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I read this a couple of days ago... looks like there's a backdoor in a device driver that may affect some of the boards mentioned in this thread: https://thehackernews.com/2016/05/android-kernal-exploit.html Relevant line: "The Linux 3.4-sunxi kernel was originally designed to support the Android operating system on Allwinner ARM for tablets, but later it was used to port Linux to many Allwinner processors on boards like Banana Pi micro-PCs, Orange Pi, and other devices" -----Original Message----- From: list [mailto:list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of M. J. Everitt Sent: 14 May 2016 13:53 To: list@xxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [LUG] Embedded hobby boards On 14/05/16 13:45, M. J. Everitt wrote: > I got a bit carried away then, and came across the Orange-Pi, and > having decided I liked the "Pi" theme I had stumbled upon, bought an > Orange-Pi plus, also with the wifi, gigabit ethernet, 4x usb and SATA > again. This has a quad-core CPU and runs well completely standalone. > It was slightly harder to get this running with debian, but a forum > poster came to the rescue, and I soon had the on-board eMMC programmed > up with an XFCE desktop :). http://www.orangepi.org/ > If you want to do electronic interfacing, there is always the > Beaglebone Black, which having solved its manufacturing delays by > allowing > element14 to build a bulk volume of approved clones, has a load of IO > pins and UARTs and buses available via its expansion headers. http://beagleboard.org/black One of the most interesting projects I forgot to mention with the Banana-pi is that they make their own 'router board' which has the A20 on-board, Wifi again, sata *and* a 4-port ethernet switch allowing you to build your own customised router! http://www.banana-pi.org/r1.html Hope that inspires a few projects :) -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG https://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq