build VS resflash

https://github.com/armbian/build

There isn't any hypervisor running on that and still no SVE

The number of boards supported by these two distros is astonishing:

https://www.armbian.com/download/

https://dietpi.com/#download

The NanoPC-T6 is already supported by Armbian build system:

https://github.com/armbian/build/tree/main/config/boards

It's my understanding that https://www.armbian.com/ has quite broad hardware support, and there are boards from Orange Pi and Pine64 that boast actual mainline kernel support, so this is more a case of a fragmented ecosystem than there being zero competitors that can meet or exceed pis.

The normal Raspberry Pi OS Lite is pretty okay.

https://www.armbian.com/ is also pretty awesome and also supports bunch of other RaspberryPi clones for cheaper price.

git clone https://github.com/armbian/build cd build ./compile.sh BOARD=orangepi5-plus RELEASE=jammy BUILD_MINIMAL=yes KERNEL_GIT=full BUILD_DESKTOP=no BUILD_ONLY="u-boot,kernel,armbian-config,armbian-zsh,bootstrap" KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no

If the SBC is supported by Armbian then the software support is usually pretty good.

https://www.armbian.com/

I use an old Android media player, repurposed with Ubuntu OS instead of Android (https://www.armbian.com/). Works fine, cost me nothing ($40 originally AFAIK, but it was being retired anyway). It has low power consumption, good reliability, more-than-adequate performance for HA and Plex media server. Equipped with multiple USB ports, ethernet, WiFi, HDMI.

I discovered https://gitlab.com/bconway/resflash and it works.

My openbsd systems tend to be either full multi-service systems, or single-purpose things. On my multi-service systems, I tend to use the recommended defaults. But on my single-purpose things (small firewall, etc), I tend to run off of resflash, which is a very purpose-built layout for readonly volumes. https://gitlab.com/bconway/resflash

If eliminating moving parts, I've been a fan of resflash for building read-only images for the host. https://gitlab.com/bconway/resflash

I build my images with https://gitlab.com/bconway/resflash and it basically works out of the box. Been a while since I built it, but never had noticeable issues.

For small appliance machines (like home firewalls), I’ve been using resflash — https://gitlab.com/bconway/resflash