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Those boards are based on Freescale's iMX233 processor. There are 3 variations of the board:
- Maxi: with ethernet, 2 USB host ports, UEXT and GPIO connectors;
- Mini: with 3 USB host ports, UEXT and GPIO connectors, optional on-board WiFi;
- Micro: breadboard-friendly form factor, no additional peripherials.
ArchLinuxARM is a distribution of Linux for ARM computers, based on ArchLinux. It comes complete with rich repositories, excellent package manager with a simple but flexible build system and a great community. ArchLinuxARM has official support for the iMX233 line of OLinuXino boards.
See [ArchlinuxARM] for more info on building your own kernel and root file system for use with an iMX233 OLinuXino board.
There are two major board variants. According to the names: A13-OLinuXino and A13-OLinuXino-MICRO.
The base model has also two flavors: A13-OLinuXino and A13-OLinuXino-WIFI. The first one is the base model that goes without any operating system image on board, while the second has two additional components – a WIFI module on the board and NAND memory with stored Android image.
The information on A13-OLinuXino-Micro will be added at a later time but so far the board is most likely to differ from the base A13-OLinuXino by having only 1 USB host, 1 USB OTG, no power connector, no NAND memory, no WIFI, no audio out connector, less buttons.
Here you can find a step-by-step guide to Building bootable SD-card with Debian Linux Image for A13-OLinuXino.
Another option is to buy a SD card with a Debian image from Olimex.