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Hi all. I made a video about KDE Neon on the Raspberry Pi 5. I love it, I'll be switching from ubuntu-desktop to this. Greetings, NicoD

Hi all. Here my review of the Orange Pi 5 Plus with Armbian Jammy. I show tips for better desktop experience, show how to build your own images, how to run games, and tons of info about the board. Here's the video : For those who rather read, here's my gathered data : https://docs.lane-fu.com/s/5IxGlf4gn Greetings, NicoD

Hi all. I made a new video about Armbian on the Khadas VIM3. Both standard Armbian and Monka his Widevine and Gaming image. Here it is :

Hi all. Here my review video about the Mixtile Blade 3. An RK3588 ARM SBC with a special connector to make it possible to connect multiple of these boards in a cluster. But it can also be used well as desktop or server device. It has all the bells and whistle's an RK3588 can have like dual 2.5GbE, m-PCIe, NVMe, HDMI-out + 2 x DP on USB-C and HMDI-in, ... Here is my video : Greetings, NicoD

My gathered info : RK3588(S) comparison -------------------- RK3588(S) 8nm LP process 4 x A55 @ 1.8Ghz + 4 x A76 @ 2.4Ghz (Not the same for all boards, between 2.2Ghz and 2.4Ghz) Mali-G610 MP4 "Odin" 6TOPs NPU Up to 32GB memory theoretically (haven't seen any 32GB yet) RK3588 RK3588S PCIE3.0 2x2 Lanes PCIe3.0 N/A PCIe2.0/SATA3.0/USB3.0 MUX 3x1 Lane PCIE2.0 2x1 Lane PCIE2.0 3x SATA 3.0 2x SATA 3.0 1x USB3.0 (refer USB section) 1x USB3.0 (refer USB section) Board SoC Memory eMMC SD-Reader NVMe/PCIe/SATA Network USB2 USB3 USB-C (dp) HDMI-out HDMI-in DP Active cooling Powered with 1. Khadas Edge 2 Pro Rockchip RK3588S 16 GB LPDDR4X 2112 MHz 64 GB xxx xxx xxx 1 x 1 x 1 x DP 1 x xxx xxx xxx (Case not out yet) USB-C PD 2. NanoPi R6S Rockchip RK3588S 8 GB LPDDR4X 2133 MHz 32 GB yes xxx 2 x 2.5GbE + 1GbE 1 x 1 x xxx 1 x xxx xxx Metal case USB-C PD 3. Radxa Rock5B Rockchip RK3588 16 GB LPDDR4X 2112 MHz Module yes 2 x M.2 NVMe 2.5GbE 2 x 2 x xxx 2 x 1 x micro-HDMI xxx XU4 heatsink no sufficient USB-C PD (Issue with PD, I'm using 5V 4A PSU) 4. Mekotronics R58 Mini Rockchip RK3588 16 GB LPDDR4X 64 GB xxx SATA ribbon 1GbE 2 x 1 x 1 x (no DP) 2 x 1 x full size 1 x Big heatsink sufficient *** 12V barrel jack *** Case could also be used to cool with a thermal pad 5. Mekotronics R58X-4G Rockchip RK3588 8 GB LPDDR4X 64 GB xxx SATA/NVMe/mini-PCIe 1GbE 2 x 1 x 1 x DP 1 x 1 x full size 1 x Big heatsink sufficient *** 12V barrel jack 6. Orange Pi 5 Rockchip RK3588S 4/8 GB LPDDR4(x) xxx yes NVMe 1GbE 1 x 2 x 1 x DP 1 x xxx xxx No USB-C 5V Other specs Khadas Edge 2 Pro also has 3 x CSI + 2 x DSI, and can have an I/O board for SD-card and uart Radxa Rock5B has 1 x CSI + 1 x DSI OPi5 has 2 x DSI + 3 x Camera port Benchmarks ---------- Board | OS | Kernel | Clockspeeds | 7z b all cores | 7z b core small core | 7z b big core | NicoD Blender | Supertuxkart | SBC-Bench Radxa Rock 5B Armbian Jammy cinnamon 5.10.110 1.8Ghz A55/2.4Ghz A76 15996 1533 (core 0) 2651 (core 7) 3m25s 65fps (panfork) http://ix.io/4jOb Radxa Rock 5B Radxa Bullseye xfce4 5.10.66-27 1.8Ghz A55/2.4Ghz A76 16138 1522 (core 0) 2649 (core 4/7) 4m35s V2.83.5 xxx Khadas Edge2 Ubuntu 22.04 Gnome 5.10.66 1.8Ghz A55/2.35Ghz* A76 16901 1766 (core 0) 2930 (core 7) 3m25s 110fps (wayland) http://ix.io/4e8w ****SBC-Bench broken big cores at 408Mhz NanoPi R6S Ubuntu 22.04 Gnome Headless 5.10.110 1.8Ghz A55/2.3Ghz * A76 16385 1449 (core 0) 2493 (core 7) 3m27s 110fps (wayland) http://ix.io/4gSl Mekotronics R58 Debian Bullseye wayland 5.10.110 1.8Ghz A53/2.2Ghz A76 16803 1777 (core 0) 2879 (core 1) 4m35s 110fps (wayland) http://ix.io/4j40 Mekotronics R58 Ubuntu 20.04 x11 5.10.66 1.8Ghz A53/2.2Ghz A76 16477 1765 (core 0) 2897 (core 1) 5m53s V2.82 4fps (llvmpipe) Mekotronics R58X-G4 Armbian Jammy Gnome 5.10.110 1.8Ghz A53/2.4Ghz A76 16421 1767 (core 0) 2852 (core 1) 3m28s 75fps (panfork) SBC-bench broken Pros+++ ------- Khadas Edge2 Pro Small and USB-C PD powered, so great for my trips but needs a metal case for that. Having the extra USB-C is great. It is either a 2nd fast access to the SoC, and can be used for 2nd HDMI display. OOWOW is great to install new software, no need for RKDevTool. The Khadas software is pretty good. Khadas has a great team that's active on their forum. NanoPi R6S Metal case makes it awesome. It is limited, but for what I wanted it's doing the job better than expected(fast NAS and even watching video). USB-C PD powered, so if I don't find a case for Edge2 I can also use the R6S on my trips. SD-Reader is great for booting and installing software. Mekotronics R58 mini Full sized ports. For home use it's good to have a device that's not tiny. Great to have the display ports on back and side and USB on the front. Case is nice, but not used for cooling. Great for digital signage with 2x HDMI + 1 x DP. Mekotronics R58X-4G mini-PCIe, NVMe and SATA. Full sized ports. USB-C with DP. Nice case, can be used to cool the board with a thermal pad but not needed. Rock5B Armbian support. Has dual M.2 sockets. SD-card reader and eMMC socket. Full sized HDMI-out ports. 2.5GbE. Cons--- ------- Khadas Edge2 Pro No metal case yet(March). Missing SD-card, IO board can add that but then doesn't fit in the case. Seems designed for use in a small kiosk/digital signage, so all small special connectors for additional devices like displays and camera's. NanoPi R6S Designed for networking and so missing a lot of other features(NVMe, PCIe, extra USB-C with DP, multiple USB3 ports...). Mekotronics R58 mini Not the best I/O. No sd-reader what makes the use of RKDevTool needed. Expensive. Wouldn't be as good for me if I didn't know great Armbian devs(MonkaBlyat). Mekotronics R58X-4G No sd-reader what makes the use of RKDevTool needed. Expensive. Wouldn't be as good for me if I didn't know great Armbian devs(MonkaBlyat). Rock5B Software not ready for my daily needs, seems the worst supported board. USB-C PD has issue's. No good cooling sollution comes with the board. My opinion on available software -------------------------------- 1. Khadas Edge2 Ubuntu 22.04 works great with panfork. You can also use the blob GPU driver if you start with the Gnome image. Almost everything works as it should. 2. Mekotronics R58(X-4G) Armbian Jammy Gnome works great with panfork. The Mekotronics images aren't perfect. Works well for desktop/video/gaming. 3. NanoPi R6S Ubuntu 22.04 gnome works well, but panfork doesn't work with it. It's very stable, did my desktop tasks as a champ. But I'm missing gaming on it with x11. 4. Radxa Rock5B Armbian Jammy Gnome is buggy as hell. Only Armbian runs ok on it. The Debian image from Radxa is a mess, Android is unusable. DTB file seems badly hacked together. My favorite ranking for now --------------------------- 1. Mekotronics R58X-4G It has it all. Good cooling, nice it's not tiny, NVMe and SATA and mini-PCIe. 1 less full sized HDMI vs R58 but USB-C DP works too. Armbian thanks to MonkaBlyat brings this on top. 2. NanoPi R6S Limited but works well for what I wanted from it. The case is a big plus. Panfork not working. But the Ubuntu 22.04 Gnome image is great for desktop tasks. Stable, great video playback. Performs well as NAS too. Love that it has an SD-reader. I do not need dual 2.5GbE, so could have been better having NVMe instead of 2nd 2.5GbE port. 3. Khadas Edge 2 Missing of a metal case brings this down, waiting for the case to be released. The software from Khadas is the best of all. No SD-card is also a big minor. Best board for travel laptop. 4. Mekotronics R58X Works well. But has a lot less I/O than R58X-4G. Then again has 2 x full sized HDMI-out vs 1 x on R58X-4G. 5. Radxa Rock5B Bit dissapointed by the software. It does have all the bells and whistles I want. But it isn't ready for daily use yet. Armbian is the only ok-working image for it. And that is a lot more buggy than all the others. ***Don't have the OPi5***

