rk3399: like a Pi, but more RAM/CPU/I/O?

[Matt Graham]

Saw this kickstarter link earlier:  
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/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?

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