Armbian and Media script works fine. i.e. 1080p on Youtube. Previous version of Friendly OS worked, but they broke it in the late May release. Both OS suffer from Alsa Mixer bug and some twiddling using the M key to enable channels is required to get sound working. Friendly OS does boot in 2secs. Ar...

As above. SD to EMMC adaptor. Read EMMC, write several times. The EMMC card appears as an SD to Windows or Linux :geek: :) You can also use it in reverse and plug the EMMC card into a Raspberry Pi SD slot. It works but in that configuration there is no advantage over a modern SD in terms of speed. C...

Oh dear

Chromium reports hardware acceleration for video, but is not doing it. CPU monitor pegged at 100% on Youtube.

Thank you FE

Tantalisingly on the Baidu site but not yet on Google. Eagerly awaited

I shan't have to play with all the Alsa sliders until the sound works or use a USB bluetooth dongle.......

I have a 3b+ and M4. The M4 is noticeably quicker. Startup and shutdown taking around 5 seconds or less from EMMC. Not much slower using an A2 rated SD card. I have doubled the SD clock on the Pi and fitted a moderate heatsink and fan, so it's running well. Overheating will cause thermal throttling ...

Same here. This has only happened in the last few days after apt update upgrade. It isn't in the Friendly OS install (which is a few months old).

It's also not causing me any issues - but then I'm only using it for surfing, emails etc.

Almost guaranteed overheating on the standard heatsink and no fan. I have the M4 on a large heatsink and that does not need a fan as long as it has the feet I attached to space if from the desk. Large as in 90*150*20mm. Flat on the desk, without feet, even this will overheat if the Rockchip is under...

It works like the logout then shutdown buttons on screen. Friendly OS and Armbian both use it with no additional scripts.

Hiya, I've been using the USB to EMMC adaptor with my PC and SD format utility to start again with the EMMC module. I also messed it up with incorrect updates :-) Eflasher does not care what is on the EMMC if you use that to install Friendly OS. I think Armbian likes it clean from my vague memory of...

I also like the Friendly OS as the onboard bluetooth is properly supported. I also like the functional on/off button that also works on other OS. The Eflasher utility has some configuration options, but no instructions to redirect the install to SATA. The install can be backed up only. Hm... I just ...

Hiya, I'd like to flash Friendly OS to an SSD on the SATA hat. I'm currently using Friendly OS on EMMC and it boots very well. I just have some SSDs about and they are faster and provide more space. The version of Chromium also supports hardware acceleration, which I like. Armbian has a utility to m...

Hi, Sata hat powers the M4. I'm using a 5A PSU to enable me to use multiple HDDs.