News Cubox-M Aims To Be Your Raspberry Pi Alternative

[Admin]

A rather cubical SBC offering more power than a Raspberry Pi 4 in a much smaller package.

Cubox-M Aims To Be Your Raspberry Pi Alternative : Read more

 

[blitz120]

According to their web page (https://www.solid-run.com/fanless-computers/cubox/#cubox-m), the Cubox-M has both wifi and bluetooth connectivity.

 

[jcalvarez]

More power? Cortex A72 is way faster than Cortex A53, and the Pi 4 is quad core by default. I can get a Pi 400 for that money, and have some change left.

 

[Glock24]

More power? Cortex A72 is way faster than Cortex A53, and the Pi 4 is quad core by default. I can get a Pi 400 for that money, and have some change left.

There are much better alternatives to the RPi, for example the Odroid N2/N2+.

 

[deesider]

There are much better alternatives to the RPi, for example the Odroid N2/N2+.

Certainly there are higher performance alternatives...

 

[T-H_Reader]

According to https://shop.solid-run.com/product/SRMP8QDW00D01GE008X00CE/
The specs and pricing on this article are completely wrong.

For 99 USD, it's a 1Gb version and 160 USD for the 4Gb - with no mention of an 8Gb version.

If the article is right, then rework the links included - otherwise this is merely advertising fluff, which I expected less of from TH.

 

[jcalvarez]

There are much better alternatives to the RPi, for example the Odroid N2/N2+.

When I look at a Linux board I look at hardware/software/documentation/price I have yet to see one that combines those 4 criteria better than the RPI.
Yes, there are plenty of other boards out there, some more powerful than the RPI. But, in my opinion, nothing come close to the above mentioned criteria.

 

[Glock24]

When I look at a Linux board I look at hardware/software/documentation/price I have yet to see one that combines those 4 criteria better than the RPI.
Yes, there are plenty of other boards out there, some more powerful than the RPI. But, in my opinion, nothing come close to the above mentioned criteria.

Yes RPi has "better" (more widely available works be a better term) software support, but there are certain things that you should consider.

For instance they insist on using propietary hardware work closed source blobs. Whatever you install on your RPi does not directly control the hardware, as there's already an OS in between (the RPi "firmware").

The Raspberry Foundation has never developed anything and has never contributed anything to the open source community. They are supposed to be a non-prifit, but I bet they've made a ton of money. They do unfair competition as they don't pay any taxes (because they are a "non-profit for education") do their costs are lower and they can sell all lower prices.

Just search why Armbian does not support RPi and you'll learn a lot of things about this "Foundation".