They claim Debian support, sort of, but then they don't speak English much either probably. They have forums at https://forum.pine64.org/ maybe you could ask around there. They have a newly out Jessie mentioned at https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=4849&pid=30643#pid30643 but admit it has problems. Doesn't sound like a production machine for everyday use yet. They seem to focus on Android and Ubuntu. Sounds like fun, right up a lab rat's alley. You may not get much else done for a while.
On 8/27/17, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sunday 27 August 2017 11:55:47 Alan Corey wrote: > > Back on the list Alan. Where it belongs. > >> Hmm, interesting question. With the Pi being open source except >> possibly the boot blob, somebody could make an enhanced version with >> the aim of making it as compatible as possible. Not to say the rock64 >> is, I don't know. >> >> Back in the 80s there was a clone of the Apple II called the >> Pineapple. A professor at the college I was at bought one to save >> money so I got to spend some time with it, it was pretty good. Ran >> all the same software, used the same plugin boards. Of course Apple >> eventually sued them and won. Then there's the IBM -> Compaq copyover >> which legend says the BIOS was written very carefully to do exactly >> the same thing as IBM's without looking at IBM's. Which got copied >> all over the place to the point that hardly anybody buys IBM PCs >> anymore. >> >> But taking the Pi as a standard which could legally be copied and >> enhancing it, hmm. They've evidently replaced the SOC which is the >> reason for the 1 gig RAM limit, it has no BIOS. It could become the >> defacto Pi 4. Will it run Raspbian? I was looking for another Pi in >> the next few months anyway. >> > The raspian question is one I've not yet found the answer to. If it > will, the gate just opened and the race is off to a good start. Unforch, > the next batch won't ship till the 6th of Sept. > > I must resemble a lab rat, I sure get used for one often enough. ;-) > >> On 8/27/17, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Greetings all; >> > >> > What sort of problems due to internal architecture changes would I >> > encounter? Currently using an rt-prempt version of 4.4.4 kernel >> > labeled kernel7 since no later armhf/v7 kernel rt build has even >> > usable keyboard/mouse support, with or without the extra usb2 hub >> > for the dongles. This extra hub will be used in any event since the >> > box its mounted in will eventually be buttoned up, severely >> > restricting the range of the wireless dongles. >> > >> > This one is usable if rebooted repeatedly until it mostly works. But >> > you've got to be chewing kentucky's finest twist and holding your >> > mouth just so, otherwise it throws more keyboard/mouse events in the >> > trash than it responds properly to. The potential for fixing this >> > is the driver for switching to a rock64. >> > >> > Suggestions as to where to src a suitable image for the rock64, >> > hopefully one compatible with the current rpspi.ko driver (available >> > as part of any recent linuxcnc install from buildbot.linuxcnc.org >> > for armhf's, since except for keyboard/mouse, video(hdmi,mali >> > drivers a huge plus) and LAN net stuffs, all other i/o is thru the >> > gpio for this application, will be investigated. >> > >> > Thank you. >> > >> > Cheers, Gene Heskett >> > -- >> > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: >> > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." >> > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) >> > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > -- > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > > -- ------------- No, I won't call it "climate change", do you have a "reality problem"? - AB1JX Impeach Impeach Impeach Impeach Impeach Impeach Impeach Impeach
