A Minimum Viable Computer, or Linux for $15

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  • MiyooCFW

    Custom firmware source code and resources for BittBoy, PocketGo, PowKiddy V90-Q90-Q20 and third party handheld consoles

  • That F1C100s CPU is the same one that's used for Business Card Linux [1] as well as a bunch of handheld retro gaming consoles that run Linux and emulators. I bet it wouldn't take too much work to port the Miyoo Custom Firmware [2] over to it.

    [1]: https://github.com/thirtythreeforty/businesscard-linux

    [2]: https://github.com/TriForceX/MiyooCFW

  • bbenchoff

  • It seems the author is now redirecting the blog post to a static image, presumably to screw with HN even more: https://github.com/bbenchoff/bbenchoff.github.io/commit/9e77...

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  • businesscard-linux

    A Buildroot distribution small enough to run on my business card

  • That F1C100s CPU is the same one that's used for Business Card Linux [1] as well as a bunch of handheld retro gaming consoles that run Linux and emulators. I bet it wouldn't take too much work to port the Miyoo Custom Firmware [2] over to it.

    [1]: https://github.com/thirtythreeforty/businesscard-linux

    [2]: https://github.com/TriForceX/MiyooCFW

  • gmenu2x

    Front-end launcher used as the main one on the custom firmware

  • Gmenu2X / GmenuNX is a simple launcher program designed for small displays that runs well on that CPU.

    This is the fork that I've worked with: https://github.com/MiyooCFW/gmenunx

  • UTM

    Virtual machines for iOS and macOS

  • As an alternative, for iOS folks this might be an interesting pocket solution as well:

    https://getutm.app

  • fake-08

    A Pico-8 player/emulator for console homebrew

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