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Originally Posted by cpapplefamily
Our Kangaroo had Windows 10 installed. The more I learn about the kangaroo they seem more shady.
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Other than the fact that I own 2 of the original Kangaroo.
One of the Kangaroo Plus.
One of the Kangaroo Mobile Pro.
I know that all of them can have thermal management issues sitting at 75F degrees which is obviously slightly above room temperature.
It's easy to see when you have Linux on them, Ubuntu in particular will display a warning that the processor is being throttled for thermal reasons.
I think the '3D printed fan tray'? idea presented here is a good idea.
My only reason to buy this product is FRC.
With the integral battery and quad core processor it makes a neat little co-processor where I don't have to worry about wiring up a secondary regulator or brown outs.
It is also 64bit versus the ODroid 32bit (not that we really need the 64bits).
That said - the licensing of Windows 10 here is obviously a little off.
All the of the pre-release information said no Windows 10 on the Plus and the higher cost for the hardware.
Maybe they found a way to squeeze it in budget for a while (if they didn't it is between them and Microsoft)?
All of that said - I have had great luck installing Ubuntu 16.04LTS with UEFI on Kangaroo.
I've had good luck imaging the Kangaroo with the Paragon Software - Drive Copy 15 Professional.
So I am satisfied with it adequately enough to use it as a co-processor in FRC.
If it were entirely up to me Windows 10 would be irrelevant for this embedded use - however I'll leave that to my students to decide.