Review of the Ugoos UT3S, a powerful 4GB RAM Dual Boot Android/Ubuntu Mini PC from Gearbest (DISCOUNT COUPON INSIDE)

Hello guys,

In this article i'm gonna review a vry powerful and stylish Mini PC from Ugoos that gives you the option for dual boot into Android 4.4.2 and Ubuntu Linux 14.10

You can find it on Gearbest at 110$ for the 2GB Ram and 16GB Rom version and at 150$ for the 4GB Ram and 32GB Rom version using the DISCOUNT COUPON CODE: UT3S

MeleCast S1 Miracast Dongle Unboxing and Review

Welcome to another unboxing and review.

This time we are going to have a look at the MeleCast S1 Miracast Dongle from Mele.

Without further ado let's see what's you get in the box.

First of all the dongle comes in a very nice and good looking package.

MK902 Quad Core RK3188 mini pc

Rikomagic has spun a mini-PC version of its quad-core Cortex-A9 Rockchip RK3188-based MK802 stick computers that run Android or Ubuntu, starting at $105.

The same week that Rockchip launched a new quad-core Cortex-A17 RK3288 system-on-chip, one of its earliest and most successful customers has eeked out some more life from the Cortex-A9 based RK3188. Rikomagic was one of the first and most successful of the wave of low-cost Android-ready, media player oriented HDMI stick computers that began to appear at the beginning of this decade. Now, it has launched a larger, more I/O rich miniPC alternative to its Android-based MK802IV. There’s also a very similar Ubuntu Linux-based MK802IV LE.

 

Ubuntu 14.04 through Picuntu 5.1 on the MarsBoard RK3066 dev board

Picuntu is a custom version of Ubuntu Linux designed to run on devices with Rockchip processors. That effectively lets you turn a cheap Android TV box into a full-fledged PC capable of running desktop apps such as LibreOffice, GIMP and Firefox.

Now the developer has released a new beta that’s based on recently-released Ubuntu 14.04. It’s called Picuntu 5.1 and it’s optimized for the $60 MarsBoard RK3066 developer board.

 

3D graphics support for Rockchip RK3188 devices on Linux

Developers have been porting Ubuntu and other operating systems to run on tablets and TV boxes with Rockchip RK3188 quad-core chips since mid-2013. The RK3188 chip is one of the fastest ARM Cortex-A9 processors around, and Ubuntu is surprisingly snappy on devices with the processor… but up until now there’s been no Linux support for hardware-accelerate graphics.
That means that while web browsers, office apps, and other basic software run well on a device like the MK802 IV LE, up until now it’s been tough to play 3D games or run some other apps using Linux on this type of device.

Now a group of developers have added initial support for hardware-accelerated graphics.