I’d love a cheap like Raspberry 3B clone.
Not a wannabe full fledged PC.
I have already tried Orange PI and it works, but when you want to do something there is mo community in comparison and there were just lots of problems. I did simple python IO stuff and I had to fix a C library to make it work 😕
As strange as it sounds, network effects and popularity are massive factors in the SBC scene. If you have a semi-recent RaspberryPi, chances are any SBC-adjacent project will have 1st class support for your board.
This is what stops me from trying other SBCs. I did try the original ASUS Tinker Board, which seemed to be a nice upgrade relative to the then current RaspberryPi 3B which had awful Ethernet speeds.
Yes, I learned that the hard way 😁
A shame the raspberries are either super tiny (and thus lacking, mostly ports) or trying to be bigger faster moar-all style. I get there is a market for 8GB RAM PIs but I just miss the “lots of ports” & enough RAM to run a desktop ones I guess.
“The company does not provide pricing information for the Compact3588S SBC and asks customers to request a quotation.”
So it’s only a pi5 competitor if you’re a company willing to buy in bulk… Nobody is going to hold prices of a sub-$100 product hostage if it were ever intended to go to individuals or hobbyists.
