Re:At last, the Raspberry Pi shortage is finally coming to a...
by yjftsjthsd-h on Sunday June 04, 2023 @04:53PM
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>>> - people saying that there are "more performant" devices. Sure, there are. How do they perform in terms of kernel support and documentation?
>> One of the main options pointed at is low-power x86 boxes, which are better than Pis ever were. The rest of the ARM ecosystem is, I agree, poor.
> In terms of what? Battery usage at idle? BOM to operationalize the design? Surely not.
I was responding to kernel support; x86 boxes can usually just run straight mainline Linux with no problem, which is far better than most of the ARM ecosystem (even Pis aren't running mainline, they're just a well-supported downstream).
> Android streaming boxes. I'm pretty sure it's dead simple to wipe those and put Kodi on them
There are alternatives, but then we're back to spotty support, fragmented ecosystems, and using a Pi for video streaming is still a valid usecase.
>> One of the main options pointed at is low-power x86 boxes, which are better than Pis ever were. The rest of the ARM ecosystem is, I agree, poor.
> In terms of what? Battery usage at idle? BOM to operationalize the design? Surely not.
I was responding to kernel support; x86 boxes can usually just run straight mainline Linux with no problem, which is far better than most of the ARM ecosystem (even Pis aren't running mainline, they're just a well-supported downstream).
> Android streaming boxes. I'm pretty sure it's dead simple to wipe those and put Kodi on them
There are alternatives, but then we're back to spotty support, fragmented ecosystems, and using a Pi for video streaming is still a valid usecase.