fully aware of the pitfalls when it comes to buying device of this ilk… have a lot of experience with various brands here over the years. As for support I rely on the community we have on the likes of Freaktab, as well as on here, to help most of the time. And lets be honest it the small and devoted community that push devices like this further and keep us up to date, not necessarily the developers of the boards.
Amlogic are a work progress just like other brands of SoC
Baylibre do work http://www.cnx-software.com/2017/03/06/mainline-linux-on-64-bit-arm-amlogic-socs-and-tv-boxes-such-as-wetek-hub-player-2-nexbox-a1-a95x-etc/
Can I get an engineering sample for carPC stress testing?
I tested the Khadas VIM1. VIM work without errors.I drove 1,000 km in 40 degree heat. VIM was no fan, only heatsink. The CPU temperature 69 degrees, when watching a video through YouTube up to 81 degrees maximum. The internal chassis temperature is 43 degrees. Time of continuous work more than 15 hours. The test was repeated 4 times - it is 4200 km (4 days). The VIM1 works perfectly!
Temp on case
CPU temp
My case 
Working time
My case again
Vim with heatsink, RTS battery and gps/glonass reciver
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nice setup ! I also would like to install mine later in a car. but not for playing media, what os and which app do you use in there?
I use android M6, I built it by yourself.
Navigation programs:
-navitel
-2gis
-yandex navigator
-maps.me
HD music player - Neutron
You can see it this Car Installation
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Following this with great excitement.
Seeing how July (previous expected launch date) has come and gone; when is the next ETA?
Also, having read the threads about thermal, wifi and general testing - are there any new updates to share? Will there for instance be heatsink options available for purchase at launch?
Finally, being someone that prefers more “discrete” cases; will there be board blueprints so one can design their own – or even better – will there be more casing options available?
Try OsmAnd+ - I find it the best ever navigation software. And it’s open-source 
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are you porting Tianocore (edk2)? what’s the progress?)
I am working on my own UEFI implementation 
for mips and arm. So I kind of “did”. If you have some interest, please PM.)
When device tree and WiFi driver is posted, I can make LE work for the VIM2.
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We will publish VIM2 source on GitHub in next week.
Thanks.
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Where do you find the heatsink? How do you fix it to the board? Is a heatsink necessary or optional for “normal” usage (youtube spotify netflix…)?
How do you find how to plug that extension card to the VIM?
My heatsink has glue.
“heatsink necessary or optional for “normal” usage” - it can be tested only empirically. I will use the VIM in my car where it can be very hot.
extension - see to this
Are sources available?
I’m very much looking forward to building Android Nougat for VIM2 which has arrived to me yesterday 