Ask HN: What are good Raspberry Pi alternatives that are in stock?
Can't find any raspberry pi zero w's in stock, or any normal pi's for that matter. Looking for similar or compatible alternatives for a small low power toy project. Any ideas? I had the same question a couple of months ago and got recommended the Orange Pi line of devices. For my usage it is virtually identical to a similar specd Rasberry Pi. Most of the models can run Armbian[0] which provides some peace of mind regarding long term support. The brand seems to sell mostly on Aliexpress, which is where I got mine from. [0] https://www.armbian.com/download/?device_support=Supported Odroid at hardkernal, I like the XU4 that at $53 will run full Linux distros and has A15 and A7 CPUs at 2 GHz, 2GB DDR3, Mali T-628 GPU, USB 3.0 and Gb Ethernet. Hard to believe you get all that for $53, you wouldn't have to go back that many years to be in a place where you would have been happy to pay $2k for something like that. While there check out their odroid go for 80 bucks, it's a ready to go gaming platform similar to Nintendo switch. I have no affiliation with Odroid whatsoever, I just like their products. These look really neat. Can you expand on what you mean by full linux distro? Can it out of the box run something like Debian/Ubuntu/Arch or is it vendor specific distribution? Thanks, I'll pick one up. Hopefully that have a pi-zero competitive model as well. I'm hoping to prototype something that I want to fit in a pocket Unfortunately, nothing like the zero I am aware of. Thanks for the response. I'm not getting my hopes up but I am optimistic that surely someone has tried to enter this niche form factor solely given to how well it sells for the pi folks. Would you like a Rp 400? In stock on Amazon right now, they’re the keyboard one just watch RPilocator.com to see when they are back in stock US region has none in stock. Amazing.