Anyone buying a computer or a laptop knows that these things do not come cheap, even if they are made keeping budget in mind.
But recently a developer named Brian Benchoff developed a PC that only costs $15! Yes, you heard it right. This developer has made a computer which costs only $15, less than a quarter of the price of many cheap chromebooks!
Brian has named his creation "The Linux Swiss Army Knife". He has made this creation possible by spending the bare minimum needed for the purchase of each component. That means that most of the components in his PC are the cheapest ones in their league.
If this is sounding a deal that seems too good to be true, let me tell you that your skepticism is fully justified.
This so-called "Linux Swiss Army Knife" PC is based on Command Line Interface (CLI). One of its biggest achievements is connecting to USB devices.
The developer has currently no plan to add any graphical components to this PC. It also does not have any kind of radio transmitter or receiver built-in.
One thing that this computer can do is run the game "Doom". It is possible due to a Linux environment creating a tool called "Buildroot".
The specifications of this PC are -
Allwinner F1C100s SoC
ARM ARM926EJ-S Processor (533MHz)
32 GB Memory (DDR)
2.3 inches 320 x 240-pixel resolution IPS TFT screen
USB 2.0
Expandable storage up to 64GB through microSD.
2 AAA NiMH batteries
USB-C power supply
While on paper this all seems very unusable from 2022 standards, we must remember that anyone would not be using this as their daily driver.
Any person who has knowledge of Linux knows what power the command line holds. A fully functioning Linux Terminal can give you endless possibilities if you know what you are doing.
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