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Why no mention about Armbian and DietPi? They both have a downloadable image for the Rock 5B. https://github.com/armbian/community/releases/download/202305/Arm

Why no mention about Armbian and DietPi? They both have a downloadable image for the Rock 5B. https://github.com/armbian/community/releases/download/202305/Armbian_23.02.0-trunk_Rock-5b_sid_edge_6.2.0-rc2_xfce_desktop.img.xz https://github.com/armbian/community/releases/download/20230... (https://github.com/armbian/community https://github.com/armbian/community) https://dietpi.com/downloads/images/DietPi_ROCK5B-ARMv8-Bullseye.7z https://dietpi.com/downloads/images/DietPi_ROCK5B-ARMv8-Bull... (https://dietpi.com/#download https://dietpi.com/#download)

geerlingguy 4y ago
Just a week ago, when I was editing the video, the Rock 5 wasn't yet listed on Armbian's website (now it is: https://www.armbian.com/rock-5b/ https://www.armbian.com/rock-5b/). Until very recently, the Rock 5 was only supported by more bleeding edge builds and I tend to stick to more stable images when I'm reviewing a board—especially the builds that come recommended by the vendor themselves.
- rcarmo 4y ago
  Yeah, I was wondering about that. I haven’t checked the Armbian reference kernels, but they might fix some of your build issues. But it was good to see you confirm one of my red flags about the board: I have been looking for a good board to run https://github.com/pimox/pimox7 https://github.com/pimox/pimox7 (I currently use my Pi 4 8GB for that, hosting a bunch of test LXC containers), and something faster that could boot off an NVME without hassle would be great. Looks like the Rock 5B isn’t it.