Best distro for the Orange Pi zero 2 w?

Last Updated on September 7, 2024 by pg@petergamma.org

At 6:50 in this video we can see that there is already a Debian 6.1 version with Xfce desktop available:

XFCE is a lightweight desktop environment for UNIX-like operating systems:

https://www.xfce.org/?lang=en

Here the download site of the Orange Pi zero 2 w:

http://www.orangepi.org/html/hardWare/computerAndMicrocontrollers/service-and-support/Orange-Pi-Zero-2W.html

I do not know if the armbian versions are already at that level as shown in the above video:

There are already Armbian images for the Orange zero 2 w available

Please notice that the Orange zero 2 w does not support:

• USB 3.2 or
• Gigabit Ethernet
• due to SoC limitations:

https://magazinmehatronika.com/en/orange-pi-zero-2w-review