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Orange Pi makes some cool stuff. It's nice to see them at it again.
And this feels like leaning into their strengths - great power for the price in a small form factor.
I found Orange Pi boards just okay as alternate Raspberry Pi boards, because many precompiled Pi projects aren't compatible.
But when I'm building my own thing on a Linux base, Orange Pi is a fantastic option - generally great hardware for the price, and a solid ecosystem of Linux base images (for a very affordable board, anyway.)