Ubuntu support for Banana Pi?

Fri Feb 28 13:46:37 UTC 2025

I got a NanoPi R2S Rockchip RK3328 (via ALiexpress) and it works great as 
my router.  I installed OpenWrt and it has worked flawlessly for several years 
now (a lot better than the SMartRG router supplied by my ISP).

At Fri, 28 Feb 2025 13:35:09 +0000 "Ubuntu user technical support,? not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

> 
> I have the intention of buying Banana Pi because it has more than 1 network port and can function as a router or firewall. Raspberry Pi only has 1 network port and can't function as a router or firewall at all. I have no idea whether Orange Pi and Rock Pi can function as a router or firewall or not.
> 
> At the moment, Orange Pi website appears to be down.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming
> 
> 
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> On Friday, February 28th, 2025 at 8:10 AM, Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> wrote:
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> > 
> > At Thu, 27 Feb 2025 22:56:37 +0000 "Ubuntu user technical support,? not for general discussions" ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com wrote:
> > 
> > > On Friday, February 28th, 2025 at 12:53 AM, Robert Heller heller at deepsoft.com wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Yes, there are various flavors of Pis: Raspberry, Banana, Orange, and Rock...
> > > 
> > > I know Banana Pi boards have many network ports while Raspberry Pi boards have only 1 network port.
> > > 
> > > What specialty features do Orange Pi and Rock Pi boards have?
> > 
> > 
> > Various features some faster, some cheaper, some faster and cheaper. Various
> > things like camera and lcd interfaces.
> > 
> > > Regards,
> > > 
> > > Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming
> > > 
> > > > At Thu, 27 Feb 2025 16:11:29 +0000 "Ubuntu user technical support,? not for general discussions" ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > On Thursday, February 27th, 2025 at 11:46 PM, Robert Heller heller at deepsoft.com wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > > Armbian (ARM Debian) is a Debian variant for (little) ARM systems, like the
> > > > > > Banana Pi. It is similar to Ubuntu and I believe it uses some of Ubuntu's code
> > > > > > base. I believe that BPS has Armbian uSD images on their support Wiki, at
> > > > > > least that is where I got the original image for my Banana Pi M64. There is a
> > > > > > support forum for Armbian. The Banana Pi M64 does need special Linux kernel
> > > > > > builds for its SOC, partitularly if you want access to things like the
> > > > > > on-board camera interface, I am not sure about other Banana Pi boards. I
> > > > > > believe Armbian also supports Orange Pi boards as well.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Wow, I didn't know there are Orange Pi boards as well.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Regards,
> > > > > 
> > > > > Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming
> > > > > 
> > > > > > At Thu, 27 Feb 2025 15:24:45 +0000 "Ubuntu user technical support,? not for general discussions" ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com wrote:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > > On Thursday, February 27th, 2025 at 8:49 PM, Robert Heller heller at deepsoft.com wrote:
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > I don't know about Ubuntu on the Banana Pi, but Armbian runs nicely on my
> > > > > > > > Banana Pi M64.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > What is Armbian?
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Regards,
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > At Thu, 27 Feb 2025 11:55:29 +0000 "Ubuntu user technical support,? not for general discussions" ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com wrote:
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > Subject: Ubuntu support for Banana Pi?
> > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > Good day from Singapore,
> > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > I am aware that Ubuntu supports Raspberry Pi. But does it support Banana Pi?
> > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > Thank you.
> > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > Regards,
> > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming
> > > > > > > > 
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