Compulab put up the MintBox mini 2, a compact, passively cooled desktop powered by Linux Mint, up for pre-order at US $299 for the base variant with 4 GB RAM and 64 GB storage; and $349 for 8 GB RAM and 120 GB storage (better value). The two can be ordered from Compulab's Amazon web-store, and will start shipping from August. The two feature the latest stable version of Linux Mint 19 "Tara," and 5 percent of your monies spent buying these are donated to the Linux Mint project.

The super-compact MintBox mini 2 is powered by Intel Celeron J3455 SoCs, mated to either 4 GB or 8 GB of RAM; and either 64 GB or 120 GB of SSD storage. You get two each of USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 ports, a microSDXC slot, two 1 GbE interfaces, 802.11 b/g/n + Bluetooth 4.1 WLAN, serial COM (through a unique connector, with an optional dongle that converts it to RS232), and display outputs that include HDMI and mini-DisplayPort.