Ubuntu support for Banana Pi?

Fri Feb 28 14:02:51 UTC 2025

There seems to be many Pi brands around to choose from. How many different brands of Pi boards are there in the world in total? Are there any Wikipedia article listing out all the Pi brands in the world and which ones can function as a router or firewall?

Thank you.

Regards,

Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming

On Friday, February 28th, 2025 at 9:46 PM, Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> wrote:

> 
> 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
> > 
> > On Friday, February 28th, 2025 at 8:10 AM, Robert Heller heller at deepsoft.com wrote:
> > 
> > > 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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