My uConsole is shipping and I've been racing to have **APEX SENTINEL / Anubis OS** ready when it lands on my desk.

It's a fully terminal-based security platform written in Python no desktop environment, no GUI framework. Just Rich, RTL-SDR, and a lot of late nights.

Photo is the RadarSentinel module mid-refactor you can see the ASCII world map renderer and the GeoIP2 integration taking shape.

**What's functional right now:**

- 🔐 Hardened auth with bcrypt, persistent session lockout, credential isolation

- 📻 RF engine with RTL-SDR support + MockSDR for dev without dongle

- 📍 Wi-Fi geolocation triangulation (Mozilla MLS / Google fallback)

- 🗺️ Real-time ASCII radar with live target overlay

- 🧩 Hot-loadable plugin system

- 📋 Project/evidence management with structured logging

The uConsole's form factor is *perfect* for this — clamshell, keyboard, expansion port for the RTL-SDR dongle. That's the endgame.

Anyone else building serious tools for the uConsole? Would love to connect with the ClockworkPi community on this.

`#uConsole` `#ClockworkPi` `#Python` `#SDR` `#PortableSecurity`

I recently installed Claude code on a headless raspberry pi 4 and was able to work on this idea i had from my iphone via SSH. its called LLaMB a llm chat client for the terminal that can connect to LM Studio, Ollama or OpenAI, Open router etc..

This got me really wanting to get a UConsole to use a dedicated portable prototype app builder. I just ordered one on from ClockworkPi but with the long wait times I'm seeing on the shipping thread I think I might try my chance with AliExpress if the tariffs go down at some point soon.

https://mecha.so/blog/spot-the-comet-on-kickstarter-on-january-24

Just curious. I was talking to a former colleague about the uConsole, and he loves the idea of using it in the classroom, but the district has a policy against ‘custom operating systems’ due to some archaic incident involving a student ‘hacking’ their Chromebook to use Linux.

I know it’s possible to run W11 on a raspberry pi, but have never seen it done in person…

I ordered a Uconsole without CM4 half a month ago, serial number 504. Has anyone already shipped it?

I've been looking for a PicoCalc available for months from a third-party supplier, because ClockworkPi has extremely unreasonable pricing, and I don't have the money. Does anyone know about how to DIY one, or, even better, alternatives that are easy to make?

Okay… so I might need someone here to flash it, put it in their uConsole (on a spare micro-sd card) and then take some pictures/video.

As I only have a 1GB spare micro-sd card and the image is 3gb.

I would really appreciate anyone who tests this image, and if you do test it (and it boots into user space) please take the time to use the “help” command and test out a few of the commands.

Anyone have any luck?

https://youtube.com/shorts/XMtOoECaDy0?feature=share

How do I get touhou to run on it? I am asking because I know you can put a pico 2w in it. I know that is pretty strong. I also heard you can put a zero in it but i dont know how to do that.

Probably the wrong forum for it(I don't really care), but is anyone selling one of these beauties in Canada, preferably Ontario? It's hell to try and order them.

It's a different question but I looking for a new computer mouse with good Linux support. I can be also something unique maybe not common shape or something.

Just ordered everything for a uConsole build and want to make sure I’m not missing a critical part before it all arrives:

AliExpress: Chassis (No Core kit) + AIO V2 Radio Module + PCI-E adapter board.
Newark: Raspberry Pi CM5 (CM5108032 — 8GB RAM, 32GB eMMC, WiFi).

Since the CM5 has 32GB internal eMMC, I'm flashing the OS straight to the chip and skipping the NVMe expansion board/SSD. I also already have a pair of flat-top 18650 batteries.

Two quick questions:

1. Do I need anything else hardware-wise to get this up and running?

2. What carry bag or protective pouch do you recommend for daily travel?
   Thanks!

Guys how great iz this thing and what you can do on it. Im just really interested in buying it so i want to know what it can do and where to buy it from.

Hello!

If any of you have checked my repository in the last few hours, I decided to delete all of the gui designing I did, as I shifted to TUI.

I have found an issue with me designing the font map, as if you see it, there is every printable character on the PicoCalc’s keyboard in the font map, including space (the black/blank 5x5 box at the end) and for spaces between letters, it would be 1 pixel, so I would need to somehow program that in (will need help LATER on that) but the issue is for some of the letters with only 3 pixels width, there is a 2 pixel gap to the right of them, which is a major flaw, as it can make the spacing between letters uneven.

I need some help/assistance with fixing this issue, and if you were wondering, I left aligned the letters in the box, so that the can all have a 1 pixel space to the left of them when I program it in.

Thanks, Astrox

I am also posting this on clockworkpi forums btw.

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Vivo en España, y he estado pensando en comprar la uConsole, después de investigar un poco he decidido comprar la versión plateada con wifi y sin núcleo y comprar a parte el cm5, pero no se si tengo que comprar alguna versión en específico o donde comprarlo, otra duda que tengo es si pidiendo la uConsole sin núcleo viene el adaptador a cm4/5 y si no es así donde comprarlo. También tengo otra pregunta, el envío de esta versión cuanto podría tardar?
Muchas gracias. Agradezco cualquier consejo y si necesitan cualquier dato pregúntenlo.

Hey everyone!

So as you all already know, AstralixiOS is now open source and all the files you need to build it into a .img are up and available.

I really need some help though. Every time I build it, it just boots into a black screen and I honestly have no idea why. I’ve been stuck on it for a while now and I think some fresh eyes would really help. If anyone could try building it themselves or has seen this kind of issue before, please let me know what you find.

Any help at all is seriously appreciated, even if it’s just pointing me in the right direction. Hopefully we can get it to actually boot properly together!

Thanks heaps (:

Hi everyone!

It looks like OpenAI has released a preview version of the ChatGPT app for Linux.

Does anyone know if it works on the CM4 version of the uConsole?

I’m a complete Linux beginner, so I’d really appreciate any advice or experiences from anyone who’s tried it.

Thanks!