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View Poll Results: Open Source Single Board Computer of the Year
Do you have a shortlist of the ones considered open source? Or a list of ones that are definitely not FOSS? I ask because I've tried two brands and one seems to need proprietary firmware and the other has only partial support. But of what works on them, it works well. I've looked at a few more models and brands and find a similar conundrum.
It only acts as an open platform after everything is booted (third boot stage) and running on the CPU/ARM-core (CPU and SDRAM are disabled at boot).
The main processor of the SoC is the GPU (first and second boot stage), using closed/undocumented stuff from Broadcom.
One can compare it with a closed BIOS/UEFI on PC.
Last edited by jens; 02-01-2017 at 08:30 AM.
Reason: spell, content
BPi really outperforms the otherwice excellent BBone
Has unmatched LAN and SATA performance.
And has simpler capes
Next year I hope we discuss H3 and better ones here
But Lemakers Banana Pi really blew me away, once I was past the politics and OEM support (or lack thereof).
Just a Jewel, next to obsolete but a Jewel none the less.
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