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Flipper One Could Be the Ultimate Linux Cyberdeck (nerds.xyz) 28

Posted by BeauHD from the nerd-bait dept.
BrianFagioli writes: Flipper Devices has finally revealed Flipper One, a Linux-powered cyberdeck that sounds less like a gadget and more like an attempt to rebuild portable ARM computing from the ground up. Unlike Flipper Zero, which focuses on offline protocols like RFID and Sub-1 GHz radio, Flipper One is all about networking, modular hardware, SDR experimentation, local AI, and upstream Linux kernel support. The company says it wants to build "the most open and best-documented ARM computer in the world," complete with zero vendor BSP dependency and as few binary blobs as possible. That alone is enough to get Linux folks paying attention.

The hardware itself is loaded with nerd bait: dual Gigabit Ethernet, Wi-Fi 6E, M.2 expansion for SSDs and 5G modems, GPIO add-ons, HDMI 2.1, and a dual-processor architecture pairing a Rockchip RK3576 with a Raspberry Pi RP2350 microcontroller. Flipper Devices is even developing its own small-screen Linux UI framework because squeezing KDE onto tiny touchscreens is miserable. The company openly admits the project is financially and technically terrifying, which honestly makes this announcement feel more believable than most startup hardware pitches. Whether Flipper One succeeds or not, it is one of the most ambitious Linux hardware projects in years.

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  • Support the right ... (Score:4, Funny)

    by PPH ( 736903 ) on Thursday May 21, 2026 @04:08PM (#66154628)

    ... to bear ARMs!

  • What I want is to be able to control my home automation without the commands going round trip to a server in the cloud and back, so that everything still works if the 'net goes out. Will this box help me get to that goal? I understand a lot of programming may be required.

    • Add WiFi to a Tamagotchi and flash a custom firmware.

      Or... roll your own home automation system.

      • Gah... posted before I thought of something.

        I'm sure, with some tinkering, you could get this to connect and be able to manage the home automation system, but the part about not having the automation system dial-home to the cloud would depend on what automation system it is.

    • You want Home Assistant with all local hardware

    • Home assistant is your friend. There are multiple way of integrating control methods. Someone will write a home assistant integration for the Flipper one sooner or later.

    • The Home Assistant project was created to do exactly that.

      You can run it on a Raspberry Pi, so I suspect you'll be able to run it on Flipper One as well. Or just about anything else that runs Linux and gives you a root shell, so you don't need to wait for Flipper One to reach production.

      Of course, this depends on your things being able to work with Home Assistant... but if they're not, then you should replace those things with things that work with Home Assistant. There's a very long list of integrations, s

  • Cost (Score:3)

    by machineghost ( 622031 ) on Thursday May 21, 2026 @04:43PM (#66154674)

    Neither the summary nor the article said anything about price. I guess it's not announced, but Gemini thinks:

    However, the target price for the base configuration is expected to be less than ($350), though analysts and community members project it could fall anywhere between ($300) and ($500).

    Less than a Steam Deck!

    • I'd pay more if it had SFP instead of Gigabit Ethernet. Being able to patch into random optical connectors I find would make such a device rather ... useful.

  • Unlike Flipper Zero (Score:3)

    by Himmy32 ( 650060 ) on Thursday May 21, 2026 @05:19PM (#66154742)

    "Unlike Flipper Zero" is a pretty big understatement, they feel like very different classes of devices. The open everything dual ARM machine + RP2350 microcontroller with GPIO in a battery powered portable form factor very interesting. Guessing there's going to be a price premium for this type of swiss army knife, but I think they proved with the Zero that they can deliver to unique markets like this.

    I'll say that I'm interested, where I had little interest in the Zero. It's different than the rest of my collection random of project hardware (Arduinos, ESP32s, and Pis). An all-in-one project toy that fits in a pocket seems pretty nifty.

    • "Unlike Flipper Zero" is a pretty big understatement, they feel like very different classes of devices.

      To be fair, a 0 and a 1 are vastly different, like night and day, left and right, down and up, off and on, etc...
      So maybe less like a simple version increment and more like flipping a bit from a, well you know ...

      :-)

      On the other hand, maybe they're just going to be simple and name products 0, 1, 2 ... which would be refreshing.

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by ceoyoyo ( 59147 )

      It's basically a $75 Raspberry Pi knockoff board with a $20 SDR radio, a plastic case and some dolphin branding that's likely to get you in trouble.

  • The hardware itself is loaded with nerd bait: dual Gigabit Ethernet, Wi-Fi 6E

    Last decade's wired ethernet and the year before last's wifi is nerd bait? GTFOH immediately with your slashvertisement clown shit. At least put in some fucking effort.

    • Latest top performance is expensive, and electronics in general are more expensive, if you haven't noticed. There are still plenty of Wi-Fi 5 devices, and a lot of networks don't go faster than 1 Gbps anyway. If you need faster, the USB-C port is capable of 5 Gbps Ethernet via USB-CDC NCM, so there's probably enough there to connect a 2.5 Gbps USB NIC.

      The whole design is supposed to be open, so maybe you can gather a few friends and figure out how to install faster components that meet your expectations.

  • Seriously? They're calling this thing a Cyberdeck??? Yeah... no.

    Sorry not sorry; but unless I can wire this thing into my brain and then flatline a room full of gonks with burnt out synapses by looking at them funny; this ain't no cyberdeck.

  • Flipper Devices is even developing its own small-screen Linux UI framework because squeezing KDE onto tiny touchscreens is miserable.

    Have they checked out Hildon or Plasma Mobile?

  • Personally, I love it! Getting a stiffy here. I just wish they combined the RF components of the Flipper Zero in as well. I know they're focusing on different devices for different things, but adding an SDR radio would be awesome!
  • Flipper One Could Be the Ultimate Linux Cyberdeck ... Or it could not.

    An advertisement would blindly scream the former.

    A piece of fact-based journalism would point out the latter.
  • I see a ton of hardware packed in there. An SoC, a bunch of radios, ethernet, wifi, reasonably high-speed blocks like HDMI, etc. The power budget compared to F0 will be very significantly higher. Where will it come from?

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