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1. Login Password for Armbian Banana Pi M5

   By newtolinux, September 25, 2024   

   • Banana Pi
   • 5 replies
   • 3.8k views
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   • Tamas
   • October 17, 2024

2. Test the speed of your wireless adapters in a controlled environment. We measure performance, track results, and ensure reliable connections using automated tools for seamless testing and easy results sharing.

3. RockPi-E, GPIO and I2C

   By Sl8rBug, January 14, 2021
   • 1 reply
   • 3.8k views
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   • ChrisO
   • February 14, 2021

4. Please repair RT-KERNEL patches

   By gatinho, July 20, 2017   

   • Other/unspec
   • 6 replies
   • 3.8k views
   • 
   • Christos
   • July 26, 2017

5. [77666.669616] rockchip-i2s ff890000.i2s: Fail to set mclk -22

   By antoni, December 9, 2020
   • 3 replies
   • 3.8k views
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   • tparys
   • February 12, 2021

6. tghtvnc "unable to contact settings server"

   By skematic, July 26, 2017
   • 0 replies
   • 3.8k views
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   • skematic
   • July 26, 2017

7. Access GPIO from Python3 as non root on a Rock Pi S (5.9 kernel)

   By nickeh, November 30, 2020
   • 2 replies
   • 3.8k views
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   • nickeh
   • December 1, 2020

8. HDMI video flicker

   By flagtrax, January 18, 2023   

   • ROCKPro64
   • 3 replies
   • 3.8k views
   • 
   • flagtrax
   • January 26, 2023

9. OPi PC DHCP don't work

   By piotrek8614, November 13, 2018
   • 6 replies
   • 3.8k views
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   • piotrek8614
   • November 21, 2018

10. Freescale i.MX6 Dual mini ITX Board from Advantech

    By Uli Nichtder, September 23, 2018
    • 2 replies
    • 3.8k views
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    • umiddelb
    • September 24, 2018

11. Making Initramfs for customized kernel

    By delius, March 19, 2020
    • 3 replies
    • 3.8k views
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    • Werner
    • March 20, 2020

12. chown operation not permitted on sdcard folders

    By trip, April 13, 2020
    • 4 replies
    • 3.8k views
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    • trip
    • April 13, 2020

13. shutdown or reboot without sudo

    By jumbo125, February 14, 2024   

    • Orange Pi 3
    • 3 replies
    • 3.8k views
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    • c0rnelius
    • February 19, 2024

14. PPS on NanoPi Neo3 (RK3328) - can't get it to work

    By vmiceli, March 23, 2021
    • 2 replies
    • 3.8k views
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    • Igor
    • March 27, 2021

15. GStreamer

    By rexxster, March 21, 2017
    • 0 replies
    • 3.8k views
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    • rexxster
    • March 21, 2017

16. BPi M2 Berry with BPi M2 Ultra image

    By guidol, January 27, 2018
    • 1 reply
    • 3.8k views
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    • Igor
    • January 28, 2018

17. Backup TVHeadend / conf files

    By Vaoske, December 13, 2020
    • 5 replies
    • 3.8k views
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    • MaxT
    • December 13, 2020

18. Create patch

    By Leonardo Lontra, April 18, 2016   

    • Other/unspec
    • 1 reply
    • 3.8k views
    • 
    • Igor
    • April 18, 2016

19. xrdp only works with user that never connected locally

    By pgarmyn, March 24, 2023   

    • Banana Pi
    • 1 reply
    • 3.8k views
    • 
    • jules_30
    • July 13, 2023

20. Rockpi4B reboot loop - seems homeassistant and Zigbee2mqtt and USB related

    By Mossieur Oeuf, August 28, 2025   

    • ROCK Pi 4B
    • 6 replies
    • 3.8k views
    • 
    • Mossieur Oeuf
    • September 3, 2025

