[HN Gopher] Windows ARM Dev Kit 2023
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       Windows ARM Dev Kit 2023
        
       Author : datadeft
       Score  : 23 points
       Date   : 2023-04-29 21:15 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.microsoft.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.microsoft.com)
        
       | altairprime wrote:
       | Previously on HN (542 comments):
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33319535
        
       | snvzz wrote:
       | I'll wait for the RISC-V version of the SDK. I see no future
       | where Windows for ARM meets ample success.
       | 
       | We know there's a Windows for RISC-V in the works, as the
       | foundation's talks at the Summit referenced it multiple times.
       | 
       | ARM-based, hardware-wise, there's only Qualcomm-based laptops.
       | Qualcomm is very obviously not going to be making SoCs based on
       | ARM CPUs for long.
       | 
       | They have been RISC-V members for a while, they are being sued by
       | ARM, and they've clearly expressed their intent re: RISC-V in
       | their talks at the RISC-V Summit.
       | 
       | As for other SoC vendors, I doubt there is interest. Not now that
       | RISC-V is already taking off.
        
       | edude03 wrote:
       | I'm not sure of the significance of this; is this an updated
       | version of the project Volterra box from before?
        
         | officeplant wrote:
         | No this is still the same one that came out in 2023. Not sure
         | why this is posted either.
        
       | InvaderFizz wrote:
       | This box was interesting when first released, but Linux still is
       | not in a usable state on it after six months.
       | 
       | If this could be a solid docker host, it would be a really
       | interesting home server. It still cannot six months later and
       | instead I am building a home K8s cluster with Dell Micro 3060s
       | with i5-8500t CPUs. My per unit cost with 64GB RAM, 1TB NVME, and
       | 2.5Gbe is under $310.
        
         | wmf wrote:
         | A Windows dev kit isn't useful as a Linux server? Tell me more.
        
         | notaplumber1 wrote:
         | Won't help you with Docker containers, but OpenBSD/arm64 will
         | run OOTB on the MS Dev Kit, NVMe works, USB-3 works, 2.5Gbe
         | Realtek NIC is supported by the ure(4) driver. The ath11k
         | wireless is not supported though, so you'll need a USB adapter
         | for that unfortunately.
         | 
         | If you're looking for a free Unix-y environment to play with,
         | with >11000 binaries packages available.
         | 
         | You need to use the mini-DisplayPort for video output, not
         | Type-C. This is a UEFI limitation on the machine.
        
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