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bmarkus:
Please tell, which board and processor architecture would be supported in your opinion?

bmarkus:
Good to see that no demand for other boards. More free time  :)

wxop:
First Thank you and congratulation for the absolutely wonderfull TinyCoreLinux : because of its Read-only concept, this is THE perfect Linux for embedded IOT.  :)

I would like to suggest all OrangePi hardware, mainly because :
- they are one of the most popular/serious competitor of RaspberryPi
- compared to Raspberry Pi , they are way cheaper
- There is a lot of different hardware versions, perfect for IOT
- This chinese company seems to have understood that playing WITH the OpenSource community can be mutually beneficial.

Development should not be that hard for gurus like you knowing that :
- One forum member has already succeeded to port TinyCoreLinux to some OrangePi model (see here), and some others members seems to be interested....
- Armbian already supports it fine
- various OrangePi sources can be found on GitHub
- If I remember correctly, I've read somewhere (maybe here) that the latest Linux kernel natively supports H3 processors

Best regards,

M-H:
Hi Béla,

I just started an other thread to discuss the pros and cons of getting tinycore on the new Asus Tinker Board.
Sorry I did not see this thread , TinkerBoard was not mentioned in any post according to the search function.

In my opinion, the tinkerboard is a good SBC to investigate and see if it is fit for a tinycore blessing.
It is fast, it has got arm processors and a formfactor that would make a lot op people think it is a raspberry pi.
Surely there will be differences that will be difficulties to overcome. But to me it looks like a promising prospect.
I will not list all tech specs, as the Asus website lists them now , but to me the gigabit LAN without usb2 link , the 2 gig RAM and HD audio chip are the main upgrades from the pi3.

As it close to the pi you know well, perhaps you can see if it is possible, and at what what cost.

Greetz M-H

theYinYeti:
The answer will likely depend on each person’s use of TC.
IMHO, TC is great as a portable desktop+rescue Linux system (on an USB stick) because it is, as far as I know, the only modern Linux distribution with a software repository that can be installed on a Windows-compatible filesystem.
As a consequence, although it is not quite a “board”, I would vote for improved X11 support of laptops.

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