Linutop has launched a new mini-desktop computer which uses less than 14 watts, runs Ubuntu Linux, and is sadly barely any better than the model the company launched two and a half years ago. The Linutop 5 is kind of cool by virtue of being a low-power, fanless computer ships with Linux. But while the […]
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Linutop 4 is a 14W Linux-based desktop computer
Linutop has been producing tiny low power Linux-based desktop computers from the last few years, and now the company has introduced its fourth generation product called the Linutop 4. Creative, I know. Spec-wise, the new model doesn’t actually look all that different from the Linutop 3. It still has a 1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 […]
Linutop 3 nettop features Atom CPU, fanless design
Last time I checked in with the folks at Linutop, they had launched a Linux-based mini-desktop with a low power VIA C7 processor. Now it looks like the company has released an updated model called the Linutop 3 which swaps out the VIA chip for a 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor. The Linutop 3 isn’t exactly […]
VIA C7 processor makes a comeback… in Linutop 3 Linux nettop
I’m not entirely convinced that nettops are the new netbooks. But it seems like everybody and his kid brother is busy putting out a tiny desktop computer with a slow processor these days. But while you might be willing to put up with below-average performance on a netbook that gets excellent battery life and weighs […]