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Allwinner's SOCs are popular as Raspberry Pi-ish single-board computers for hobbyist Linux users who want a dirt-cheap home server. What are some alternatives

• mwcampbell 12y ago
  I'd suggest looking at the ODROID boards from Hardkernel (http://www.hardkernel.com/ http://www.hardkernel.com/).
  • mkesper 12y ago
    Rather not: http://forum.odroid.com/viewtopic.php?f=111&t=9639 http://forum.odroid.com/viewtopic.php?f=111&t=9639 I bought one assuming the openness status was better, but https://www.olimex.com/Products/OLinuXino/ https://www.olimex.com/Products/OLinuXino/ looks better, sadly.
• simosx 12y ago
  As far as I understand, until recently Allwinner has been doing kernel development with sole focus to get Android shipped as fast as possible. It is a fact that they did not work to get mainline Linux support for their SoCs. Developing for mainline might be slower but in the long-run it's better and even cheaper. I think that they are seeing this now. You can check the slides at https://fosdem.org/2015/schedule/event/allwinner_upstream/ https://fosdem.org/2015/schedule/event/allwinner_upstream/ for the current level of support. This is about the community work for mainline support.
  • pseudonom- 12y ago
    > It is a fact that they did not work to get mainline Linux support for their SoCs. Though it is possible. I got mainline Linux running on an A10.
    • khuey 12y ago
      Yeah, because the sunxi community formed and did all the work.
      • pseudonom- 12y ago
        Yeah, I didn't mean that as an endorsement of Allwinner. Just a potentially useful piece of information.
        • khuey 12y ago
          Allwinner boards are quite nice if you want to run mainline Linux on ARM. I've got an A20 based board for that myself.
• Narishma 12y ago
  Raspberry Pi.