Post 9p22LE3MkTO6LdaQpE by kaniini@socially.whimsic.al
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(DIR) Post #9p22DpGyU2XlSvQJoO by kaniini@socially.whimsic.al
2019-11-16T21:23:59.148582Z
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people say getting other linuxes to run on aarch64 is difficult, but it seems easy enough to me
(DIR) Post #9p22FOxXHtDyR15B7Q by kaniini@socially.whimsic.al
2019-11-16T21:24:16.226759Z
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er, on aarch64 chromebooks
(DIR) Post #9p22LE3MkTO6LdaQpE by kaniini@socially.whimsic.al
2019-11-16T21:25:19.388703Z
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considering you can get aarch64 chromebooks that turbo up to 2.5ghz or so, that could make for a good aarch64 dev machine with *decent* instructions on how to get there from stock, so i will probably get one and document this since i need an aarch64 dev machine anyway
(DIR) Post #9p22Of1cvLYcrvPYBc by kaniini@socially.whimsic.al
2019-11-16T21:25:56.634641Z
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and since the "free market" places less value in the aarch64 chromebooks, you can pick them up cheap (~$250 US)
(DIR) Post #9p22hQ0QzOdbn0nWIC by thatbrickster@aria.company
2019-11-16T21:29:19.685874Z
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@kaniini I'm pretty sure there was something that suggested Chromebooks have a hardwired date as to when they will stop working. I'm not having much luck finding it unless it was inaccurate.
(DIR) Post #9p22hnkIj1zdPvQyTg by grainloom@cybre.space
2019-11-16T21:28:24Z
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@kaniini why not one of the PINE64 thingies? aarch64 is literally in their name
(DIR) Post #9p22ho9TDS7sfzD4i0 by kaniini@socially.whimsic.al
2019-11-16T21:29:23.156077Z
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@grainloom because you can just walk into walmart and buy one of these. the PINE64 SBCs require additional kit as well, while a chromebook is literally a laptop. the chromebooks also have better specs.
(DIR) Post #9p22jfHbA3xVkUtgqO by kaniini@socially.whimsic.al
2019-11-16T21:29:44.386009Z
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@thatbrickster they don't, that's about security updates
(DIR) Post #9p239ywmfl10GXi6ym by kick@blob.cat
2019-11-16T21:34:29.838315Z
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@kaniini @grainloom The Pine laptops don't require an additional kit, do they? 4GB of RAM and an RK3399 for $200 isn't bad, though it's not as good as what you'd get if just buying a board without a display/keyboard from NXP.
(DIR) Post #9p23K5PTUzvJCnwrbs by marie_joseph@eldritch.cafe
2019-11-16T21:35:23Z
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@kaniini I'm in a chromebrew group and the most active member uses an aarch64 machine. She hates it. There's a lot of gaps in software coverage. If you wanna rip off Chrome OS, just make sure to get the right laptop. She and I both had the problem where our particular laptops cannot have Chrome OS removed unless we wanna write our own drivers.
(DIR) Post #9p23K5dIfayxtgPu9w by kaniini@socially.whimsic.al
2019-11-16T21:36:17.517047Z
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@marie_joseph I literallly write drivers for a living.
(DIR) Post #9p23jnawMEDnTxZWme by thatbrickster@aria.company
2019-11-16T21:40:57.826684Z
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@kaniini Which is five years after the device hits the market. Oh well.
(DIR) Post #9p2CHBlmIR9HeH4dVo by Irick@vulpine.club
2019-11-16T21:38:57Z
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@kaniini @grainloom The Pinebook pro is really neat :DBuuuuuut, hard to get a hold of at the moment. I really like Pine64's commitment to community centered products but it does mean their popular items tend to sell out quickly and they aren't running with margins that justify a whole lot of inventory.That being said! Very solid hardware so far. If you don't mind waiting I don't know of a better way to get a full keyboard hexacore magnesium alloy chassis laptop for $200 and they seem to be pretty awesome to their software partners.
(DIR) Post #9p2HSnFdmRROqtOWmm by marie_joseph@eldritch.cafe
2019-11-16T21:56:53Z
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@kaniini well then you'll do fine XDAlso, that sounds like hell but what a god damn flex
(DIR) Post #9p2HSodmcALZA3hK3U by kaniini@socially.whimsic.al
2019-11-17T00:14:43.375631Z
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@marie_joseph i have stock fedora running on a lenovo chromebook, no drivers needed