What is the state of the affairs of app development for the Radxa zero?

Last Updated on April 14, 2023 by pg@petergamma.org

  • Explaining Computers shows us which apps are installed on Twister OS armbian focal beta 4:
  • There are several apps available, and there are several example shown, such as
  • LibreOffice (1)
  • GIMP (2)
  • YouTube playback (3)
  • Vivaldi web browser (4)
  • Roberto Alsina basically mentions shows no new apps exept for
  • possibility to edit text and write code (5)
  • Youtube video playback which has been demonstrated before (3)
  • Falkon web brows­er is the second web browser we know that it works on the device (6)
  • run ter­mi­nal apps (7)
  • This gives a total of 7 apps which have been demonstrated to run on the Radxa zero.
  • Micro Linux shows a lot of demos about the Radxa zero on his YouTube channel, for instance one showing armbian focal OS:
  • But is there a single YouTube demo of Micro Linux who strikes you?
  • Micro Linux shows web browsing, video playback and games, we will not check which one exactly.
  • this is basically what Explaining Computers has already showed
  • are these games executed in a emulation Box 86? And it is difficult to install other apps exept in a Box 86?

We will count for the time being games executed in a Box 86 as a single app, so we have total of 8 apps which have been shown to run on a Radxa zero.

  • Are there no further app demos available for instance on YouTube?
  • Also in the Radxa forum, we can hardly find any development for this device.
  • On the contrast, the community of for instance Pinephone developers is bigger.
  • Also as far as Bluetooth and WIFI is concerned, we do not know it this works with this device.
  • If Bluetooth and WIFI would work, would we not have soon a YouTube demo about that it works?