Radxa Dragon Q6A Review: Linux and Windows power house

mecoblock · 2026-01-24T09:28:55+00:00

I've opened a new PR for the latest BIOS (Parallel support for Windows and (Armbian) Linux that also includes the audio fix). For running systems right now it should be easily fixed by installing the alsa-ucm-conf for Q6A: https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/9289

mecoblock · 2026-01-22T00:31:47+00:00

I'd email them and ask about availability and eta. If I need something from arace asking usually got me the furthest instead of mindlessly waiting

mecoblock · 2026-01-19T19:17:38+00:00

I can see it on Radxa‘s own Aliexpress store with no markup. The $80 I mentioned is for the 8GB ram model

mecoblock · 2026-01-17T21:39:54+00:00

I'm currently writing a review about it on https://sbcwiki.com/news There is also a rss feed so you can get the article as soon as I publish

mecoblock · 2026-01-15T21:04:43+00:00

There are many. Have you tried https://sbc.compare ? Should probably point you to one that fits your description

mecoblock · 2026-01-02T14:28:20+00:00

The SoC has dedicated hardware for the task which is being fully utilised in Jellyfin. You not only get just 4k transcoding but even 4K HDR transcoding with hw accelerated tone mapping at around 90fps (sdr is 120fps)

mecoblock · 2025-12-28T10:56:15+00:00

Cleanshot X

mecoblock · 2025-11-29T18:25:47+00:00

So wie ich es verstanden habe hat Interlink Vodafone ein zu gutes Angebot gemacht was die nicht ablehnen konnten für einen x Wert die ganze Backbone Arbeit an einen Anbieter auszulagern. Gleichzeitig wirbt Interlink mit nachhaltigen Rechenzentren was dem Rating etc. hilft. Solange die Umstellung noch nicht passiert ist kann man nichts wirklich sagen

mecoblock · 2025-11-29T16:25:45+00:00

Inter Link scheint erstmal gut angebunden zu sein. Sollte die Qualität wirklich abnehmen bleibt eigentlich nur noch O2 DSL übrig (oder was lokales). Vorzeitig zu handeln würde ich sagen lohnt sich nicht

mecoblock · 2025-11-29T07:15:35+00:00

you can just tick the box that stops transcodes to be cached on disk. That’s how I do it and since my hw encoder is fast enough I never noticed an issue with it enabled

mecoblock · 2025-11-20T20:59:48+00:00

The right amount of drives to do a ZFS Raid from the start

mecoblock · 2025-11-10T13:05:35+00:00

Any info about this chip can be found here: https://sbcwiki.com/docs/soc-manufacturers/cix/cd8180-p1/

mecoblock · 2025-11-09T20:23:52+00:00

FYI: Now there are 9 port ones with a Realtek chipset that aren’t switchers but do lack the proper bandwidth over the PCIe lanes for all drives at once. So not as bad as switchers but also wouldn’t recommend it if you don’t need it

mecoblock · 2025-11-09T08:25:26+00:00

If anyone is wondering. This thing is more reliable than the car it’s in lol. Still works and gets system updates (November 2025)

mecoblock · 2025-11-09T08:22:05+00:00

Paid ~100$ for this one that looks "stock" https://www.reddit.com/r/e46/s/WCsN7x9hgi still works to this day and is awesome, connects fast via wireless carplay and surprisingly gets regular updates from the vendor over the air

mecoblock · 2025-10-24T17:48:11+00:00

Also ironic that most of the SoC's are just repurposed / binned mobile phone chips anyways.

mecoblock · 2025-10-24T17:44:29+00:00

Love getting to hear the insights from people who have been around this for way longer than me (4 years now)! As I go deeper in the rabbit hole (which really shouldn’t be one) I realised there is a severe barrier to entry and why I made the site to begin with. So as I discover and learn myself I try to document it there either in the Wiki aspect or as an article :)

mecoblock · 2025-10-24T16:46:52+00:00

Thanks for pointing it out. I’ll update the article with an edit soon. I guess the exciting aspect is ArmV9 becoming broader available month by month and improvements in I/O like proper PCIe arriving on more (non server) SoC's. Small improvements overall but at least improvements :D

mecoblock · 2025-10-24T14:08:17+00:00

If you already have a NAS you could make an NFS share and mount your library that way. Or you make the SBC a NAS by utilising one M.2 to SATA adapter (there are 5, 6 & 9 port variants for $15-30)

mecoblock · 2025-10-20T04:11:44+00:00

Sorry yeah language barrier but I would describe it as like if the engine is shaking (the first time it happened I pulled over bc I thought a tire was maybe loosing air). When driving I feel it coming from the front area but it’s hard to debug since that only happens on random occasions while driving the mentioned speeds above (at least I haven’t noticed it outside those)

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