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So it begins...

I'd never thought a small ARM machine for ~600€ could be a good deal... that was before the RAMPocalypse...

The Minisforum MS-R1 comes with 64GB LPDDR5 ECC RAM.
Thankfully I still had a spare KingSpec XG7000 2TB m.2 NVME SSD

The CIX P1 CP8180 CPU is very new and Kernel upstreaming started in ernest with 2.6.19 but mainline is far from useable and the Debian Bookworm image that Minisforum provides is... a bit old.

However Ubuntu has a working Image
of 26.06 LTS that I used to install my machine with.

Working 10Gbit Ethernet and Wifi is nice.

Chimera Linux sits happily in a QEMU/KVM running on the same machine.

Next step: get the needed bits into Chimera but not while it's so hot around here.

#screenshot #minisforumMsR1 #ubuntu #chimeralinux #libvirt #virtmanager #kdeplasma #aarch64 #arm64 #cixP1 #cixCp8180

MINISFORUM MS-R1 Arm-powered Desktop PC goes global for $504 and up

After launching in China earlier this month the MINISFORUM MS-R1 desktop computer is now available worldwide. What makes this small form-factor computer unusual is that it’s powered by a high-performance Arm-based processor.

The PC is available from the MINISFORUM website for $504 and up. The entry-level configuration includes 32GB of onboard RAM and no storage, but you can pay extra for up […]

#arm #minisforum #minisforumMsR1 #msR1

Read more: https://liliputing.com/minisforum-ms-r1-arm-powered-desktop-pc-goes-global-for-504-and-up/

MINISFORUM MS-R1 mini PC has a 12-core Arm processor and PCIe x16 slot for a dGPU

The MINISFORUM MS-R1 is a small desktop computer with support for up to 64GB of RAM, a PCIe 4.0 x16 slot for an optional discrete GPU, and plenty of I/O features including two 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports and support for multiple displays.

What makes this PC stand out though is that instead of an Intel or AMD processor it’s powered by a CIXIN P1 processor. That’s the same higher-performance […]

#arm #CD8160 #cd8180 #cixP1 #miniPc #minisforum #minisforumMsR1

Read more: https://liliputing.com/minisforum-ms-r1-mini-pc-has-a-12-core-arm-processor-and-pcie-x16-slot-for-a-dgpu/