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joz1-k | 5 months ago

> * Without an active OS development its only 1/2 of the puzzle.*

And this is an unfortunate state of the general purpose ARM64 computing. This board, with 16 GB of RAM and M.2 slot, would make the perfect Linux desktop machine. However, you only receive one or two major distribution updates from the hardware vendor, and then you're stuck with it.

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antonkochubey|5 months ago

>However, you only receive one or two major distribution updates from the hardware vendor

I like your optimism. Some boards literally get no updates.

Massive shout out to Raspberry Pi team - Raspberry Pi 1 launched 12 years ago with Debian 7, and currently can run Debian 12.

troyvit|5 months ago

Man it sounds like an android phone where the vendor only supports a few releases. Is that the model they're trying for or did they just land there?