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   f.rift :fire_blue: (feonixrift@hackers.town)'s status on Monday, 20-Feb-2023 14:13:20 JST f.rift :fire_blue:

   • David Gerard

   @davidgerard are they trying to pull a raspi? because that's how you pull a raspi...

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     The Doctor (drwho@hackers.town)'s status on Monday, 20-Feb-2023 14:13:10 JST The Doctor

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     @cinja @mav @maddiefuzz @feonixrift @davidgerard I'm running it in production on some of my stuff for a few years and it's as stable and usable as any other Debian.

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     @mav @drwho @maddiefuzz @feonixrift @davidgerard check out the Armbian project https://www.armbian.com/

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     @mav @maddiefuzz @feonixrift @davidgerard There are quite a few builds of Linux for ARM. They're not rare at all, nor are they CIY distros.

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     @drwho @maddiefuzz @feonixrift @davidgerard I've been running Linux since the '90s and trying to figure this out completely baffled me. So by all means if you'd like to help, DM me.

     It seems like to me that every Linux for "arm" has to be built with its own unique stuff, since there is no such thing as a generic arm platform, and I don't entirely understand what that stuff is or how to build it.

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     @maddiefuzz @drwho @feonixrift @davidgerard It's a pretty big ask for folks to leave the raspberry pi ecosystem considering there basically isn't anyone else out there that actually supports their products. Step one for leaving the Pi ecosystem is "figure out how to build Linux for ARM"

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     The Doctor (drwho@hackers.town)'s status on Monday, 20-Feb-2023 14:13:19 JST The Doctor

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     @feonixrift @davidgerard That might work to their benefit.

     Of the entire RasPi userbase, how many folks actually got upset, kicked up a fuss, and gave up on them? Not many. We're a pretty small fraction.

     Of the entire userbase, how many folks probably irritated them to no end by abusing and repurposing their products, causing lots of support issues and possibly IP hassles internally? Again, not many.

     By losing us pains-in-the-ass their business situation improved by suddenly getting simpler because that leaves everybody who doesn't give a fuck for whatever reason. They're much easier to get along with, and thus make money from (because they're a business).

     The same thing applies with the Go ecosystem. Plus, so much infrastructure is written in Go that you can't just lift and shift away from it. Not having to put up with us who think their telemetry thing is bullshit simplifies things. We're a small group that's easy to ignore.

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     Madeline :antiverified: (maddiefuzz@hackers.town)'s status on Monday, 20-Feb-2023 14:13:19 JST Madeline :antiverified:

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     @drwho @feonixrift @davidgerard

     Regarding the RasPi situation, if you interact in more mainstream maker spaces, there hasn’t really been any noise at all. A lot of people truly couldn’t care less.

     I’m not sure there will be much impact regarding this Go telemetry stuff.

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     @cinja @mav @maddiefuzz @feonixrift @davidgerard And, of course it runs NetBSD.

     https://wiki.netbsd.org/ports/aarch64/

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     @cinja @mav @maddiefuzz @feonixrift @davidgerard https://mirrors.almalinux.org/isos.html

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     @cinja @mav @maddiefuzz @feonixrift @davidgerard https://ubuntu.com/download/server/arm

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     @cinja @mav @maddiefuzz @feonixrift @davidgerard https://archlinuxarm.org/