Hi all. Here my review of the Mekotronics R58-Mini and R58X-4G. These are my favorite RK3588 devices. Easiest to work with on a desk. Been my main-desktop for the last months. I've been using MonkaBlyat his Armbian images. It is stable, fun to work with, has GPU drivers and VPU. But it is using the dirty rockchip kernel. So once armbian can be build for these devices, and mainline has matured these should be the best RK3588 devices for me at home. For on the road I've got the Kadas Edge2Pro. Here's my video. Mekotronics download page : https://www.mekotronics.com/h-msgBoard.html Armbian from MonkaBlyat for R58-Mini : https://monka.systemonachip.net/r58-mini/Armbian_23.05.0-trunk_r58-mini_jammy_legacy_5.10.110.AFM.img.xz Armbian from MonkaBlyat for R58X (4G/Pro) : https://monka.systemonachip.net/r58x/Armbian_23.05.0-trunk_r58x_jammy_legacy_5.10.110.AFM.img.xz RKDevTool and SPI boot loader for Armbian : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Gg9So9nuVax_AC82UQJOq1mHBea3sQ4q/view?usp=share_link Here all my gathered info :

Hi all. I've just finished making my review video about the Khadas Edge2. No Armbian on it(yet). It is an awesome board, and I'm very happy to have it. I'm still waiting on my Rock5B to arrive, so this helped me overcome this period. But it does have its limits. For some goals it is perfect, some others not so much. Here my video. Greetings, NicoD