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2017 Hacker Board Survey: Raspberry Pi Still Rules, but x86 SBCs Make Gains

posted by FatPhil on Thursday June 22 2017, @01:33PM   Printer-friendly
from the Pi-in-the-sky dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard

The results are in: The Raspberry Pi 3 is the most desired maker SBC by a 4-to-1 margin. In other trends: x86 SBCs and Linux/Arduino hybrids get a boost.

More than ever, it's a Raspberry Pi world, and other Linux hacker boards are just living in it. Our 2017 hacker board survey gives the Raspberry Pi 3 a total of 2,583 votes — four times the number of the second-ranked board, the Raspberry Pi Zero W.

[...] Note that by "votes" we are referring to Borda rankings that combine 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choice rankings [...]

So, which if any credit-card-sized computers are you lot playing around with?

Source: http://linuxgizmos.com/2017-hacker-board-survey-raspberry-pi-still-rules-but-x86-sbcs-make-gains/

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  • (Score: 2) by jimtheowl on Friday June 23 2017, @02:29PM

    by jimtheowl (5929) on Friday June 23 2017, @02:29PM (#530026)
    I understand this. Every odd board cannot be supported, but especially with FreeBSD, I would choose a BBB over a Pi any day, even if the former is less 'popular'.

    It doesn't have to be part of the biggest 'herd' to be the better choice for a given project.
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