Rasbperry Pi is a popular choice as a SoC / SBC Linux board. But you have to use their custom linux kernel. Are there Linux boards with decent mainline Linux kernel support?
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Are you married to SBCs? There are dirt cheap, pretty powerful and small thin clients floating around in ebay. HP G3 mini for example.
Agree on this. Servethehome on YouTube has a series on different 1 litre PCs they review in detail.
Can’t even being to agree enough on this. Unless you specifically need something that an SBC - ARM or X86 - offers, a second hand thin client or USFF computer will be a better fit, plus they come with high-quality power supplies and solid cases.
They seem to be the only product that occupies negligible space and is relatively affordable.
The other options are either more expensive or significantly larger.
Well, not really. The HP g3 mini is roughly the size of a paperback book and costs around 100€, depending on the specs. Similar devices of slightly older makes are even cheaper.
So, yes, they are physically larger, but still pretty small. Chances are, you don’t actually need a tiny device like a Pi, so you should at least consider SFF PCs.
Who said that (you have to use their custom mainline kernel)?
Fedora have an IoT distribution that fits the Raspberry Pi for example. There’s workstation and a ostree versions.
Armbian I’ve used in preference to Raspbian or whatever they call it today. I like the cleanest distributions as much as possible.
That’s all I have personal experience with, but there are others.
Meanwhile, others have suggested other boards. However, don’t think that Raspbian is it (pun intended).
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my info could be out of date on this, but the last time i looked into it, the khadas vim3 was the most powerful arm sbc with mainline linux support.
Thanks a lot! What does DTS mean?
Device Tree Source. It’s a text description of the hardware. The kernel uses it to load and configure drivers. It’s the most critical set of information for supporting any particular board.
Maybe check out the SystemReady™ stuff from ARM: https://www.arm.com/architecture/system-architectures/systemready-certification-program
Have you tried DietPi
