Nerdwebber wrote: > Because the CT "is less well supported by arch linux and so is higher > risk of not working at some point... " I'll choose for the Hummingboard > (as a Linux NOOB). Maybe it's not the best choice when we talk about > "value for money". I go for optimal reliability.
Forget "optimal reliabitiy", if you go for an ARM board. The only board I'm aware of with real good support and life cycle management is the RPI. For other boards you can expect a year max of community support I'd guess. I wouldn't take Triodes pretty vague statement as a base for a decision. The CT runs stable. The current kernel (and that's the key) is stable for our purposes (server/client). If Triode runs much older firmware/kernel and a specific OS setup that's another topic. That's why I left SOA alone. I'm not saying that Hummingboard,Udoo,Odroid,Wand etc. are much worse then a CT. If you rely on Triode and he confirms that a board is 100% operational - go for it. But. You should also have a look at Volumio and Rune Audio, just to figure out what boards these guys are supporting. At least you'd have an alternative to SOA for your chosen board - just in case. Unfortunately Triode has IMO chosen the wrong OS for SOA anyhow. I gave up on Arch as a server/client OS on ARM after not even two months using it. You can see how much time Triode has to spent on SOA to get things going. He needs to write all kind of installation scripts himself. On Debian I just run an "apt-get install" on pretty much all apps and that includes LMS. Beside that apps like minidlna,ecasound asf asf are available in standard DEBIAN repos. Debian on ARM gives you much more flexibility. Good luck. Cheers ::: ' Touch Toolbox and more' (http://soundcheck-audio.blogspot.com) ::: by soundcheck ------------------------------------------------------------------------ soundcheck's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34383 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101624 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
