What are good development board that can be used as a deskop running Linux ?
Something not as expensive as a PC, but more beefy than a latest raspberry Pi, it should be able to handle web browsing, watching movies and programming
Using a development board as a desktop
Andrew Gomez
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David Edwards
Odroid XU4
Figures also the beefier OrangePi, Espressobin and so on.
John Walker
BTW at some level you might still want to just get a low end ryzen or onboard pentium or whatever to run Linux for your web-browsing-while-programming needs.
They still are dirt cheap, unlike your time.
Kayden Powell
Okay, I'll take a look at the Odroid XU4, do you know if it runs great on Linux ?
I was originaly planning on buying an OrangePi but I've heard that there's a lot of drivers issues and stuff like that
Kevin Garcia
Is there any reason why you can't use a used PC?
Andrew Ward
No, but a lot of things seemed quite convenient with development boards.
They're small, quiet, cheap and the hardware will be new so I know that it wont die on me in a month.
The other downside in buying an old computer is that I'll have to buy a wifi dongle because there's no ethernet connection available in my dorm
Justin Russell
What about getting a chromebook and installing linux on it?
They're cheap, have wifi, and if all you're doing is browsing and coding they have enough power. Also 8 hours of battery isn't bad.
Jeremiah Cook
Samsung Artic SoCs
theyre basically your average 2016 smartphone processors (with full-hd graphics unit), 4 or 8 core, packaged with everything you expect from a smartphone except cellular RF. you could even run windows CE or whatever their ARM version is called.
Cooper Collins
Udoo X86 my man
I've been demoing at it game dev cons and fucking with people by working on their saggy stomachs.
Its hilarious, I've actual made mobile computing.
Noah Jackson
Unironically buy a Raspberry Pi if you want ARM, or a used Mac Mini if you want PowerPC or Intel. The Intel Mac Minis have 2GHz Core2 models that are pretty cheap, and the PowerPC ones are 32-bit and up to 1.6Ghz I think. Intel will allow 4GB of RAM, and PowerPC might allow the same, but probably 2-3GB. I'm not sure.
Seriously OP, go look into used PowerPC based Macs. They were pretty solid and Debian or OpenBSD can breathe new life into them. Just pop in an SSD and repaste them.
Sebastian Robinson
Thank you user, this board seems quite powerfull and well fited for my needs!
Sebastian Green
if you install linux on a cromebook, are you really installing linux as an os? Or are you installing it as an app running on android or whatever?
Cooper Thomas
is it good for running win 10?
Anthony Gutierrez
If you install linux, you install linux. You wipe chrome OS off and install debian, ubuntu or something.
What are you even asking??
Jaxon Rogers
yes that's exactly what I was asking. I saw something on youtube. It gave me the impression that you weren't really getting rid of android.
Juan Rodriguez
XU4 is beefy af. You may even get away with a C2, OP.
Orangepi's are known to overheat, even going as far as disabling a core to keep temps under control. And yeah, there used to be driver issues with the Mali GPU. Not sure if that's still the case
Lincoln Long
Yep. It works really well with 12 volt batteries to make it truly portable.
get a cheapy screen off ebay and make a great tablet or even like me, a wearable.
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Carson Richardson
Raspberry pi is more than enough for all 3.
Kayden Fisher
Crouton basically installs a Linux environment inside the chrome OS, not as a replacement.
Samuel Parker
I think the UP boards are pretty dope. I used one at work (can't remember which model) which ran ubuntu and I was very impressed.
Isaiah Fisher
I has to use my PI for surfing the web once. It was awful. (Though it's possible I just fucked up the graphics drivers)
Cooper Howard
Speaking of graphics, can any of these do discete graphics?
I find the intel integrated choke easily and would like to add a card in.
Adrian Walker
just buy a mini itx board with some shit like N3150 soldered.
Aiden Jenkins
You can also get a NUC.
They have VESA mounts. Is like a DIY all in one.
Kevin Diaz
This. A NUC or similar competitor has modern hardware, WiFi, and is super compact. Plus they actually look good.
You just have to get storage and low voltage RAM.