Notices by Marcin Juszkiewicz (hrw@society.oftrolls.com)

@geerlingguy I heard that RISC-V is not ready for users yet.

But didn't thought that 360p youtube video will be too much for it. I do not remember did I ever saw so slow AArch64 system.

Twenty years old ppc32 chips can do it...

I like people's optimism when it comes to "Arm inside" laptops.

Like this post by Avi Alkalay: https://avi.alkalay.net/2024/08/intel-inside-not.html

I would like to be able to share that optimism. But no one makes Arm laptops which "just work" with Linux.

My daughter uses 3rd x86-64 laptop. All running Fedora Linux (same installation moved between drives). I would like to give her Arm laptop running Fedora Linux. Without "this port does not work, that one also not, Wi-Fi sucks" sticker on top.

@aral yes. The problem is you. And the problem is in Wayland and rest of stack.

Bitching the project does not help. Look are there solutions, do someone is working on screen reader for Wayland environment.

Help them with testing as it looks like you know how it should work.

@aral

It helps to look from project perspective sometimes.

When all you get is complaints then (as a developer) you may consider abandoning the project and work on something else.

Or when you have some work in progress but whole feedback is "it sucks".

Be constructive. Help rather just be an asshole.

Several websites write that snapdragon X devices are the first laptop with Arm cpu.

Acorn A4 was the first laptop with ARM cpu.

In June 1992. 32 years ago.

https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/22807/Acorn-A4-Laptop/

Thinkpad x13s session.

Some things work, bugs are present, no firmware parts, no calibration data, UEFI implementation sucks, random reboots, no video acceleration.

Feels like SBC with a screen.

@feld Yep, hardware limit as card knows how to handle standard TCP/IP packages but not much else.

Will check tomorrow after rebooting to OpenWRT.

QEMU Advent Calendar is back!

Each day will bring something interesting to run in emulation.

https://qemu-advent-calendar.org/2023/

Furniture stores use props everywhere.

It is first time when I see Fedora Linux on such prop.

RISC-V is entering some serious desktop space!

64 cpu cores, up to 128GB of DDR4 ram, 5 SATA, 2 NVME, several PCI Express slots, USB 3, 2 2.5GbE ports.

1200 USD means I will not buy one, but I am also not (yet) interested in having RISC-V system at home.

https://www.crowdsupply.com/milkv/milk-v-pioneer