Conventional wisdom says small, powerful embedded Linux like the Raspberry Pi, Beaglebone, or the Intel Edison are inherently manufactured devices, and certainly not something the homebrew tinkerer can produce at home. [hak8or] is doing just that, producing not one, but two completely different tiny Linux computers at home.
The first is based on Atmel’s AT91SAM9N12 ARM processor, but the entire board is just about two inches square. On board is 64 MB of DDR2 DRAM, a USB host and OTG port, and not much else. Still, this chip runs a stripped down Linux off of a USB drive.
Read more at Hackaday.
The first Apple Watches arrived in stores today–sort of. For two weeks, you can visit an Apple Store to look at the watches or — if you have an appointment — try them on for 15 minutes. Although you can preorder the watch now, they don’t actually go on sale until April 24. According to reports, there were small crowds lined up for a look at Apple Stores early today, 
Canonical and Bq have announced that the Bq Aquaris e4.5 Ubuntu Edition is now available for purchase on regular channels, which puts an end to the flash sales.
This week in Linux news, open source’s contribution to IoT, Intel’s new Linux-powered Compute Stick, and more. Below are five of the latest Linux and open source must-reads. 