Hello Alan,
Eg. for my Banana Pi, Ubuntu, the kernel is version 3.10 whereas I'm running kernel 4.18.xx on Fedora29 !! And, most importantly, an "upgrade" gets me to the latest kernel as well as all the apps.On the Banana Pi Ubuntu, "apt-get upgrade" does not update the kernel.
A Banana Pi is *not* a Raspberry Pi. It, along with many other SBCs, they become orphaned variants that never get major updates nor real maintenance after a short while. I have an Rpi v3 (non-B+) which is running Raspbian with the newest Long Term kernel ( 4.14.59 ). If you rather use the mainline kernel (4.17.x today), you can use the "next" branch feature in rpi-update ( https://github.com/Hexxeh/rpi-update ). Raspbian is also based on Debian stable which is a more conservative distro. If you want bleeding edge, you can opt into Debian's "sid" version (tip of tree), "unstable" where things get reviewed and tested but also keep moving, or "testing" where things are locking down for the next stable branch (newer packages but they won't change often until the next stable distro is released).
Your choice really. Also remember, the newest Raspberry Pi costs $35. Sure, you can buy a MUCH faster SBC boards out there, but it will easily exceed $100 and you'll still never match the community support that is available in a Raspberry Pi. There are a fewer long term supported boards out there like the BeagleBone, etc. but they have different goals.
Also guys, I'm amazed, nobody seems to want a Pi with a high speed disk interface. Of these, so so few support a SATA disk (or SSD) with the interface on the SoC, not via USB.
Yes.. I too would love to see multiple USB 3.1 buses and an NVMe M.2 interface on a Rasbpberry Pi but it will be a long time before you see that on a $35 computer. My personal I/O demands on a Rpi is quite low but that's all dependent on the particular user. If I needed high performance, it sounds like the Odroid line would be one to try but they are also known for abandoning previous SBC boards with little to no notice:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_single-board_computers#I/O_interfaces_and_ports --David KI6ZHD
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