On Tue, 3 Jun 2025, Bart Trojanowski via linux wrote: > I have an Orange Pi RV2 [1]. Lots of connectivity, and pretty inexpensive [2]. > When it arrived, people were saying that finally there was a good RiscV offering. > Unfortunately, it's about 1/2 the power of an equivalent spec Aarch64 based board. > Great value for the price though. > > [1] http://www.orangepi.org/html/hardWare/computerAndMicrocontrollers/details/Orange-Pi-RV2.html > [2] https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005008778019063.html > > It should be noted that while Ubuntu and OpenWRT are available for the X1 CPU, > the binaries come from Huawei servers. Last I checked the kernel patches were > not upstreamed yet. > > $ head -n1 /etc/apt/sources.list > deb http://repo.huaweicloud.com/ubuntu-ports/ noble main restricted universe multiverse > > Nice board -- everything works. Mediocre performance. Not well integrated into the OSS ecosystem. I decided to order a BeagleV-Fire: https://www.beagleboard.org/boards/beaglev-fire as I've had Beagles in the past and have all the accoutrements for it already. rday