Hi All, 

I'm quite new to pine and coding. Now I'm looking to make my pine A64 connected to my TV to play 4k video's by simply turning on the TV. (it's going to be at a display, where it has to be controlled by every noob). Can anyone help me out? Thnx!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/boo...nux-kernel

Does this get free vpu software for the rock64?
Thank you.

Searching for videos where the computer runs as a desktop computer gives not much result.
In question are videos showing how the rock64 works if running debian or armbian. Benchmark
videos tell numbers I cannot relate to.

Any videos showing how rock64 performs if it does common computer tasks? Simultaneously running a
browser, 5 tabs open, a youtube video and a file manager and a media player and libre office or
a picture editor. What are the latencies? Does rock64 start to falter?
In short can a rock64 desktop run similar to a
modest x86 notebook?
Thanks.

Unlike the amd64 Ubuntu, here w(1), who(1) and uptime(1) don't count the user if logged through LXDE. (If logged torough SSH, they do.) To test, log in through LXDE, open LXterminal and type "w", "who", or "uptime". You won't be shown as a logged in user. (In the amd64 Ubuntu, you will be.) I think that this is a bug, but don't know whether it's a kernel bug or not.

Has anyone done some testing regarding how well a RockPro64 works as a Plex Media Server?

Direct Streaming media shouldn't be a problem of course. But how about those instance when the server would have to transcode a video or audio stream?

In my setup most of my streaming would be done locally over the network to clients without the need of any transcoding. I'd only need power to transcode one video/audio stream at a time, for the few occasions when I'm not at home.

I'm curious about the "Metal Desktop/NAS Casing" available through the store.

I'm currently planing to setup a quiet, power efficient NAS/Plex Media Server. However, since I'm very sensitive about noise, I'm wondering if you'd absolutely need the additional case fan to safely operate the case.

For my build, the OS and database would run from the emmc, while the media storage would be stored on a 2,5" HDD. 

This hard-drive would only need to spin up for the few instances when someone is actually accessing a file from the NAS. The rest of the time the HDD could remain in standby and not produce any heat.

As a bonus, I'd also love to add a second 2,5" or 3,5" HDD to the case. This HDD would only be used as a backup for the first drive. The drive would only be used once a week when an automatic backup is written from disk one to disk two.

Has anyone done some thermal testing for the case without a case-fan?

Here are instructions to install OpenBSD on the RockPro64.
I take no credit for this work - just relaying it on the forum.

I was wondering if anyone has data on temperature differences between the different heatsink options available?

Does someone make a small screen for the RockPro94 that is linux capable without any major tinkering or tech wizardry? (My linux skills can be described as fairly basic at best, and rusty at that)

I'd love to be able to mount a small screen directly on the NAS enclosure if i do end up pulling the trigger on it in future, both to save me having to plug an external monitor into it, and for nearpointless coolness factor.

I think the GPU is capable of running Vulkan but I was wondering if the RockPro64 does have drivers for it and is capable of running applications that use it. As well as what extensions are supported, specifically if the swapchain is extension supported as well: VK_KHR_swapchain.