[SOLVED] Question about PINEBOOK and ARM architecture.

I want to buy a pinebook because it is very cheap and I can experiment with it without the risk of breaking my main system. This computer is built with ARM architecture. My question is can I run all linux distros with ARM architecture or I have to use specific distros designed for ARM architecture?

Thank you in advance for the attention you'll give to this message

A x86(_64) iso will not run on an arm chip. However there are quite a few distros that support arm platforms.

Here's a list of some of them. https://wiki.pine64.org/index.php/Pinebook

[QUOTE=Mill J;6109630]A x86(_64) iso will not run on an arm chip. However there are quite a few distros that support arm platforms.

Thank you my friend

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Originally Posted by Linux0110 I want to buy a pinebook because it is very cheap and I can experiment with it without the risk of breaking my main system. This computer is built with ARM architecture. My question is can I run all linux distros with ARM architecture or I have to use specific distros designed for ARM architecture? Thank you in advance for the attention you'll give to this message

I cannot speak much to the Pinebook, you should check the pine website for detail on what is available for that laptop.
I run the Pinebook Pro, this is AACH64 architecture with more speed and resources than the original pinebook. There are about a half dozen Linux OSs that have been compiled and prepared for this platform, but the best are Debian and
Manjaro. When I got mine it came with Debian, newer releases come with Manjaro.

Originally Posted by wpeckham I cannot speak much to the Pinebook, you should check the pine website for detail on what is available for that laptop. I run the Pinebook Pro, this is AACH64 architecture with more speed and resources than the original pinebook. There are about a half dozen Linux OSs that have been compiled and prepared for this platform, but the best are Debian and Manjaro. When I got mine it came with Debian, newer releases come with Manjaro.

Thank you man!