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Rasbperry Pi is a popular choice as a SoC / SBC Linux board. But you have to use their custom linux kernel. Are there Linux boards with decent mainline Linux kernel support?

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[–] deadcatbounce@reddthat.com 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Who said that (you have to use their custom mainline kernel)?

Fedora have an IoT distribution that fits the Raspberry Pi for example. There's workstation and a ostree versions.

Armbian I've used in preference to Raspbian or whatever they call it today. I like the cleanest distributions as much as possible.

That's all I have personal experience with, but there are others.

Meanwhile, others have suggested other boards. However, don't think that Raspbian is it (pun intended).