10 Cheap Raspberry Pi Alternatives in 2022

The Raspberry Pi is the king of single-board computers because it offers decent performance packed into a convenient form factor for an attractive price. But its competition hasn’t been asleep while it’s been sitting on the throne. In 2022, there are several cheap Raspberry Pi alternatives that you should consider for your projects, each offering a unique set of features and capabilities. So, without further ado, here’s our list of the best cheap Raspberry Pi alternatives in 2022. Update notice: The first version of this article was published in 2020. Since then, several compelling Raspberry Pi alternatives have been released, and the best ones are included in this updated version.

x86 system-on-module features 1GHz DM&P Vortex86DX3 processor

DM&P Vortex86DX3 is an x86 embedded processor launched in 2015 that we’ve previously found in single board computers and mini PCs, but I’ve just noticed ICOP was offering the SOM304D3 system-on-module based on the single and dual-core versions of the Vortex86DX3 SoC. The SOM304D3 is available with 1 or 2GB DDR3 RAM, works in a wide temperature range (up to -40°C to +85°C), and is designed for space-constrained industrial applications, especially those requiring legacy interfaces like ISA, IDE, and/or a parallel port (aka printer port).

Games: Cities: Skylines, The Battle of Polytopia, Super Animal Royale, and More

• The Cities: Skylines - Colossal Collection Bundle is up and an awesome deal

  Want to complete your Cities: Skylines collection or get started with pretty much everything you need? Check out the new Cities: Skylines - Colossal Collection Bundle. Looks to be a pretty great deal overall for a game you can easily spend absolutely thousands of hours in.

• The Battle of Polytopia gets a huge diplomacy update

  The Battle of Polytopia, a very highly rated turn-based strategy game that hopped over from mobile to PC back in 2020 is still expanding with a whole new diplomacy mechanic. Now you don't have to just expand and wage war, you can actually do a little more in the game and strategize with others.

• Super Animal Royale gets Steam Deck support

  There's a Battle Royale for everything now of course and Super Animal Royale puts 64 furry things in an arena and makes them fight until the end. Oh, it also now has Steam Deck support.

• Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo gets a fresh demo and relaunched Kickstarter

  Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo is a thoroughly wonderful looking 3D adventure about a dead snake that wakes up in Limbo. Their first Kickstarter back in 2021 didn't do well but they've relaunched with a new demo.

• Pixel-art people-sim Tiny Life adds gamepad support, works on Steam Deck too

  It's like The Sims but pixel-art and comes from an indie developer, what's not to love about this? Tiny Life has you take care of a family, build up their home and try not to kill them. First mentioned here back in January, the developer has been steadily working away on it.

today's howtos

• A Beginner's Guide to Pamac in Manjaro Linux

  Pamac is the default graphical package manager on Manjaro Linux. Learning how to manage packages using Pamac is essential for every Manjaro user. Manjaro Linux has become well-known as a version of Arch Linux that's easier to install and use. Part of this reputation stems from your ability to use Manjaro with a complete lack of command-line knowledge. There are graphical apps to install Manjaro itself and to install software. That's where Pamac comes in. Pamac is the default graphical app for installing software in various versions of Manjaro. While it's not hard to use, not every component is intuitive to a newcomer, so let's dive in.

• How to install Rust on CentOS 9 Stream

  Hello, friends. In this post, you will learn how to install Rust on CentOS 9 Stream. This is one of the most popular programming languages in the world. Rust is an Open-Source and multipurpose programming language that was initially created by Mozilla, but has gradually gained much popularity worldwide. Fans of this language say that it is possible that in time it could be a very solid alternative to C or C++ if it is not already.

• How to Install FFmpeg on Ubuntu 22.04 - Cloudbooklet

  How to Install FFmpeg on Ubuntu 22.04. FFmpeg is an open-source collection of great tools for audio and video processing to record, convert and stream. This tutorial covers the steps required to install FFmpeg on Ubuntu 22.04. You will also learn how to use the ffmpeg command line tool to convert audio, add text to video and many more. This tutorial is tested on Google Cloud for automatic image and video processing.

• How to Install Apache Solr 9.0 on Ubuntu 22.04 – TecAdmin

  Apache Solr is an open-source search platform written on Java. Solr provides full-text search, spell suggestions, custom document ordering and ranking, Snippet generation, and highlighting. This tutorial will help you to install Apache Solr 9.0 on Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish systems.