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I have always found banana pi to be superior in terms of value for money.
by sparaker 12y ago
I have always found banana pi to be superior in terms of value for money.
- ce4 12y agoMaybe for your personal use case this is true. However note these important things: - Longterm support (former models still being sold) - 100% backwards compatibility (RPi1/2) - fully open source stack including GPU driver Broadcom's VideoCoreIV driver has been open sourced by Broadcom making the RPi well suited for future developments like Mir and Wayland. In contrast, the Banana Pi has a Mali GPU without a proper open source driver (lima development seems currently halted). ARM/Mali open source driver situation explained: http://libv.livejournal.com/26635.html http://libv.livejournal.com/26635.html List of ARM GPUs and driver status: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open-source_graphics_device_driver#ARM http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open-source_graphics_d...
- sparaker 12y agoYes i was strictly speaking in terms of specs. You are right in this regards, rasberry pi has much better eco system.