Mini PCs are growing in popularity. Linux Mint users in need of an insanely tiny machine might be interested in the Apollo Lake-powered Mintbox Mini 2, which the team behind Linux Mint is hoping to deliver concurrently with Mint 19 sometime in June of this year.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Pocket-Mint-The-Mintbox-Mini-2-is-a-fanless-Apollo-Lake-mini-PC-running-Linux-Mint.290744.0.html
The price seems rather good, considering the connectivity and silent design.
It's a shame that the CPUs are not Gemini Lake parts, but I suppose 1.5-2.3 quad cores are nothing to sneeze at.