21. RK3288 Tinkerboard Rev2.1 – nrf24, spi register failure

    By ALIGMSTEN, April 2, 2021
    • 11 replies
    • 3.8k views
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    • ALIGMSTEN
    • August 13, 2022

22. How to test wayland on armbian?

    By jock, March 30, 2019
    • 1 reply
    • 3.8k views
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    • Myy
    • March 30, 2019

23. Firmware for Bluetooth Realtek rtl8761a

    By ygoe, December 18, 2020
    • 1 reply
    • 3.8k views
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    • Igor
    • December 18, 2020

24. netinstall for armbian

    By andrewufrank, November 3, 2015
    • 1 reply
    • 3.8k views
    • 
    • Igor
    • November 4, 2015

25. Orange Pi USBIP Host advice

    By m_elias, August 6, 2018   

    • Other/unspec
    • 0 replies
    • 3.8k views
    • 
    • m_elias
    • August 6, 2018

26. [solved] updating u-boot environment

    By broodwich82, January 30, 2020
    • 1 reply
    • 3.8k views
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    • phier
    • June 10, 2021

27. CPU overload for minisatip using DVB-C, workaround by adding CPU load !

    By Set3, March 19, 2018   

    • Other/unspec
    • 4 replies
    • 3.8k views
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    • Set3
    • March 21, 2018

28. Netplan is missing in armbian bionic (for tinkerboard)

    By purelight, October 25, 2019
    • 2 replies
    • 3.8k views
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    • purelight
    • October 26, 2019

29. How can I install LXQt on Armbian?

    By shaulreznik, August 14, 2025   

    • Frequently asked question
    • 5 replies
    • 3.8k views
    • 
    • The Tall Man
    • October 15, 2025

30. Upgrade to DEBIAN 9

    By Ireng, May 30, 2017
    • 2 replies
    • 3.8k views
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    • Ireng
    • May 30, 2017

31. could we start a thread to evaluate the usability of opensource GPU driver lima

    By ning, March 7, 2019
    • 2 replies
    • 3.8k views
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    • RussianNeuroMancer
    • April 25, 2019

32. UART won't connect no matter what I do

    By devmichelcastilho, March 16, 2025   

    • Orange Pi 3 LTS
    • 8 replies
    • 3.8k views
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    • devmichelcastilho
    • July 14, 2025

33. Mpv Stack Overflow

    By Guest, July 26, 2019   

    • Other/unspec
    • 8 replies
    • 3.8k views
    • 
    • Guest
    • July 29, 2019

34. False disk usage statistics

    By furkan, November 16, 2020
    • 2 replies
    • 3.8k views
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    • TRS-80
    • November 16, 2020

35. OV5640 in Nano PI duo 2

    By scizors, March 8, 2021
    • 6 replies
    • 3.8k views
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    • srinath
    • March 11, 2021

36. tcpdump

    By wearyhacker, March 6, 2019
    • 8 replies
    • 3.7k views
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    • wearyhacker
    • March 7, 2019

37. Package Upgrade for armbian-config

    By David Morse, December 11, 2024   

    • Orange Pi 5 Plus
    • 2 replies
    • 3.7k views
    • 
    • David Morse
    • December 11, 2024

38. jessie and hostapd

    By rumburak, October 27, 2015
    • 3 replies
    • 3.7k views
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    • Igor
    • October 28, 2015

39. u-boot build options

    By stalker37, July 31, 2020
    • 4 replies
    • 3.7k views
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    • Igor
    • August 4, 2020

40. Use a GPIO to turn on LED right from booting

    By Andy, November 19, 2021
    • 6 replies
    • 3.7k views
    • 
    • Andy
    • November 20, 2021

41. Unexpected armbian-config error: Unit network-manager.service not loaded

    By 3735943886, May 7, 2022   

    • NanoPi R4S
    • 2 replies
    • 3.7k views
    • 
    • 3735943886
    • June 9, 2022

