pcDuino3 / nano Debian SD image

Another A20 boards. The image is compiled from scratch, from the same kernel source as Cubieboards but patched due to different GMAC. Image is suitable for any micro SD card larger than 1G. First boot takes longer (around 45s) than usual (20s) because it regenerates SSH keys and resizes partition to fit your SD card. […]

Olimex Lime and Micro Debian SD image

After Cubieboard, Banana PI and Cubox-i/HB I decided to check up on industrial open-hardware boards from Olimex. I ended up with: Olimex Lime (A20-OLinuXino-LIME-4GB) and Lime 2 (A20-OLinuXIno-LIME2-4GB) which are both powered by A20. Both boards are equipped with 4G NAND and the main difference is RAM – 512 vs 1024Mb and V2 has gigabit […]

Cubieboard 4 is around

Allwinner A80 based Cubieboard 4 development board is available for order / pre-order in Europe for roughly 150 EUR + shipping. Thank you folks for support to get this board. I am already researching. Some short first insights: Android’s (on EmmC) performance is very good while factory Lubuntu on (SD card) is bad – kernel […]

Banana PI / PRO / R1 Debian SD image

After spending more than a year developing Debian for Cubieboard I decided to port this build to Banana PI / PRO. Since the board is based on the same SoC the process should be easy. This is theory but in reality: Ethernet is somehow different so we need kernel source patching and we have to […]

Cubox-i / Hummingboard Debian SD image

This is my second ARM toy that I am going to play with. The main goal is the same as with Cubieboard – to build and maintain headless stable base to deploy various services (web, mail, samba, …). Since the GPU drivers looks good I might extend it to graphics environment. The images are compiled […]

Cubieboard / Cubietruck Debian SD image

My goal is to build and maintain headless stable base to deploy various services (web, mail, samba, …). The images are compiled from scratch and sometimes patched if necessary. Images are suitable for any microSD card larger than 1G and can be installed to NAND or SATA. First boot takes longer time (around 2m) than […]

Ipad 4 or alternative?

If you are buying a tablet today you are most likely not an gadgets addict or you are and just performing an upgrade. Switch brain on and ask yourself few questions. Do I need a tablet? Do I need an “fancy and cool” Ipad 4? Do I need new problems in my life? Since almost […]

Home theater solution

I decided to build my own multimedia box but since it has been almost a decade from my last PC construction I have no clue what I need and what would be the outcome. Research The best resource in this matter is AVS discussion forum dedicated to Home Theater systems. After check up and consideration […]

Paul Pantone Plasma Reactor Motor

Paul Pantone is an inventor who claims to have invented Global Environmental Energy Technology (GEET), a technology that replaces the standard carburetor of an internal combustion engine.