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[Jessica Spongekipper]

I compiled it because... I wanted to. I was interested to see if the VM would handle it.

Let's face it, if we were not liable to do stuff like that we would have brought a b****y Mac.  

I also downloaded the beta, assuming that you mean:

Armbian_5.20_Pine64_Ubuntu_xenial_3.10.102.7z

I wonder if my 2a wall wart can actually supply enough current ?  Would Linux require very more current than Android ?

lol... good response... although the only good use for a Mac (used to be) is as a boat anchor :-O

No, I meant the beta image, as per the link in my message earlier... 



5.20 is the current release build, 5.24 (desktop) is the current beta, and 5.25 should't be too far away. Try that image, and make the changes noted at the bottom of the pine64 armbian notes re: 5.24 LCD support. If it doesn't work... yell and scream at tkasier over on the Armbian forum... as he wrote the docs saying it works! :-P But seriously, let us know how you go... 

I would think if you can run Android without any issue, then linux won't be an issue... I would actually expect linux to be more power friendly when idle, etc, but I can't say from experience which is the more power taxing.

Now that worked. I think I have a strange TV vis a vis HDMi. I use HDMI#1 socket but selected HDMI#2 and we have lift-off.

One lives & one learns. And with a bit of luck one learns from people who know what they are talking about. Many thanks to all who helped.

Oh. And an old PowerMac makes a usable Linux file server. The hardware is pretty.  

The software is a nightmare.