Subj : Re: SBCs for 2o23
To   : Spectre
From : Tracker1
Date : Sun Dec 11 2022 09:28:44

On 12/9/22 21:27, Spectre wrote:
>   pa> Good point - understood. They support debian, so I can build whatever I
> 
> Hmm just to clarify... Orange have had devices for which no drivers exist
> regardless of O/S supported by the board.  Two that come to mind are an old
> wifi chipset and one of their "early" ethernet ports, on a two port board.
> 
> Thats why I say make sure there are drivers.... you can't rely on the O/S to
> support all board features.

A friend wound up with one that has the funky wifi, was having trouble 
getting boards he wanted, and tried an Orange one.  Couldn't manage to 
get it working, getting the OS updated was a pain and still no 
drivers... basically not even heavy enough to use as a paper weight.

Only thing I will say is that the RPi has been really well supported 
hardware wise.  If the OP, had been considering getting 3 of the 16gb 
RockPi5 models for a Kubernetes cluster to play with at home.
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