Subj : i've got the power
To   : Sean Dennis
From : Maurice Kinal
Date : Fri May 17 2019 17:19:23

Hey Sean!

 SD> one RPi 3B+ fully setup and working with Slackware/ARM just
 SD> sitting here with nothing to do.

I used SlackwareARM, actually the SARPi Project, to build the first pure 64 bit 
aarch64-raspi3b+-linux-gnu which this reply is a product of.  I couldn't come 
up with a use for it so fidonet compatibilty became the goal.  I do 
occasionally use the wireless chip to provide an A channel wireless connection 
for a chromebook that occasionally rears it's ugly head here from time to time. 
 Other than browsing chromebooks are totally a waste of hardware in by my 
latest guesstimation of them.

 SD> The RPi 3B+ is surprisingly fast for such a little machine.

I started this latest upgrade on Sunday and just finished it yesterday 
(Thursday) by installing it's latest kernel;

-={ '<Esc>:read !uname -a' starts }=-
Linux armando 5.1.1-raspi3b+ #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu May 16 17:21:26 UTC 2019 
aarch64 GNU/Linux
-={ '<Esc>:read !uname -a' ends }=-

On the main x86_64 I can usually pull off a base custom install in around two 
days, from toolchain to final boot product.  However that isn't a full 24 hour 
day(s).

I am not sure if I'd buy any more of these but if I do it'll probably become a 
cluster of aarch64-raspi3b+-linux-gnu's.

Life is good,
Maurice

.... Don't cry for me I have vi.
--- GNU bash, version 5.0.7(1)-release (aarch64-raspi3b+-linux-gnu)
 * Origin: Little Mikey's CanadARM - Ladysmith BC, Canada (1:153/7001.2989)

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