developer Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton has been working on for the past five years. But if all goes according to plan, you might actually be able to buy one this year. Leighton is […]
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EOMA68 Libre Laptop features upgradeable CPU card
Over the last decade or so, it’s gotten more difficult to upgrade personal computers. Most smartphones and tablets, many laptops, and even some desktops have processors and other components that aren’t meant to be replaced. But for the past few years the folks at Rhombus Tech have been working on the EOMA68 project to build a modular […]
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Open source Vivaldi tablet and Improv board seem to be dead in the water
Once upon a time a group of developers with the KDE team decided to release a tablet based on open source software. It was announced in 2012 as the Spark, renamed a few months later as the Vivaldi, got a major hardware overhaul a year later, and still hasn’t made it to market. Now it […]
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Improv is a $75 modular, ARM-based computer core (EOMA-68)
Make Play Live is now selling a $75 module with the brains of a computer — and that’s exactly what the Improv is designed to be. You can theoretically slot the card into a laptop dock, tablet dock, or other device to turn it into a fully capable computer. Or you can use it as […]
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EOMA-68 PC-on-a-card goes dual-core, supports Debian Linux, has new accessories in the works
7 Comments on EOMA-68 PC-on-a-card goes dual-core, supports Debian Linux, has new accessories in the worksRhombus Tech’s EOMA-68 project involves cramming all the key components of a PC onto a small board out the size of an old-school PCMCIA card. Then you can slot that card into a desktop, laptop, or tablet dock to function as the brains of a computer, and when you want to replace or upgrade you […]
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Vivaldi “Flying Squirrel” Linux tablet is making progress (still not ready to ship)
It’s been more than a year since KDE developer Aaron Seigo announced plans to build a tablet designed to run open Mer Linux and the KDE Plasma Active environment. The Vivaldi tablet project’s hit a few speed bumps since then, but this week the team has a mostly working prototype. The latest model is based […]
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EOMA-68 cards could lead to upgradeable tablets (and other computers)
You know how you can upgrade some components in your computer when they start to feel stale instead of going out and buying a whole new PC? That’s a lot harder to do with a laptop than a desktop, and the only “upgrade” most mobile tablets offer is the option to add a microSD card. […]