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It's dead on arrival; currently runs Debian 10 with custom patches and binary blobs. It's an RK3308 so not entirely impossible to run on a normal distro, but yo
by oneplane 3y ago
It's dead on arrival; currently runs Debian 10 with custom patches and binary blobs. It's an RK3308 so not entirely impossible to run on a normal distro, but you'd have to bring your own firmware and device tree etc.
- anigbrowl 3y agoThis is designed as an embeddable component for learning, prototyping, and OEMs. A lot of people here are just sniffily dismissing it as 'DOA' when what they mean is 'I would not want to maintain this.'
- oneplane 3y agoNo, it's DOA. Embeddable components need support too. As do OEMs and prototyping scenarios. It is presented as a viable commercial product, but it actually is an old SoC with no ecosystem. If anything, it teaches people not to use this type of thing. The only way it would not be e-waste is if it had a future, and it doesn't and that's why it's bad. At this price point there are so many community and commercial alternatives that do have an ecosystem and support it's just pointless and most likely an attempt to dump overstocked Rockchip parts. Even an ancient i.MX 6 is a better choice.
- ilyt 3y agoDude, Debian 10 goes out of support in a year. Debian 12 already released. It's 4 years out of date at release, why would you want that for "learning and prototyping", let alone start a OEM device with soon unsupported software versions.
- epcoa 3y ago> 'I would not want to maintain this.' Who the fuck would though? If there’s any value an SBC vendor should be providing it is some amount of support for a reasonable length of time. There’s a reason the RPi is sold the way it is.