[arm-allstar] Raspberry Pi alternative

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I've had Orange Pi's on order since May...Not even a tracking number.. Bought them through Aliexpress.
In July, my alternative was to go to Refurbished HP Chrome books..for $55 delivered.
https://www.newegg.com/p/1TS-000D-03CA7?Item=9SIA22F8SR9502

Dave, W1HKJ, has a complete description on how to reconfigure a chrome book for dual boot, or just a Linux boot. More about it is here:
http://www.w1hkj.com/chromebook/

Start with http://www.w1hkj.com/chromebook/chromebook_linux.html

The process leaves the ChromeOS intact and always available as a boot selection.

I loaded mine with Linux Mint- As I have that on an old PC in the shack.. 
Others have loaded Ham-Pi on a 64GbSD card.. Both mine have great displays.

Now even though I bought 2 HP chromebooks, I have not tried loading Hamviop on it as it is an intel processor. dual core, but would be fast enough.. THe results would be , the chromebook has keyboard, display and tablet mouse and 2 USB's..