Sipeed Lichee Pi 4A RISCV SBC review and Debian demo. This is the first RISCV computer I’ve tested that's provided a usable desktop computing experience right out of the box. Enduser RISCV is starting to arrive! :)

You can learn more about the Lichee Pi 4A on its web page here:
https://sipeed.com/licheepi4a

And the board has excellent documentation here:
https://wiki.sipeed.com/licheepi4a.html

Note that the hardware I used in this video was purchased from AliExpress:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/10050...

The "RISCV Week" experiment I discussed at the end of the video has now happened video here:    • RISCV Week: 7 days only using RISCV...  

I have reviewed four previous RISCV SBCs, including the StarFive VisionFive 2, which also (after some messing around) provides a good desktop experience:
   • VisionFive 2: RISCV Quad Core Low Co...  

I also have an 2023 update on RISCV developments here:
   • RISCV 2023 Update: From Embedded Com...  

And my general introduction to RISCV is here:
   • Explaining RISCV: An x86 & ARM Alter...  

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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:45 Unboxing
03:33 Specifications
07:26 First Boot
10:37 Debian Demo
18:10 Another Milestone

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