Re: ARM architectures

2021-06-08 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Sat, Jun 05, 2021 at 01:19:10PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: If you'd have took time to explain the real reason behind why choosing a RPi4 maybe a good idea versus simply saying they are better than other choices. Then I would have considered much more knowledgeable your

Re: ARM architectures

2021-06-07 Thread Paul Sutton
On 06/06/2021 11:43, Aaron Dewes wrote: I personally prefer the Raspi 4 because it can run plain Debian in a way supported by a Debian Developer I'm interested in this version, do you know how it is built (Manually, or is there a build script to verify the images)? Does the RPi4 is totally

Re: ARM architectures

2021-06-06 Thread Marc Haber
On Sun, 6 Jun 2021 12:43:53 +0200, Aaron Dewes wrote: >> I personally prefer the Raspi 4 because it can run plain Debian in a >> way supported by a Debian Developer > >I'm interested in this version, do you know how it is built (Manually, >or is there a build script to verify the images)? Guido

Re: ARM architectures

2021-06-06 Thread Christoph Biedl
Marc Haber wrote... > On Sat, 5 Jun 2021 10:50:20 +0200, Christoph Biedl > wrote: > >For me, the biggest downside of the RPi4 is the need for an extra power > >plug as they take up to three amps - while for example a BananaPi can be > >powered using some unused USB (<= 3.0) port. > > Mine run

Re: ARM architectures

2021-06-06 Thread Ralph Aichinger
On Sun, 2021-06-06 at 12:43 +0200, Aaron Dewes wrote: > > I personally prefer the Raspi 4 because it can run plain Debian in > > a > > way supported by a Debian Developer > > I'm interested in this version, do you know how it is built > (Manually, > or is there a build script to verify the

Re: ARM architectures

2021-06-06 Thread Andrey Rahmatullin
On Sun, Jun 06, 2021 at 12:43:53PM +0200, Aaron Dewes wrote: > > I personally prefer the Raspi 4 because it can run plain Debian in a > > way supported by a Debian Developer > > I'm interested in this version, do you know how it is built (Manually, > or is there a build script to verify the

Re: ARM architectures

2021-06-06 Thread Aaron Dewes
I personally prefer the Raspi 4 because it can run plain Debian in a way supported by a Debian Developer I'm interested in this version, do you know how it is built (Manually, or is there a build script to verify the images)? Does the RPi4 is totally 64 bit ? It can run plain Debian arm64.

Re: ARM architectures

2021-06-06 Thread Marc Haber
On Sun, 6 Jun 2021 05:44:21 +, Paul Wise wrote: >On Sat, Jun 5, 2021 at 4:28 PM Marc Haber wrote: > >> I haven't advanced to package cross-building yet. > >Some resources related to that: > >http://crossqa.debian.net/ >https://wiki.debian.org/CrossCompiling Thanks! Greetings Marc --

Re: ARM architectures

2021-06-06 Thread Marc Haber
On Sat, 5 Jun 2021 13:19:10 -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: >I think you didn't get much what I said... Probably. >If you'd have took time to explain the real reason behind why choosing a >RPi4 maybe a good idea versus simply saying they are better than other >choices. Then I

Re: ARM architectures

2021-06-06 Thread Ralph Aichinger
Hello, hope this works, am not normally subscribed to debian-devel > If you'd have took time to explain the real reason behind why choosing a > RPi4 maybe a good idea versus simply saying they are better than other > choices. Then I would have considered much more knowledgeable your > opinions

Re: ARM architectures

2021-06-06 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 05 iun 21, 19:01:36, Adam Borowski wrote: > On Sat, Jun 05, 2021 at 03:04:45PM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > The PINE A64+ (2 GB RAM) is very stable for me, unless I put significant > > load on the USB connection (specifically *heavy* writing to an external > > HDD in a powered

Re: ARM architectures

2021-06-05 Thread Paul Wise
On Sat, Jun 5, 2021 at 4:28 PM Marc Haber wrote: > I haven't advanced to package cross-building yet. Some resources related to that: http://crossqa.debian.net/ https://wiki.debian.org/CrossCompiling -- bye, pabs https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise

Re: ARM architectures

2021-06-05 Thread Andrey Rahmatullin
On Sat, Jun 05, 2021 at 01:19:10PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > Does the RPi4 is totally 64 bit ? Does using arm64 (as described on https://wiki.debian.org/RaspberryPi and https://raspi.debian.net/) count or are you asking about something on top of that? -- WBR, wRAR

Re: ARM architectures

2021-06-05 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-06-05 1:01 p.m., Adam Borowski wrote: > On Sat, Jun 05, 2021 at 03:04:45PM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: >> Any of the boards from pine64.org should do and as far as I know have >> quite good support (i.e. there are Debian Installer images for them) and >> all are 64 bit ;) > > +1

Re: ARM architectures

2021-06-05 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-06-05 12:24 p.m., Marc Haber wrote: > On Sat, 5 Jun 2021 04:39:08 -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside > wrote: >> I always appreciate all opinions. But what I surely dislike is people >> that put others option down to raiser their own. > > If that was targeted at me, duly noted.

