Mainline Linux on an Android TV Box

[Rezoyen]

Hey everyone,

SO Odroid N2 looks like to be quite a bit more powerful (and expensive). Odroid C2 is more on par with this Android boxe real value, for me, was probably the time I spent figuring this out and I thought I might as well share it. It's true that you have to figure everything out on your own but the state of the ARM distros today is getting pretty good, so if you can get it running initially you should be able to just update with the package manager without problems.https://nox.tips/ https://xender.vip https://testmyspeed.onl

[crocoyes6]

S905X2 boxes would be more interesting to have mainline Linux or atleast AOSP, as they have much better performance. They currently cost $40-60 and have 4GB RAM, 32-64GB stoage, Lan, Wifi and 4K video support. Hopefully, AMLogic considers open sourcing their ROM.

[crocoyes6]

The issue with many ARM devices is that the GPUs are not supported very well at all outside of specific Android kernels. This makes it much more difficult to practically use them as general purpose Linux devices. Sticking to the kernels that they originally came with is a common workaround.