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Desktop and All-in-One Arm Linux computers launched with Baikal-M processor
The last time we wrote news about Baikal Electronics, the Russian company was offering MIPS-based processors, but they've now announced that several iRU-branded desktops and one all-in-one computer had been introduced with Baikal-M octa-core Cortex-A57 processor with Mali-T628 GPU, and support for up to 32GB DDR4 RAM, up to 3TB HDD.
The computers target the Russian market, especially business to business (B2B) and business to government (B2G) customers, with the use of Astra Linux distribution that contains Russian "data protection tools" such as ViPNet SafeBoot, PAK Sobol, and others.
[...] The all-in-one version of the computer pretty much has the same features with up to 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD, 3TB HDD, and a 23.8-inch IPS display with Full HD (1920 x 1080) resolution.
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(Score: 3, Funny) by legont on Tuesday August 10 2021, @02:51PM (2 children)
The age is finally here.
"Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding" - John Kenneth Galbraith.
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Tuesday August 10 2021, @05:02PM (1 child)
Sure thing, we had the age of the Linux Desktop many times now. It's going to be this time, for sure, though.
In reality, the masses are going to go with the dumbest solution. Linux requires you to rub two neurons together, thus the masses don't adopt it. I mean, Android worked and it's based on Linux. They assume people are stupid though, so it works.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 3, Insightful) by legont on Saturday August 14 2021, @08:28PM
Perhaps it's not the case any more - difficulty I mean. A few years back I got tired of Windows issues on my wife's laptop and I gave her a Linux one. It was Dell and true it took me a day or so to set it up right even though Linux was preinstalled. Since then the only thing I do is remotely execute update command when she sleeps. Anyway, perhaps I am biased, but maintenance of a Linux system is way simpler for me. I am sure any reasonable company could do an initial install right.
"Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding" - John Kenneth Galbraith.
(Score: 3, Funny) by Rosco P. Coltrane on Tuesday August 10 2021, @02:54PM (6 children)
leave your other arm free for... you know, whatever you want.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 10 2021, @02:58PM
For make salute.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday August 10 2021, @03:21PM (4 children)
I leave my other ARM free for my RISC-V behavior. I'll relax and be satisfied once there is a RISC-V explosion.
If you think a fertilized egg is a child but an immigrant child is not, please don't pretend your concerns are religious
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 10 2021, @04:30PM (3 children)
ooh you really did get linux all over your desktop /.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday August 10 2021, @04:45PM (2 children)
It's not any more difficult to get Linux all over my desktop than when I get Linux all over my keyboard and laptop computer.
If you think a fertilized egg is a child but an immigrant child is not, please don't pretend your concerns are religious
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 10 2021, @04:49PM (1 child)
Your keyboard runs linux? A bit overkill, isn't it?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 11 2021, @08:44AM
Raspberry Pi 400, not at all.
(Score: 2) by driverless on Tuesday August 10 2021, @03:01PM (3 children)
The original Baikal processors were custom MIPS-based devices, but these are using "Cortex-A57 processor with Mali-T628 GPU". Or, roughly, a Raspberry Pi. Or perhaps a slightly older-generation cellphone.
(OK, since it's desktop-oriented it's got GigE and PCIe while a cellphone won't, but that's just because it's not really needed on a phone).
(Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday August 10 2021, @03:22PM (2 children)
Based on the CNX comments and the specs, it should compare well to the Pi 4. Probably not in price unless you buy it stolen from a Russian government office.
It can take 32 GB of RAM, an external GPU, and the Mali-T628 [notebookcheck.net] should be better than Pi 4's GPU in the first place.
Looks like we found Mojibake's next system.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 11 2021, @05:18PM (1 child)
External GPU?
I'm guessing that just means it can use a PCIE GPU via a slot on the board rather than something silly like the eGPU setups some have done on laptops.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Thursday August 12 2021, @12:07AM
I should have said discrete GPU.
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NVIDIA-RTX-On-ARM [phoronix.com]
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by edIII on Tuesday August 10 2021, @06:37PM (4 children)
Considering how antagonistic Russia is towards end-to-end encryption, how seriously am I supposed to take Russian based computers and software? Albeit, probably a little less safer than Intel with the management bullshit.
I'm going to be extremely skeptical that any Russia based anything is going to deliver true privacy and data protection without backdoors of some kind.
Technically, lunchtime is at any moment. It's just a wave function.
(Score: 4, Informative) by number11 on Tuesday August 10 2021, @08:24PM (2 children)
Going by the article comments, it can run other distros as well. Astra Linux is the distro approved for Russian govt use, so a logical one for the intended market. Commenter says ALT Linux is available now, and that you can build your own firmware. Probably other distros will become available.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 11 2021, @08:16AM (1 child)
It looks like you can just use Debian, since Astra Linux is based on that.
(Score: 2) by legont on Saturday August 14 2021, @08:31PM
Astra is just hardened Debian I believe. One could simply take plain Debian distro, install all the tools and change configs.
"Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding" - John Kenneth Galbraith.
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 11 2021, @07:28AM
News is that systemd is going to be implemented on Astra Linux.
Next up is Red Flag Linux and then my work for the CIA is complete.
Kind regards,
L.P.