https://www.odroid.co.uk/ is the first result from duckduckgo. That should answer your 2nd question too. I bought an odroid some years ago (C1 maybe?) and I found quite a lot of things didn't work. I ended up paying quite a lot after the customs people had their way so I'd always go with a local distributor now. I could have returned it if I'd done that too.

That xu4 link states it runs 16.04 but maybe that's also out of date info. The cpu performance sounds good but I think we'll have to disregard the pi3 comparison they provide as per the throttling the OP describes. Usb and network performance improvements would certainly be worth it for a NAS system, but then you don't get any sata ports.

Gpio wise you've got a non-standard 2mm pitch header and 1.8V. What a pain.

For me, the lack audio output and WiFi is a bit annoying. A media centre with a only hdmi1.4 would be a problem for some (you'd also maybe have to go for the slower one without a fan).

Also remembering we are comparing a £42 device (I've included the official pi PSU) with a £70 device (+ if we want wifi). So maybe it's better compared against an atom board for those who want to spend a bit more. But an atom gives you sata so if that price comparison is fair (edit: had a quick look, it's not fair), the xu4 isn't that great.

Maybe it is the use as a desktop system where the xu4 shines.

I'm not convinced it's an obvious choice.

XU4 has 18.04 support for like 9 months now:

https://forum.odroid.com/viewtopic.php?t=30888

And this you can find with a 30 seconds search online.

> https://www.odroid.co.uk/ is the first result from duckduckgo.

Why would you want to go to a Distributor website to find software/hardware information? It's like looking for a manual on amazon, it's just the wrong place.

It's hardly like that. Sales websites should have accurate info else they don't gave a leg to stand on when you want to return the falsely advertised product.

But I'm going to focus on the actual issue, even their official site gets this wrong and you have to look in the forums. This is a great example of one of problems you get with these other boards.

The hc2 looks very interesting for nas type applications like nextcloud etc. Removing the hdmi and usb 3.0 ports in exchange for a sata port. It'd surely be a lot faster than my old microserver, which arguably I don't need it to be... Frustratingly that UK distributor doesn't stock it. Edit: I tell a lie, they do!