The $8 Linux Computer (2022)
The gist
Blogger Bram Stolk ran Linux on the $8 Ox64 RISC-V computer with three different cores.
The tiny board looks like a microcontroller but behaves like a UNIX machine.
How it unfolded
- Dec 2, 2022The 128MB Ox64 single-board computer is listed as available, per the linked product page.
- Dec 15, 2022Stolk publishes "The $8 linux computer (part 1.)," describing running Linux on the Ox64 with three different cores.
- Nov 7, 2026The post is submitted to Hacker News by user zenincognito, drawing 3 points and 1 comment.
Key terms
- RISC-V
- A free and open standard instruction set architecture for computer CPUs, based on reduced instruction set computer principles.
- single-board computer
- Computing done with complete computers built on a single circuit board, including processor, memory and input/output.
- microcontroller
- A small computer on a single integrated circuit containing processor cores, memory, and programmable input/output peripherals.
Source: Wikipedia