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There is so much available beyond Rpi. I recently got one of these: https://www.pine64.org/rockpro64/ https://www.pine64.org/rockpro64/ It has four lanes of P
by colonwqbang 4y ago
There is so much available beyond Rpi. I recently got one of these:
https://www.pine64.org/rockpro64/ https://www.pine64.org/rockpro64/
It has four lanes of PCI express so you can connect a big NVMe SSD or whatever. In my testing it seems to run OK on only passive cooling.
- tryptophan 4y agoBut do any of them have software support? Most of these rpi knockoffs only ever release 1 kernel version and you are stuck on it forever.
- colonwqbang 4y agoI just run mainline Linux on the RockPro64, like I do on all my computers. It seems to work fine for my purposes, although I don't use every feature of the board so there could be some hidden problem I've missed. I agree that it would be a mistake to buy a wildcat board which needs a special patched Linux from the vendor. Mainline support, or no deal.
- Ardon 4y agoThe pine64 boards are supported by a few major arm Linux distros, i.e. manjaro arm. Other SBCs though...
- discardedrefuse 4y agoIt depends on the underlying chipset. A good place to start is by choosing devices with a mainlined chipset. https://linux-sunxi.org/Linux_mainlining_effort https://linux-sunxi.org/Linux_mainlining_effort And also, have a look at SBC's supported by Armbian. https://www.armbian.com/download/ https://www.armbian.com/download/