42. Ethernet throughput issues on armbian (at high latency)

    By Mike H, July 28, 2025   

    • NanoPi Neo 4
    • 10 replies
    • 3.7k views
    • 
    • Mike H
    • October 19, 2025

43. Defaults for Ethernet coalesce?

    By vmiceli, April 2, 2021
    • 1 reply
    • 3.7k views
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    • lanefu
    • April 2, 2021

44. CB3 RAID subboard and SSD 120GB

    By Dennix, March 19, 2020   

    • Other/unspec
    • 6 replies
    • 3.7k views
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    • Dennix
    • April 20, 2020

45. avoid /var/log full from mapping of memory on boot

    By Eric Smith, June 28, 2022   

    • Orange Pi Zero 2
    • 4 replies
    • 3.7k views
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    • Dennboy
    • July 7, 2022

46. Armbian permission on new image

    By Sriman Achanta, May 6, 2024   

    • Orange Pi Zero 2W
    • 6 replies
    • 3.7k views
    • 
    • Werner
    • May 10, 2024

47. Setting network priority for multiple network interfaces?

    By Guest, September 28, 2020
    • 1 reply
    • 3.7k views
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    • gnasch
    • September 29, 2020

48. Buyng a new board to replace my Banana PI

    By pazzoide, December 9, 2020
    • 11 replies
    • 3.7k views
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    • TRS-80
    • December 18, 2020

49. Install Postgres 12 on Armbian

    By pkfox, March 27, 2020
    • 0 replies
    • 3.7k views
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    • pkfox
    • March 27, 2020

50. OMV install on LamoboR1

    By Remy, February 4, 2016
    • 1 reply
    • 3.7k views
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    • Tido
    • February 4, 2016

51. Best value Armbian supported single board computer in 2018 for $15?

    By AnonymousPi, October 30, 2018
    • 3 replies
    • 3.7k views
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    • NicoD
    • October 30, 2018

52. netfilter persistent configuration failed to load

    By jarbear, April 17, 2021
    • 2 replies
    • 3.7k views
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    • jarbear
    • April 18, 2021

53. libva error

    By zaqwsx12, May 27, 2021
    • 0 replies
    • 3.7k views
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    • zaqwsx12
    • May 27, 2021

54. Confusion regarding armbian-config dts editor

    By Capeschae, February 5, 2022
    • 2 replies
    • 3.7k views
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    • Capeschae
    • February 6, 2022

55. Launch legacy kernel from mainline uboot is possible?

    By boobypi, November 6, 2017   

    • Other/unspec
    • 6 replies
    • 3.7k views
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    • boobypi
    • November 6, 2017

56. device tree on upgraded kernel not creating spi devices.

    By Dan Walton76, February 22, 2022
    • 7 replies
    • 3.7k views
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    • Dan Walton76
    • February 23, 2022

57. use USB0 as regular USB on mainline

    By PaddleStroke, October 18, 2019   

    • Other/unspec
    • 6 replies
    • 3.7k views
    • 
    • martinayotte
    • October 18, 2019

58. Enable Camera under RockPI 4B

    By Zhexue., October 18, 2021
    • 5 replies
    • 3.7k views
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    • Zhexue.
    • October 20, 2021

59. automount sda1

    By 1955sergey1955, January 19, 2019
    • 6 replies
    • 3.7k views
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    • 1955sergey1955
    • January 20, 2019

60. Orange Pi PC Plus- Armbian OS - Reading HX711 from the GPIO pins

    By eabre, March 3, 2021
    • 5 replies
    • 3.7k views
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    • Gabriel Bastos
    • May 19, 2021

61. How to disable serial console?

    By Haxy, January 28, 2016
    • 2 replies
    • 3.7k views
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    • wildcat_paris
    • February 4, 2016

62. First apt update fails (PBP)

    By MarcusE1W, April 22, 2022   

    • Pinebook Pro
    • 1 reply
    • 3.7k views
    • 
    • Werner
    • April 22, 2022

