On Mon, 4 Mar 2024, candycanearter07 wrote:

> D <nospam@example.net> wrote at 10:36 this Monday (GMT):
>>
>>
>> On Sun, 4 Mar 2024, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
>>
>>> D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The Radxa Zero (https://hackerboards.com/board/radxa-radxa-zero) looks
>>>> exactly like what I'm looking for! =)
>>>
>>> Yes that's the most powerful Pi Zero clone around at the moment.
>>>
>>>> Now the last step is to find a reputable store somewhere that sells one,
>>>
>>> They're stocked by RS Components who are very reputable, although
>>> they're aimed at selling to businesses:
>>> UK - https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/rock-sbc-boards/2564696
>>> USA - https://us.rs-online.com/product/okdo/rs107-d1e0h0w15/74907427/
>>>
>>> Other distributors are listed at the end of this article:
>>> https://linuxgizmos.com/affordable-radxa-zero-3w-featuring-up-to-8gb-ram-and-onboard-emmc-storage/
>>
>> Done! Radxa was the winner in the end! Found a store I bought from before
>> and they had 12 in stock, so I bought a Radxa with 4 Gb RAM and 16 GB
>> storage for about 90 EUR! =)
>>
>> Will be very exciting to see if I'll be able to install raspbian (or
>> equivalent) + kodi in as quick and smooth a way as it was to get it going
>> on Radpberry pi.
>>
>> I'm a little bit worried that there will be some HW incompatibilities or
>> that raspbian/equivalent won't run for some reason, but we'll see in 1-2
>> weeks depending on delivery time.
>>
>> Thank you very much for the recommendation! Been waiting for this a long
>> time!
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Daniel
>
> Good luck! Let us know if it works well.
>

I'm sure you will hear if I manage to scratch this itch! ;) If it works, I
think it will also become my bastion host for sharing the files on my NAS
with "the world". My current raspberry pi 3a+ is too overloaded with kodi
to make for a good bastion, but this one has 4 GB of ram and 4 cores, so I
hope it will significantly speed up access.

Can't wait until it is delivered!

In article <d2f7ccd8-3e01-a287-ef43-86359140b4d9@example.net>,
D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
>On Sun, 3 Mar 2024, Joerg Walther wrote:
>> RPi compute module?
>
>But how does that work? Doesn't it require a carrier board that increases
>the size? And I would then have to buy a carrier board with hdmi?

You would need a carrier board...but you can get those with whatever I/O you
need. I have one driving a 3D printer with a board that just has four GPIO
pins soldered on for power and UART connections, and another that serves as
my home router with a different carrier board that adds two Ethernet ports
(one directly from the SoC, the other connected over PCIe) and a USB-C jack
for power.

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D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
> I'm sure you will hear if I manage to scratch this itch! ;) If it works, I
> think it will also become my bastion host for sharing the files on my NAS
> with "the world". My current raspberry pi 3a+ is too overloaded with kodi
> to make for a good bastion, but this one has 4 GB of ram and 4 cores, so I
> hope it will significantly speed up access.
>
> Can't wait until it is delivered!

You can't run Raspberry Pi OS on these boards, since they have a different
chip.

Support for these third party boards is often patchy - typically the vendors
throw up an OS image on Google Drive and call it done (never getting any
updates).

Since the 3W is new the vendor images are quite recent so you may be OK, but
don't expect them to support it long term (eg port to newer Debian/Ubuntu
releases).

Armbian is trying to make it a nicer experience, but it appears they don't
support the Radxa Zero 3W. Maybe that will change in time.

Theo

On Tue, 5 Mar 2024, Theo wrote:

> D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
>> I'm sure you will hear if I manage to scratch this itch! ;) If it works, I
>> think it will also become my bastion host for sharing the files on my NAS
>> with "the world". My current raspberry pi 3a+ is too overloaded with kodi
>> to make for a good bastion, but this one has 4 GB of ram and 4 cores, so I
>> hope it will significantly speed up access.
>>
>> Can't wait until it is delivered!
>
> You can't run Raspberry Pi OS on these boards, since they have a different
> chip.
>
> Support for these third party boards is often patchy - typically the vendors
> throw up an OS image on Google Drive and call it done (never getting any
> updates).
>
> Since the 3W is new the vendor images are quite recent so you may be OK, but
> don't expect them to support it long term (eg port to newer Debian/Ubuntu
> releases).
>
> Armbian is trying to make it a nicer experience, but it appears they don't
> support the Radxa Zero 3W. Maybe that will change in time.
>
> Theo
>

Hello Theo and thank you very much. Since it is my TV computer, as long as
it works _once_ I'm fine with it not being much updated, since I'll
probably upgrade after 3-5 years or so.

Armbian is very much noted! I hope that perhaps a plain debian might work
as well, since it would be nice to have the latest kodi in the repository.

Well, actually it doesn't have to be the latest kodi, but I'd rather not
have to compile it from scratch.

Best regards,
Daniel