the reason Pi has not done the USB3 is because of those binary blobs you mentioned. for my use i will stick with the Pi. or move on to an intel compute stick. On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 3:11 PM, Matt Graham wrote: > Saw this kickstarter link earlier: https://www.kickstarter.com/pr > ojects/1771382379/firefly-rk3399-six-core-64-bit-high-performance-pl/ . > They say that they're putting together an ARM single-board machine with USB > 3 ports, 1, 2, or 4G of RAM, dual-monitor capability, and the ability to > run Android or Ubuntu. "Like a Raspberry Pi but with more power" seems to > be what they were going for. > > This sounds sort of interesting, even though it's a bit more expensive > than a Pi. The kickstarter's fully funded, and it looks like these people > have already built and shipped a couple of other ARM boards. Main problem > I could see is that the hardware will probably be dependent on binary blobs > and it'll be a PITA to run anything but whatever kernel they give you. The > Pi also has a large community that has hashed out many problems, while this > system will probably involve new and exciting bugs. Thoughts? > > -- > Crow202 Blog: http://crow202.org/wordpress > There is no Darkness in Eternity > But only Light too dim for us to see. > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen