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Desktop and All-in-One Arm Linux Computers Launched with Baikal-M Processor

posted by martyb on Tuesday August 10 2021, @02:41PM   Printer-friendly
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takyon writes:

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: 4, Informative) by number11 on Tuesday August 10 2021, @08:24PM (2 children)

    by number11 (1170) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday August 10 2021, @08:24PM (#1165570)

    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.

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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 11 2021, @08:16AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 11 2021, @08:16AM (#1165701)

    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

      by legont (4179) on Saturday August 14 2021, @08:31PM (#1166941)

      Astra is just hardened Debian I believe. One could simply take plain Debian distro, install all the tools and change configs.

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