Ubuntu support for Banana Pi?

[Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming]

On Friday, February 28th, 2025 at 10:05 PM, Oliver Grawert <ogra at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> Am Freitag, dem 28.02.2025 um 13:35 +0000 schrieb Turritopsis Dohrnii
> Teo En Ming via ubuntu-users:
> 
> > 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.
> 
> 
> Not in its default setup, but there are plenty of addon Hats that
> provide up to 5 gigabit ports ... here is one example:
> 
> https://52pi.com/products/u5000-m-2-nvme-dual-usb3-0-to-2-5g-ethernet-for-raspberry-pi-5
> 
> If you are after using Ubuntu you are best served with a Pi, which is
> fully supported and gets regular security updates like any other Ubuntu
> ... all other options will mean you will have to use something like the
> armbian debian fork, debian itself or create your own Ubuntu userspace
> rootfs and maintain the boot setup and kernel yourself ...
> 
> ciao
> oli

Thank you for the link. Do you mean that if I choose other brands of Pi other than Raspberry Pi, I would not be able to use Ubuntu and need to use Armbian instead?

Regards,

Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming

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