Nvidia announces Jetson Nano 2GB, a single board computer

Post by amelius » Mon, Oct 05, 2020, 4:03 PM UTC

chunkyks wrote: post #42

I have a Jetson nano. It's a nice thing for what it is, and the price. But, the software misses the mark by a lot. It's still based on Ubuntu 18.04. Want python later than 3.6? Not in the box. A lot of python modules need compiling, and the cpu is what you'd expect. Good for what it is, bad for compiling large numbers or packages. They run a fancy modern desktop based on the Ubuntu one. Sure, it's Nvidia, gotta be fl…

Post by jcelerier » Mon, Oct 05, 2020, 4:08 PM UTC

chunkyks wrote: post #42

I have a Jetson nano. It's a nice thing for what it is, and the price. But, the software misses the mark by a lot. It's still based on Ubuntu 18.04. Want python later than 3.6? Not in the box. A lot of python modules need compiling, and the cpu is what you'd expect. Good for what it is, bad for compiling large numbers or packages. They run a fancy modern desktop based on the Ubuntu one. Sure, it's Nvidia, gotta be fl…

    docker run -it aarch64/ubuntu 

Post by Yajirobe » Mon, Oct 05, 2020, 4:11 PM UTC

jcelerier wrote: post #83

chunkyks wrote: post #42

I have a Jetson nano. It's a nice thing for what it is, and the price. But, the software misses the mark by a lot. It's still based on Ubuntu 18.04. Want python later than 3.6? Not in the box. A lot of python modules need compiling, and the cpu is what you'd expect. Good for what it is, bad for compiling large numbers or packages. They run a fancy modern desktop based on the Ubuntu one. Sure, it's Nvidia, gotta be fl…

> Want python later than 3.6? Not in the box. The more I use linux (and I'v been for almost 15 years), the more strongly believe that using what the Linux distros provide as a development toolchain is an antipattern. Use separate toolchains with SDKs separate from your /usr instead. > Good for what it is, bad for compiling large numbers or packages. at worst you can docker run -it aarch64/ubuntu on your desktop and c…

Post by mrweasel » Mon, Oct 05, 2020, 4:15 PM UTC

arnon wrote: post #2

tl;dr: It's the same device as before in terms of processing, but with less RAM and fewer connectivity options (and therefore cheaper)

Post by amelius » Mon, Oct 05, 2020, 4:21 PM UTC

chunkyks wrote: post #64

my123 wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can update it to Ubuntu 20.04 pretty easily. (using a Xavier as a desktop with that) If you don't need CUDA, you can outright use regular Fedora, which uses nouveau. (no reclocking issues or such on Tegra)

If you don't need CUDA, then save money, heat, and support issues associated with a second-string product and just get a rpi4. The entire point of the Jetson is that there's a non sucky GPU that can do AI at the Edge.