Thank you so much igorpec for the links. I hit an armbain page (I think) somewhere that just said "unsupported". This is hopeful.
My feeling is, when it comes to SOC boards, if I wanted Andorid, I would just buy a good phone, take it apart, root it, and pull out a solder gun. Perhaps I am alone on that.
I think community support, bug fixes, and the like is great. I support many of those projects financially, and wish I had the time to roll up my sleeves and give time, but seriously, I feel the real difference in these boards is just good distro support. At least something. All it takes is one good one. Just one. Here, we have piles of garbage. the efforts are too fragmented I suppose.
These boards won't go far without good distro support, and there are too many new ones coming out everyday that want that #2 spot. I think Banana had a good shot at it. I sure threw my weight behind them.
Thanks again for the links!
Joe