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Marketplaces and e-waste recycling centers are practically overflowing with the things: ARM-based streaming TV boxes that run some — usually very outdated and compromised — version of Android. While you can use them for their promised streaming purposes, they’re invariably poorly optimized and often lie about their true hardware specifications. Which leaves the most important question: can you install Linux on these SBCs and use them as a poor man’s Raspberry Pi alternative? The answer, according to [Oleksii’s Tech] on YouTube is ‘sorta’.

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[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago

I have a old box running armbian and octoprint. Works just fine to allow me to monitor my prints.

[–] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 9 points 2 days ago

Ooh, this could be really for me. I have one of those but never used it much, but I hated the idea of it sitting there doing nothing, and loved the size and shape; this lead me to think of repurposing it but my meager knowledge of Linux tinkering stopped me before even starting.

[–] Mwa@thelemmy.club 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

There have been Doom ports on Android forever, that's not even trying. (Running it well is likely another matter entirely, however.)

[–] Mwa@thelemmy.club 1 points 1 day ago

aswell as through Linux.