Ubuntu continues to bet on Free Hardware and especially on the Internet of Things, a technology that has a great future. For this, Canonical and Ubuntu have created Ubuntu Core, a version of Ubuntu focused on those platforms. Recently Ubuntu has announced the release of Ubuntu Core for the Bubblegum-96 board. These types of plates are built by uCRobotics.
Bubblegum-96 is an SBC boardi.e. a Raspberry Pi-like board that can work as minipc although we can also use it as the brain of any gadget to make it more intelligent or connect it to the Internet.
Bubblegum-96 has a 900Ghz S1,8 quadcore processor, 2 Gb of ram and a slot for microsd cards. In addition, the board has a wifi connection, bluetooth and a GPIO port. Bubblegum-96 has a usb 2 port and a usb 3.0, it also has an expansion of the GPIO which will allow us to use as an IDE port for internal storage.
Bubblegum-96 will use snap packages although it can also use deb packages
The connection to the monitor has to be done with a microhdmi port, unlike other SBC boards such as Raspberry Pi. But contrary to this, Bubblegum-96 has the reset button and the power button.
For this board, Ubuntu has created a special version, a version of Ubuntu Core with which it will work not only the current packages but also snap packages, something that is making Linux software work as well as a desktop computer on devices like these or even better.
Unfortunately, for those who want to replace their old computer with this board, the price will not accompany it. While a Raspberry Pi 3 costs $ 35, the board Bubblegum-96 has a cost of 89 dollars, a higher price than normal although it must be recognized that the power of Bubblegum-96 is greater than the power of Raspberry Pi, although you can always create a cluster and match Bubblegum-96 Do not you think?