MangoPi MQ-QUAD, a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 alternative with 4 cores & 1GB of RAM, a real alternative (?) revisited

Last Updated on April 8, 2023 by pg@petergamma.org

Review about it:

  • Debian works best according to reviewer
  • We know of no OS demo on YouTube
  • Armbian is available, community for it available in the Armbian forum

NicoD’s SBCs did a review about the precessor MangoPi MQ:

– NicoD’s SBCs installed Armbian image by himself which can be found in the Armbian forum:

https://forum.armbian.com/topic/21465-armbian-image-and-build-support-for-risc-v/

Issues

Hardware:

  • HDMI sound does not work
  • sometimes some usb devices do not wake up, you have to replug it.

but all the hardware is working

software:

  • no hardware acceleration, no games
  • desktop can run on it but not very pleasant
  • most software work on Armbian except browsers
  • video playback has issues