Alternatives to Raspberry pi 3

[Agustin_6]

Hey guys,

I was looking to buy a raspberry pi 3, and I saw that there are several alternatives that cost a little bit more but are 2x times faster, like the ODROID C2.

I was wondering, I think its safe to asume that the Raspberry community is way bigger.

Should I worry about this if I buy an alternative like the ODROID?

Are raspberry projects easy to carry to other platforms? Or are they unique in some way?

Thanks!

 

[boosted1g]

The raspberry pi is limited by its bus which has usb 2.0, sd card and ethernet on it. This puts real world speed to about 10MBps on this bus.

So if you want to push large files over network or usb, or play 4k video (Odroid C2 has full 4k support and HDMI 2.0), then you want a competitor.

If you want to do projets with the GPIO pins and other attachments then the raspberry pi is going to have a significantly bigger community and ready to deploy tools then any of its compeitors.

 

[Agustin_6]

The raspberry pi is limited by its bus which has usb 2.0, sd card and ethernet on it. This puts real world speed to about 10MBps on this bus.

So if you want to push large files over network or usb, or play 4k video (Odroid C2 has full 4k support and HDMI 2.0), then you want a competitor.

If you want to do projets with the GPIO pins and other attachments then the raspberry pi is going to have a significantly bigger community and ready to deploy tools then any of its compeitors.

I see, I am not going to make that kind on projects.

The question was more by the side of, do they support the same linux distros? Do they support the same software?

If I follow a guide for a project "Install X distro on your raspberry pi 3 and host a website" can I stll follow it for the alternative?

 

[boosted1g]

No, you can not put a raspberry pi distro on an o-droid as the pi distro is specifically setup for its hardware.

Software wise, if it is linux software then yes, if it is pi specific software (like to manipulate the GPIO) then no it is not compatible.

From what you are describing you should get a raspberry pi. You need the software/community and the bus limitition does not sound like a large factor for you.

 

[reedo_43]

Have a look at this
http://www.pcmag.com/news/351204/asus-launches-60-4k-capable-tinker-board-computer

 

[Agustin_6]

No, you can not put a raspberry pi distro on an o-droid as the pi distro is specifically setup for its hardware.

Software wise, if it is linux software then yes, if it is pi specific software (like to manipulate the GPIO) then no it is not compatible.

From what you are describing you should get a raspberry pi. You need the software/community and the bus limitition does not sound like a large factor for you.

I have used linux, I am not totally new to it. But sincerily I dont have a ton of time to dedicate to my projects.

The size of the community is a big thing for me. I think I will sitck with the Raspberry.

Thanks!

 

[boosted1g]

Have a look at this
http://www.pcmag.com/news/351204/asus-launches-60-4k-capable-tinker-board-computer

I am keeping my eye on these.

They were unapproved sold to consumers before software distros where actually ready for them, and they have pretty much no community.

The other issue is that rockchip CPU makes compatibility with some software (like Kodi) very "unoffical" to say the least.