Issues we personally have with the Orange Pi 5

Last Updated on April 25, 2023 by pg@petergamma.org

Resolved issues which we personally had & what fits for our needs

  • the video shows a LibreOffice demo in Debian
  • the video shows also that device is fast, an can be used for instance for desktop applications
  • We suppose it is much faster than the Raspberry Pi 4

Issues which remain for us personally

  • we do not know if touch control and touch keyboard work in Ubuntu and Debian
  • we do not know of any battery life studies which where done with the device
  • it is new and how much is the device investigated?
  • not available in Switzerland
  • YouTube playback works, but what is about VNC player playback?
  • we miss Python user reports of coders who use the device for their needs
  • is there already a community of users who works with this device as a daily driver?

There are a lot of reviews about the Orange Pi 5 with Ubuntu, Debian, Orange Pi OS and Armbian, and reviews about this feature and that feature, but we don t know which OS to choose for this device and which accessoires, and which features runs on which OS, as well as which OS fits best for our needs.