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Wish there was an ESP64 with just enough RAM to run a Debian distro, even slowly, so we could stop waiting for Zeros to get cheaper.
by epx 4y ago
Wish there was an ESP64 with just enough RAM to run a Debian distro, even slowly, so we could stop waiting for Zeros to get cheaper.
- squarefoot 4y agoYou can run Armbian and DietPI (both Debian derivatives) on most small boards; some like the NanoPI NEO are in the same price ballpark as the Pi Zero, but are in stock. https://www.friendlyelec.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=69&product_id=132 https://www.friendlyelec.com/index.php?route=product/product... https://www.armbian.com/download/?device_support=Supported https://www.armbian.com/download/?device_support=Supported https://dietpi.com/#download https://dietpi.com/#download
- kevin_thibedeau 4y agoBeagleBone has always been an option. The cool kids just choose to ignore it.
- epx 4y agoIt is quite expensive (US$ 50-ish). In 2023 we should have plenty of $2-5 chips capable of running a normal distro of Linux.
- HeyLaughingBoy 4y agoI have a BBB in a drawer somewhere. It's a very nice platform, but I quickly realized that for the $50, I could use a $30 RasPi B+ (back when you could get them) talking to a $2 arduino clone and accomplish the same thing far more easily.
- teleforce 4y agoThis new breed of similarly price low cost SoC is an awesome alternative to ESP-32. It has MMU for full Linux installation, NPU for AI processing and network peripherals for IoT [1],[2]: [1]The $8 Linux Computer: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34024914 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34024914 [2]Sipeed M1s DOCK development board: https://wiki.sipeed.com/hardware/zh/maix/m1s/m1s_dock.html https://wiki.sipeed.com/hardware/zh/maix/m1s/m1s_dock.html