Considering that this is all community supported as always, Is Armbian nowadays in a better shape on Amlogic or Rockchip tv boxes?

This is a very good question.  I also have to decide whether I want a box with rk3318 or one with s905x2-s905x3.. What is better supported here and where is armbian more stable on?  Maybe an expert can say something about that 😁

Edited March 4, 20233 yr by Tomek51

from the mainline develop status view point,

Amlogic vdec is stopped, and Rockchip is still active developping.

 

Rockchip soc can use all upstream components, even uboot.

but Amlogic need vendor blob to create uboot.

 

Rockchip soc have Cursor plane, but amlogic doesn't. this is good for desktop use.

 

 

Many thanks for the answer. Then I order a H96 Max with rk3318 and 4gb RAM. That should be enough for my needs

Take note  that there is no guarantee that community-hacked Armbian versions will work on that hardware properly. TVboxes are like cancer on the SBC market. You can read more on that here: https://docs.armbian.com/User-Guide_FAQ/#i-have-a-tv-boxtablet-from-insert-random-vendor-can-i-use-armbian-on-it

 

 

@ning A word on the state of Allwinner?

On 5/3/2023 at 4:52 PM, batman8000 said:

@ning A word on the state of Allwinner?

I like H3.