For armbian beginners who join our projects we invite you start with the Orange Pi zero 3 before using Orange zero 2 w

Last Updated on September 10, 2024 by pg@petergamma.org

As you can see here, the armbian development on the Orange Pi zero 3 is more advanced than on the Orange Pi zero 2 w:

Some user reports about armbian on the Orange Pi zero 2 w

The Orange Pi zero 3 is a bit larger than the Orange Pi zero 2 w:

But we think the zero 3 is a good starting point of you are looking for an alternative to the Raspberry Pi zero 2 w. With this device we find new developments such as for instance a Orange Pi Zero 3 which starts up armbian with a XFCE desktop, ethernet and WIFI:

Here is the thread in the Armbian forum with 22 pages where almost everything works on the Orange Pi zero 3 inclusive audio over HDMI:

https://forum.armbian.com/topic/29202-orange-pi-zero-3