The Flipper One is a full-on Linux cyberdeck that solves my biggest Raspberry Pi problem
The Flipper One is a full-on Linux cyberdeck that solves my biggest Raspberry Pi problem
https://www.zdnet.com/article/flipper-one-cyberdesk-raspberry-pi-alternative/
Publish Date: 2026-05-21 08:53:00
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ZDNET’s key takeaways
- Flipper One is an open Linux pocket computer from Flipper Devices.
- It targets IP-connected hardware, networking, AI, and SDR projects.
- Flipper Devices wants developers to help shape the new platform.
After many months of speculation, Flipper Devices Inc., the company behind the wildly successful Flipper Zero, has finally lifted the lid on its next project — the Flipper One.
Also: 7 useful things I can do with my Flipper Zero – as someone who’s used it for years
And if you thought the Flipper Zero was incredibly cool, this will blow you away.
So, what is the Flipper One?
The Flipper One is an open — and when Flipper Devices says open, it means it: full mainline Linux kernel support, absolutely no binary blobs, closed drivers, proprietary firmware, or vendor-locked board support package — high-performance Linux platform that can form the basis for pretty much anything that you want it to do, from a network analyzer to an SDR (software-defined radio) to an offline AI or LLM project.
Think full-on pocket computer.
Doing all this demands power, and the Flipper One has it. Inside, there’s a high-performance 2.2 GHz octa-core RK3576 chipset that features a Mali-G52 GPU and an NPU capable of 6 TOPS (trillion operations per second), allowing you to run local LLMs (large language models — one of which will be a Flipper One-specific LLM for using the tool). This chipset is fully supported by Linux, and there’s 8GB of built-in RAM to handle the operating system and apps.
The Flipper One is powered by two processors.
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All this power in a device that sits in the palm of your hand.
But there’s more.
Running alongside this main chip is a secondary dual-core Raspberry Pi RP2350 microcontroller for handling the basic tasks of the Flipper One, including the display, button interface, touchpad control, LEDs, and power subsystem. In fact, if you don’t want to run Linux,…
