Even with the current tariff nonsnese, the Orange Pi Zero 3 is a cheap and fairly capable ARM single board computer (SBC). If you've mastered the Raspberry Pi and you want to branch out, Armbian Ubuntu on the Zero 3 is a good place to start.
- Visit the Armbian Orange Pi Zero 3 page
- Scroll down to Server images
- Download Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble), the current version at time of writing.
- Use Raspberry Pi Imager, Balena Etcher, or whatever to flash the binary image to microSD.