Also, let me start with a few questions.. >Why do they use SD cards as boot drive, when eMMC is almost as expensive as SD card and a LOT faster?
>Do you think every SBC should have wireless connectivity?
>Should x86 SoC have its own category? I mean, SBC in its very basic form was an ARM computer, running Linux distro, used to tinker. Having capability to run Windows and do normal stuff on it is actually very similiar to notebooks (which kinda are SBCs) and they aren´t used to tinker anymore (at least i haven´t seen anyone do sensor/robotic stuff with LattePanda..)
Buy Odroid XU4, now it is cheap and is best value for buck.
Samuel Sanders
Ok, that´s hell of a deal. 49$ + 5$ for charger is really nice price. Also the passive version is on sale. Thanks
Jonathan Parker
I got a raspberry pi 3 B+ recently, because it has some useful features I want for a programming project of mine. The software I'm developing has some VERY recent dependencies, so I don't want to use something based on Debian stable (or even testing), as I would have to compile a fuckload of dependencies, which I don't want to do.
What's a no-bullshit distro I can use on this thing? I don't give a flying fuck about the interface or whatever shit comes preinstalled. I just need the terminal. Something systemd-based is extremely preferable too.
I looked at archlinux-arm, but it doesn't seem to have a build for the rpi 3 B+.
Well Raspbian is pretty well managed, though its based on Debian. Then there´s ARMbian which is pretty positively rated, but i don´t have any personal experiences with it. I´ve seen some people to run Fedora on it, so you might give that a shot.
on HardKernel official store (hardkernel.com)
Carson Stewart
Also Arch is available for ARM CPUs, but again, zero idea if it´s stable nor up-to-date
Camden Stewart
Saw an user post about how sbc's with PCI connectors should exist recently and the more I think about it the cooler that sounds.
Eli Ramirez
They are few with them like RockPro64 (PCIe x4), Banana Pi W2 (few SATA/M.2 miniPCIe slots).. Basically every RK3399 based SBC have 4 PCIe lanes, but they are used differently on every board (like SATA, M.2 or highspeed USB/ETH switches). I personally recommend RockPro64, as its 2GB variant costs like 40$ which is neat for 6C 2GB SBC with PCIe. I am also pro-PCIe, it opens really awesome possibilities, and im waiting for someone to put external GPU chip on board!
Logan Myers
edit: RockPro64 2GB: 59$ 4GB: 79$ it was on sale when we bought it and i got that price fixed, sorry.
