I also added myself to the list of preorders. I would do hardware related stuff, u-boot hacking and I'd really like porting Archlinux ;)
Julius On 22.02.2017 18:28, Michael Howard wrote: > On 22/02/2017 14:11, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: >> --- >> crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68 >> >> >> On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 1:33 PM, Michael Howard >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On 21/02/2017 23:19, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: >>>> On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 9:00 PM, Paul Boddie <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>>> On Tuesday 21. February 2017 21.16.54 Eric Duhamel wrote: >>>>>> On February 21, 2017 3:52:12 AM PST, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton >>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> btw i didn't hear from anyone about the offer to send out >>>>>>> pre-production cards. >>>>>> I'm tempted but I have nothing to bring to the Linux effort; zero >>>>>> experience hacking or installing the kernel and not much time to >>>>>> learn. >>>>> I'm probably not the kind of person to bring much to the table, >>>>> either, >>>>> but >>>>> what kind of equipment would one need to actually attempt anything >>>>> with >>>>> such a >>>>> card at this point? >>>> a standard 12v dc power supply with a 5.5mm pin-positive jack, >>>> usb-otg and micro hdmi cables, and a vga monitor. >>>> >>>> the main thing i need from people before i send them $300 to $350 >>>> worth of equipment is a 100% committment that they'll be doing active >>>> development of some kind which helps the other backers directly or >>>> indirectly, or helps further the goals of the eoma68 project. >>>> >>>> u-boot development, kernel development, os preparation, packaging, >>>> upstreaming - anything like that. >>>> >>>> l. >>>> >>>> >>> I'd be happy to put work into os prep, packaging (desktop >>> environment - I >>> package up Trininty for my ARM devices here) and anything else that >>> might be >>> helpful. I can't add my name to the list, I'm not registered. >> added. i *really* like trinity desktop as it's amazingly lightweight >> and highly functional. i may actually put it as the default instead >> of xfce. >> >> i have it installed and tested on one of the microsd cards, it works >> really well: if you could test it out to make sure it's functional >> that would be _really_ handy. >> >> btw if you've not got a server where you can upload packages as a >> repo i'm sure one can be found somewhere. >> >> > I have server capability to host packages. > > I'm a big fan of trinity too, behaves really well on the ARM devices > I've used. > _______________________________________________ arm-netbook mailing list [email protected] http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send large attachments to [email protected]
