Cubieboard is described as 'Single-board computer, made in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. The first short run of prototype boards were sold internationally in September 2012, and the production version as started to be sold in October 2012. It can run Android 4 ICS, Ubuntu 12' and is a single-board computer in the system & hardware category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Cubieboard for Linux, Android, BSD, Orange Pi and Windows. The best Cubieboard alternative is Raspberry Pi. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Orange Pi or OLinuXino. Other great apps like Cubieboard are BeagleBoard, Odroid, UDOO and Minnow Board.