4D696B65 wrote:bedtime wrote:It uses all opensource technology
The broadcom chip is not open and there are non-free blobs in raspbian.
Right.
I know little about single-board alternatives. But, there are at least two models that I believe that operate with only Free Software - the "OLinuXino" (
https://www.olimex.com/Products/OLinuXi ... e-hardware) and the "Parallella" (
https://www.parallella.org/) Open Source Hardware boards (where only the CPU, I believe, is not "open hardware") - the first of which can even be shipped together with Debian "bootable micro SD cards".
The problem, though, is that when it comes to graphical performance (2D acceleration, even) they leave much to be desired - and, are not yet anywhere near on par with desktop computers (that can use good/big dedicated graphics cards) - with the video demonstrations on YouTube showing noticeably big lags, even when just moving windows.
From what I see, single-board computers are only good for some automated tasks that require a computer, for the time being - and, are not yet decent for regular desktop use.
I just *love* the stability, much more bug-free nature, and modular installation options of Debian. Apart from the unfortunate adoption of "systemd" (viewtopic.php?f=20&t=129881&start=165#p671030) this distribution is *great*.