63. proc/cpuinfo question

    By emclinux, November 25, 2016   

    • Other/unspec
    • 0 replies
    • 3.7k views
    • 
    • emclinux
    • November 25, 2016

64. How to display foreign fonts?

    By jackbox, November 19, 2016
    • 2 replies
    • 3.7k views
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    • jackbox
    • November 19, 2016

65. apt-get Bus Error (ARMBIAN 5.38)

    By radozd, August 17, 2018
    • 4 replies
    • 3.7k views
    • 
    • radozd
    • August 26, 2018

66. Armbian with local NTP server (Chrony)

    By Keerati, June 8, 2022   

    • Orange Pi PC Plus
    • 0 replies
    • 3.7k views
    • 
    • Keerati
    • June 8, 2022

67. command time : missing --help and other options

    By Marcation, June 20, 2021
    • 8 replies
    • 3.7k views
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    • arox
    • July 3, 2021

68. Docker-compose version error. odroid-xu4

    By storms, April 19, 2019
    • 2 replies
    • 3.7k views
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    • storms
    • April 20, 2019

69. armbian bionic 4.19 ethernet slow work

    By 1001er1001, July 26, 2019
    • 8 replies
    • 3.7k views
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    • 1001er1001
    • July 27, 2019

70. ov2640 camera on OrangePi One

    By durdin, August 30, 2021
    • 1 reply
    • 3.7k views
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    • Jimmay
    • June 12, 2023

71. [Resolution] Add new resolution 1280 x 800 px

    By fuhgawz, March 30, 2018   

    • Other/unspec
    • 3 replies
    • 3.7k views
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    • Tido
    • March 31, 2018

72. Are comments supported in armbianEnv.txt?

    By cvxx, September 22, 2018   

    • Other/unspec
    • 0 replies
    • 3.7k views
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    • cvxx
    • September 22, 2018

73. Changing keyboard layout/language to German on Armbian/Bookworm highly erratic

    By Giunti, March 8, 2024   

    • Cubietruck
    • 0 replies
    • 3.7k views
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    • Giunti
    • March 8, 2024

74. Nodm is breaking things (Igor)

    By DeterminedOpier, October 25, 2018
    • 7 replies
    • 3.7k views
    • 
    • DeterminedOpier
    • October 26, 2018

75. OrangePi Zero LTS vs DHT22

    By DoubleHP, March 2, 2022   

    • Orange Pi Zero
    • 4 replies
    • 3.7k views
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    • atomic77
    • April 14, 2023

76. older versions (armbian buster)

    By allo0osh, August 28, 2022   

    • Orange Pi PC Plus
    • 2 replies
    • 3.7k views
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    • allo0osh
    • August 29, 2022

77. Enable sound on Banana Pi M2 Ultra

    By Asimov, October 1, 2018
    • 1 reply
    • 3.7k views
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    • mhc
    • April 6, 2020

78. NanoPi M4 SATA Hat

    By jtreg, February 3, 2024   

    • NanoPi R4S
    • 5 replies
    • 3.7k views
    • 
    • Lorise
    • August 5, 2024

79. Don't know the root password

    By SaiHou, August 27, 2018   

    • Other/unspec
    • 3 replies
    • 3.7k views
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    • spicedreams
    • August 31, 2018

80. USB 3.0 or USB C not working with the Armbian kernel

    By Smartman, April 22, 2023   

    • Orange Pi 4 LTS
    • 3 replies
    • 3.7k views
    • 
    • vincent_young
    • April 1, 2024

81. Need help to get SPIDEV to work on RockPi 4B

    By xkcd, January 22, 2021
    • 6 replies
    • 3.7k views
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    • xkcd
    • January 29, 2021

82. banana m1+ builtin wifi card not working with the latest debian/ubuntu+kernel

    By phier, June 20, 2021
    • 4 replies
    • 3.7k views
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    • Igor
    • July 3, 2021

83. i need a downloader manager same as jdownloader

    By Paulo Santos Gonzales, September 25, 2018
    • 4 replies
    • 3.7k views
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    • vlad59
    • October 23, 2018

84. Integration of atomic update functionality (eg. with swupdate or rauc)

    By Meier, April 5, 2019
    • 1 reply
    • 3.7k views
    • 
    • Meier
    • July 8, 2019

85. w3m cannot display chinese fonts?

