Raspberry Pi 5

Raspberry Pi has released a 10.1-inch Touch Display 2 with a resolution of 1,200 x 1,920 pixels, 24-bit RGB color, and ten simultaneous touch points. The display is compatible with Raspberry Pi 5 and Compute Modules but requires a firmware update for full functionality. It is priced at $80 and features a 35 ms touch response time.

A user signed up with residential-testers.com, received a Raspberry Pi 5 device, and is concerned about security risks and potential misuse of their home internet. The company offers payment for allowing their service to use the user's residential internet connection, but the user has not activated the device due to uncertainty about its legitimacy and safety.

The Raspberry Pi 5 with 16 GB of RAM is priced at $350 and available on Adafruit. The product page has 12 points and 9 comments on Hacker News.

ReactOS, an open-source project recreating Windows NT, has achieved a milestone by booting on ARM64 hardware, including the Raspberry Pi 5. The build is experimental, with limited functionality, but marks a significant technical feat after eight months of work. The project aims for Windows Server 2003 compatibility and celebrates its 30th anniversary.

A user achieved a Bitcoin full node sync of 516GB in 13 hours using a Raspberry Pi 5 with an NVMe SSD and 300 Mbps fiber internet, challenging typical sync times of a week or more.