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Le Potato is the first board from Libre.computer: https://libre.computer/products/boards/aml-s905x-cc/ Basic information is on the link above, here's the TL;DR: Raspberry Pi 2 form factor clone, with 64-bit quad-core Amlogic S905X 1 or 2 GB RAM eMMC and SD support HDMI 2.0 for 4k support 100 Mb Fast Ethernet Extra headers for I2S, UART, etc (nice feature I think) IR receiver Advertised to have low power consumption Powered via micro-USB based on: Amlogic P212 reference board Use Case: Media Player (retro gaming?) I've been using a board now for a few weeks, I have kernels 4.13 and 3.14 running, however 3.14 does not yet have a proper device tree so it's a bit rough around the edges (display support is not really there) http://sprunge.us/GUgX - eMMC was not installed for this, it has boot preference over the SD. Pros: Familiar form factor for a lot of people The board isn't doing anything "fancy", no real "gimmicks" eMMC should be a boost to performance. (Untested so far on my part) S905X, 4K and built-in IR should make for a good multimedia machine Dedicated fast ethernet, not sharing USB bandwidth like the Pi. Cons: micro-USB powered, although so far the board seems to live up to its low consumption promise. Still has the potential issue if the 4x USB's are loaded. Fast Ethernet, this board will not be a server. Mali 450 (only really a con if gaming is on your To-Do list) No wifi/BT (that's a con for some people, for others it's a pro) USB Hub. My understanding is not all 4 ports come from 1 hub, but there is no indication of which ports are which IR sensor position makes using Pi cases a bit more problematic (my favorites are the solid aluminum ones) U-boot blob (U-boot source available, but compilation in-script is problematic (2015.01 U-Boot) ) Yes, Fast ethernet is a pro and a con. It isn't on the USB like the pi, pro. It's only Fast ethernet, con. Using the built-in phy keeps the component count down. Power Consumption: Using 5.25 Volts 2000 mA supply. (Reading at GPIO header, wireless mouse, keyboard.) 5.28 V Idle 5.22 V Youtube video with no acceleration (minerd won't compile, I haven't debugged) 5.11 V Youtbe video + spinning disk 2.5" HDD on USB (it did not initially want to spin up, even hooked to 2 ports) Not bad, must be an above-average micro-USB socket.

Has anyone had any luck cloning their repository as described on http://openlinux.amlogic.com/wiki/index.php/Arm/arm-Kernel_Info/Kernel4.9 So far it just keeps timing out on me.