GodtheAstronaut t1_j5hr364 wrote on January 23, 2023 at 2:12 AM

I have the rockpi-4b and it has been a champ. I have one running Pi-hole on my network, and another that is my astrophotography computer. The only complaint I have had is with regards to shipping time but other than that it has been great

nowonmai t1_j5irjwm wrote on January 23, 2023 at 7:54 AM

How is it for kernel updates? Rockchip have had a not great history in that regard

GodtheAstronaut t1_j5j8x4a wrote on January 23, 2023 at 11:52 AM

Kernel updates have been fine… I use Armbian as my distro and update it monthly with little to no issues. I’m not religious about checking it every day since the Astrocomputer isn’t connected to the internet. Or the Pi-hole computer I just let it run as is and don’t really mess with it

On2you t1_j5i42w4 wrote on January 23, 2023 at 3:48 AM

Pi-hole requires almost no resources to run. Such a waste to dedicate and entire piece of hardware to just that.

GodtheAstronaut t1_j5j8n6a wrote on January 23, 2023 at 11:49 AM

Unfortunately I damaged the Wi-Fi module on the board (the and connector failed) when upgrading the eMMC chip so instead of throwing out the whole system, it was just easier to relegate it to Pi-hole duty