Hi, I am looking for a SBC to self host stuff on. I would like it to be somewhat open hardware (manufacturer provides schematics and drivers are open source). Which is why I initially wanted to buy a banana-pi router but after reading a post in this /c/ I found that mainline linux support is fairly rare in these arm/riscv SBCs.

So I was hoping someone more knowledgeable would help me find some options. Here are my “wants”:

  • Low power drain
  • Open source hardware and software
  • Mainline linux support
  • 2 ethernet ports, at least 1Gb
  • at least 2GB RAM - could do with 1GB I suppose
  • a reasonable way to connect 2 SSDs and 2 HDDs - ie. 4 sata ports or one pcie port (not through USB)
  • EU seller. Not required but I hate dealing with import taxes and I like guarantees
  • Finally I need it to have “wake on power”, so that it can start automatically after power outage

The more I search the internet, the more it seems that this mythical computer does not exist but maybe someone knows more than me. Thanks for your replies.

Edit: I’m likely going to settle with the Visionfive 2 since it has official ubuntu support and I won’t have to rely on some hacky linux image provided by the manufacturer. It has 2 LAN ports and an M.2 NVME which I’m gonna split into 4 SATAs. Also 8GB RAM is plenty for the lightweight stuff I want to host, maybe even Nextcloud won’t be that painful.

Final note: I’m actually not sure how much is the Visionfive 2 open-source but it seems better than intel and AMD stuff so I’m willing to compromise since I actually want to buy something that exists. But anyone reading this in the future beware that I don’t know whether it’s really open source to the last logic gate. (likely not)

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    9 months ago

    Finally I need it to have “wake on power”, so that it can start automatically after power outage

    WoL is not so common with SBC, but many will automatically start as soon as they have power. Some x86 boards also have the bios option to return to the previous state, i.e. if they were running when the power cut, they will automatically start again on power resumption.

    Edit: Missread as Wake on Lan. But comment still applies I guess.