Linux on single board computer

 Day by day SBCs are becoming popular not only for their small size but also for their remarkable best performance but consuming low resources. 

Various types of projects are done with the help of SBCs , SBCs are implemented not only to IoTs but also to robotics.
Question is
Why SBC manufacturers so much interested about Linux ?
Let's discuss point by point 
Linux is Open-Source ,
Linux was started and continuing as an open-source collaborative project. Anyone can contribute their code to the kernel as per their needs.
Remarkable performance at lowest resources,
Linux has a track record of performance inside old Computers and low level computers , where other OS like windows have to struggle a lot. As SBCs have not so powerful chip , that's why Linux is ideal for SBCs.
Freedom of Development ,
On Linux based OS you can choose which programming language your application will be written with, out of dozens of options. Picking a high-level language, such as Java or Python, will drastically shorten the software development time as opposed to low-level languages such as C, which you are forced to use on non-Linux OSs. Moreover, main functionalities like networking and memory management are already perfectly implemented in the Linux kernel, hence they will not bother you and waste your time. Additionally, there are thousands of developed and maintained packages that you can freely download and use on Linux distributions. Leveraging this benefit may remarkably cut the software development time.
Security and Stability ,
Linux kernel is an open-source project which was created at the early 90s. Thousands of developers have been contributing to it since then, many of them are doing it on behalf of enterprise corporates such as Intel, Red Hat, Samsung, and others. The fact that countless developers from different regions are continuously patching the kernel code, makes it exceptionally secure and stable.
Powerful & Interactive Community ,
In OS or Software market Community support is most important , because all the time organization or companies can't provide exact solution to their problems, at that time community plays an important role , not only that but also community helps the companies or organisation to find bugs or security issues are hardware problems. In this case Linux community is much more powerful than others. It consists of several types of people such as developers, researchers, students, etc. This diversity leads to plenty of forums, groups, and meetings, where you can find an answer to any issue you may encounter regarding Linux.
Hardware support , 
Single Board Computers (SBCs) , which are consume low resource & gives maximum performance , but still they are not so powerful like your Personal Computer or Laptop's chip , in early days Linux was maintained basically for the servers , i mean they don't pay that much attention towards the low level computing.
But more than a decade ago a revolution in smartphone industries took place , Android was introduced & after a few years almost all smart phone manufacturer choose Android as their smartphone OS. Android is based on Linux Kernel. Now Linux get supported by big tech jaint for hardware support , and within a few years Linux gets popular for smartphones more specifically for low level computing.
And this advantages are taken by the SBC manufacturers.

Manufacturers like Raspberry Pi, BeagleBone, Tinker Board, Orange Pi
Has official support for linux

Thank You for your time.

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