Ubuntu support for Banana Pi?

[Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming]

On Friday, February 28th, 2025 at 11:36 PM, Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> wrote:

> At Fri, 28 Feb 2025 14:20:46 +0000 "Ubuntu user technical support,? not for general discussions" ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com wrote:
> 
> > 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?
> 
> 
> Armbian is effectively Ubuntu customized for those boards. Most of those
> boards have "exotic" SOCs (System-On-a-Chip), with various "custom" I/O
> features. The ARM "SOC" is something like the north/south-bridge typical of
> a x86-ish motherboard, but a lot less "standardized" and often with a bunch of
> extra I/O, that on a x86-ish system would live off in PCI(e)-land (eg in a PCI
> Express slot or something) -- things like cameras, video, special I/O
> interfaces (CAN, USARTS, Audio, IR (remote controls), GPIO, I2C, SPI, PWM,
> ADCs, User Definable LEDs on the SBC, etc.)
> 
> Armbian supplies kernals with driver logic to support the various extra
> features on these various ARM processor boards. Base Ubuntu does not provide
> that -- things will probably work for basic standard stuff, but you won't
> have access to the extra I/O features of these boards, unless you want to
> delve into the kernal and boot hackery yourself. Armbian takes care of that
> for you, often with manufaturer support.

Noted with thanks.

Regards,

Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming

> 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming
> > 
> > > --
> > > ubuntu-users mailing list
> > > ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
> 
> 
> --
> Robert Heller -- Cell: 413-658-7953 GV: 978-633-5364
> Deepwoods Software -- Custom Software Services
> http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Linux Administration Services
> heller at deepsoft.com -- Webhosting Services
> 
> 
> --
> ubuntu-users mailing list
> ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users