Raspberry Pi Alternative
Given that pi's are basically unobtainium unless you want to pay absurd prices, is any work being done to run repetier server on one of the many alternative platforms to the rpi? It would be really nice if we could get something that worked like the pi on hardware that costs what the pi used to...
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The only thing is that we only provide a pi image which is Repetier-Server plus additional helper/configuration to get quickest start. With the alternatives you download the .deb package and install it with
sudo dpkg -i packagefile
and basic server is working. That you need to install what you want on top on your os, e.g. webcam server (see tutorial on our homepage) or starting chromium in kiosk mode with touchscreen gui.
Reason we have no image for these is that there are so many alternatives constantly changing and each needs a special kernel for the chipset/hardware while selling numbers are too low to justify all the extra work to provide 50 images in parallel and test them for each update.
https://www.amazon.com/Libre-Computer-AML-S905X-CC-Potato-64-bit/dp/B074P6BNGZ?th=1
don't have it but looks fine with ubunti 22.04 support it is also using up to date linux. And they support raspbian 11 - wonder if our image would work on it. I mean the regular linux is the same anyway, question is just if the compiled kernel runs. So might worth to try our image first and if it starts it reduces work for own configuration.
I'll post back my results, but if your image doesn't work on it, might be worth creating one for it since it seems to be the closest thing to a pi and has an amazing price point. Would be a great alternate option! Board comes tomorrow so we shall see. This will be my 4th Repetier Server device, how many does my license allow for?