Which OS to choose for the Orange Pi 5 Plus?

Last Updated on September 17, 2023 by pg@petergamma.org

To choose armbian, Ubuntu or the optimized version of Ubuntu for Rockchip for the Orange Pi 5 Plus? We suggest to start testing with the official version of Ubuntu which was used by Spanish YouTube video maker biblioman09 in his Orange Pi 5 plus review:

http://www.orangepi.org/html/hardWare/computerAndMicrocontrollers/service-and-support/Orange-Pi-5-plus.html

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1wOmKUla8CwUPTfxvfCGutj8lbMZFtFCm

and not the Ubuntu 22.04 for Rockchip RK3588 version:

https://github.com/Joshua-Riek/ubuntu-rockchip

which is also listed on the Orange website under third party software.

biblioman09s review of the Orange Pi 5 Plus is one of the most advances reviews about this device. If everything works as shown in this video, the device is not far from a high-end desktop PC when compared to the Pi 4 which is according to the Raspberry Pi foundation a low-end desktop PC.

The information which can be found in our journal, as for instance here:

What we miss on the Orange Pi 5 Plus to be a real Raspberry Pi competitor

Could also be helpful for the further development of the device.

Comments below biblioman09 YouTube Review about the Orange Pi 5 Plus

vladyrojas:

Some time ago I tried to use an Orange Pi for a project, and it was a problem:

• the operating system was very poorly optimized and

• I tried almost all Android, Linux, etc., the system hung very unstable.

• Finally I did the project with a Raspberry PI and no problems.

Answer or Orange Pi 5 Plus YouTube video maker biblioman09

Hello, now they have greatly improved the RK3588 SOC, it is also assembled by other manufacturers, so everyone collaborates in part in the development of the Software even though the boards differ in their peripherals.

Its community is growing and there is support for third-party operating systems such as ARMBIAN, although it remains to be seen if in the near future they maintain support for this board or dedicate themselves to creating new boards without maintaining the older ones as they have done in the past.

In my opinion, the Raspberries took the lead in sales and community, overtaking other already established ones such as the Beagleboard, but it stopped being a non-profit project dedicated to teaching and “hobbyists” at a reduced price, and is now a commercial board.

But it has fallen behind in hardware for the price they have, we will have to see if the RBPI5 that should be released in 2024 is up to date or not.