Armbian
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5recommend
0warn against
Mar 8, 2026first mention
Oct 28, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“they do the Lord's work when it comes to making sure these alternatives aren't destined to be ewaste”
“the way to run ARM boards is e.g. https://armbian.com/”
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“Other odd options would be https://armbian.com/boards and https://openwrt.org/supported_devices”
“I recommend switching the repos to Testing and, in your case, using the edge kernel from Armbian.”
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All comments 7
“they do the Lord's work when it comes to making sure these alternatives aren't destined to be ewaste”
“the way to run ARM boards is e.g. https://armbian.com/”
“a armbian powered Radxa 12L with 16 GB Ram”
“Other odd options would be https://armbian.com/boards and https://openwrt.org/supported_devices”
“Have you taken a look at armbian?”
“I recommend switching the repos to Testing and, in your case, using the edge kernel from Armbian.”
“In addition to https://armbian.com one could also cross check with Diet-Pi”