On Sat, 5 Jun 2021 10:50:20 +0200, Christoph Biedl <debian.a...@manchmal.in-ulm.de> wrote: >Marc Haber wrote... >> I'd still consider the Raspberry Pi. It's unfortunate that the binary >> non-free blob is already needed to boot the box even if one doesn't >> need/use the GPU after booting, but it is reasonably common that >> people care about their software on the platform, and it's also >> affordable and has versions with enough RAM available. > >Another point here: Since so many people use it, there's a good chance >even seldom-occurring hardware flaws will be found and eventually worked >around. An effect we saw some two decades ago with the cheap-but- >horrible rtl8139 network adapters. > >For me, the biggest downside of the RPi4 is the need for an extra power >plug as they take up to three amps - while for example a BananaPi can be >powered using some unused USB (<= 3.0) port.
Mine run via PoE very nicely. The hat kind of destroys the form factor though and it runs warm. >For CPU-hungry tasks (package building) I've switched from a CubieTruck >to an RPi4 a few months ago and the performance boost was mindblowing. My Raspi Kernels are being cross-built. Wasn't it you who taught me to? I haven't advanced to package cross-building yet. Greetings Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fon: *49 621 72739834