    By new_armbie, March 17, 2020
    • 3 replies
    • 3.6k views
    • 
    • new_armbie
    • March 21, 2020

86. meson64 linux tools package unavailable

    By sajty, August 17, 2021
    • 9 replies
    • 3.6k views
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    • kyavid
    • October 15, 2021

87. Orange Pi Zero - WiFi Dongle

    By jdugat, September 11, 2017
    • 2 replies
    • 3.6k views
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    • jdugat
    • September 14, 2017

88. Armbian 5.15.26-sunxi64 kernel breaks GPIO on NanoPi NEO2

    By Maarten1, March 29, 2022
    • 12 replies
    • 3.6k views
    • 
    • MichaIng
    • June 2, 2022

89. using armbian variables in a script

    By wollik, July 22, 2020
    • 6 replies
    • 3.6k views
    • 
    • wollik
    • July 23, 2020

90. Only one USB port work Orange Pi PC

    By Nelson R, August 21, 2019
    • 2 replies
    • 3.6k views
    • 
    • Igor
    • August 28, 2019

91. samba not working at all

    By thegaem, June 5, 2022   

    • Odroid HC4
    • 2 replies
    • 3.6k views
    • 
    • Kaosheng
    • July 1, 2022

92. can't boot with image Armbian 25.5.1 Bookworm

    By leos12, June 29, 2025   

    • Orange Pi Zero 2W
    • 7 replies
    • 3.6k views
    • 
    • ang
    • June 30, 2025

93. wifi adapter not persistent across boots

    By cman122887, February 27, 2020
    • 4 replies
    • 3.6k views
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    • cman122887
    • February 28, 2020

94. Armbian 23.8.1 - how to set up display resolution and refresh rate for CLI distro, when running UI apps?

    By wanderer, October 14, 2023   

    • Banana Pi BPI-M2 ZERO
    • 1 reply
    • 3.6k views
    • 
    • mitu
    • October 14, 2023

95. rp_filter not work

    By Farsya Islami Raishifa, February 1, 2016
    • 2 replies
    • 3.6k views
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    • zador.blood.stained
    • February 4, 2016

96. [OrangePiWin] -

    By lmtan91, October 19, 2021
    • 0 replies
    • 3.6k views
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    • lmtan91
    • October 19, 2021

97. Enabling Memory Cgroup on Raspberry Pi 4/5

    By Daniel Walker, January 8, 2024   

    • Raspberry Pi 5
    • 0 replies
    • 3.6k views
    • 
    • Daniel Walker
    • January 8, 2024

98. os language change not work

    By SpityuHun, March 31, 2017
    • 1 reply
    • 3.6k views
    • 
    • gnasch
    • April 1, 2017

99. Missing security updates in sources.list?

    By Schlotze83!, March 10, 2022
    • 4 replies
    • 3.6k views
    • 
    • Werner
    • March 12, 2022

100. generic x86-x64 image doesn't boot on virtualbox, but does boot on qemu

     By lxcg, September 9, 2023   

     • Virtual QEMU
     • Other/unspec
     • 1 reply
     • 3.6k views
     • 
     • lxcg
     • September 10, 2023

101. BPi M2 Berry - OS?

     By Friedrich-Wilhelm Möller, March 24, 2023   

     • Banana Pi
     • 1 reply
     • 3.6k views
     • 
     • Igor
     • March 25, 2023