Last Updated on July 29, 2026 by pg@petergamma.org
For years Raspberry Pi was not able to deliver:
And the Raspberry Pi 4 went up to 200 – 300 USD used on eBay for a longer period of time during the chip crisis, a price which this device is not worth it. And who wants to depend on such a product? On the contrast, the Orange Pi 5 was always available. And cannot happen again what happened then? So we choose the Orange Pi 5 instead:
Which is ready for developers. Orange Pi Zero 3W is not far from fitting our needs either:
But the Orange Pi 5 was used in many tests and demos, but not the the Orange Pi zero 3 w yet. So we think it is worth to promote the Orange Pi 5. And we promote also armbian on the Orange Pi 5, since it has support for the Orange Pi 5: