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Orange Pi boards have become serious home servers, but the software side hasn't caught up

Orange Pi boards now pack the hardware for serious home server workloads, but their software support still demands more patience than Raspberry Pi.

Orange Pi boards have become serious home servers, but the software side hasn't caught up

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