Re: ARM architectures

2021-06-05 Thread Adam Borowski
On Sat, Jun 05, 2021 at 03:04:45PM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > Any of the boards from pine64.org should do and as far as I know have > quite good support (i.e. there are Debian Installer images for them) and > all are 64 bit ;) +1 to pine64 gear. > The PINE A64+ (2 GB RAM) is very stable

Re: ARM architectures

2021-06-05 Thread Marc Haber
On Sat, 5 Jun 2021 10:50:20 +0200, Christoph Biedl wrote: >Marc Haber wrote... >> I'd still consider the Raspberry Pi. It's unfortunate that the binary >> non-free blob is already needed to boot the box even if one doesn't >> need/use the GPU after booting, but it is reasonably common that >>

Re: ARM architectures

2021-06-05 Thread Marc Haber
On Sat, 5 Jun 2021 04:39:08 -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: >I always appreciate all opinions. But what I surely dislike is people >that put others option down to raiser their own. If that was targeted at me, duly noted. I will refrain from spending time with your requests in the

Re: ARM architectures

2021-06-05 Thread Jeremy Stanley
On 2021-06-05 15:04:45 +0300 (+0300), Andrei POPESCU wrote: [...] > For a cheap board now I'd probably go for a ROCK64 (USB3 instead > of USB2), or even a RockPro64 (better CPU, PCIe, unfortunately > limited to 4 GB RAM). > > Heating could also be an issue under load, so you should consider >

Re: ARM architectures

2021-06-05 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 05 iun 21, 01:16:44, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > Hi ! > I'm looking for a ARM platform that can easily run Linux. > Support using terminal over serial port for booting (no need of a GPU). > > I know about the Raspberry PI but the GPU drivers are not open source. > I don't

Re: ARM architectures

2021-06-05 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Jun 05, 2021 at 07:33:20AM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > Hi, > > On 2021-06-05 4:50 a.m., Christoph Biedl wrote: > > Marc Haber wrote... > > > >> I'd still consider the Raspberry Pi. It's unfortunate that the binary > >> non-free blob is already needed to boot the box

Re: ARM architectures

2021-06-05 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside (2021-06-05 13:33:20) > I saw a board on AliExpress that offer some AllWonder A33 with 1 or > 2Gb RAM for a really good price. Since you asked on a Debian mailinglist, beware that not all ARM boards sold on AliBaba is supported in Debian. Also, company

Re: ARM architectures

2021-06-05 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-06-05 4:50 a.m., Christoph Biedl wrote: > Marc Haber wrote... > >> I'd still consider the Raspberry Pi. It's unfortunate that the binary >> non-free blob is already needed to boot the box even if one doesn't >> need/use the GPU after booting, but it is reasonably common that >>

Re: ARM architectures

2021-06-05 Thread Paul Sutton
On 05/06/2021 09:46, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote: On Sat, Jun 05, 2021 at 04:39:08AM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: I do agree that the Raspberry is able to run up to 4 Gb, but there's other board too. (to 8 actually) Yes I agree on 8, the Raspberry pi 400 is still 4gb

Re: ARM architectures

2021-06-05 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Jun 05, 2021 at 11:22:46AM +0530, Siji Sunny wrote: > > Hi ! > > I'm looking for a ARM platform that can easily run Linux. > > Support using terminal over serial port for booting (no need of a GPU). > > > > I know about the Raspberry PI but the GPU drivers are not open source. > > I don't

Re: ARM architectures

2021-06-05 Thread Christoph Biedl
Marc Haber wrote... > I'd still consider the Raspberry Pi. It's unfortunate that the binary > non-free blob is already needed to boot the box even if one doesn't > need/use the GPU after booting, but it is reasonably common that > people care about their software on the platform, and it's also >

Re: ARM architectures

2021-06-05 Thread Andrey Rahmatullin
On Sat, Jun 05, 2021 at 04:39:08AM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > I do agree that the Raspberry is able to run up to 4 Gb, but there's > other board too. (to 8 actually) -- WBR, wRAR signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: ARM architectures

2021-06-05 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-06-05 4:08 a.m., Marc Haber wrote: > On Sat, 5 Jun 2021 01:16:44 -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside > wrote: >> I'm looking for a ARM platform that can easily run Linux. >> Support using terminal over serial port for booting (no need of a GPU). >> >> I know about the Raspberry PI

Re: ARM architectures

2021-06-05 Thread Paul Wise
On Sat, Jun 5, 2021 at 8:08 AM Marc Haber wrote: > I'd still consider the Raspberry Pi. It's unfortunate that the binary > non-free blob is already needed to boot the box There is a free replacement for the binary non-free blob here: https://github.com/librerpi/rpi-open-firmware/ Unfortunately

Re: ARM architectures

2021-06-05 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside (2021-06-05 07:16:44) > Hi ! > I'm looking for a ARM platform that can easily run Linux. > Support using terminal over serial port for booting (no need of a GPU). > > I know about the Raspberry PI but the GPU drivers are not open source. > I don't really

Re: ARM architectures

2021-06-05 Thread Marc Haber
On Sat, 5 Jun 2021 01:16:44 -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: >I'm looking for a ARM platform that can easily run Linux. >Support using terminal over serial port for booting (no need of a GPU). > >I know about the Raspberry PI but the GPU drivers are not open source. >I don't really

Re: ARM architectures

2021-06-05 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-06-05 1:52 a.m., Siji Sunny wrote: > > Hi ! > I'm looking for a ARM platform that can easily run Linux. > Support using terminal over serial port for booting (no need of a GPU). > > I know about the Raspberry PI but the GPU drivers are not open source. > I don't

Re: ARM architectures

2021-06-04 Thread Siji Sunny
> Hi ! > I'm looking for a ARM platform that can easily run Linux. > Support using terminal over serial port for booting (no need of a GPU). > > I know about the Raspberry PI but the GPU drivers are not open source. > I don't really need a GPU, if I do need graphics then I could always go > with a

ARM architectures

2021-06-04 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi ! I'm looking for a ARM platform that can easily run Linux. Support using terminal over serial port for booting (no need of a GPU). I know about the Raspberry PI but the GPU drivers are not open source. I don't really need a GPU, if I do need graphics then I could always go with a X over