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1. Nicola Pisanti (npisanti@merveilles.town)'s status on Thursday, 29-Aug-2019 09:25:59 EDT Nicola Pisanti

   there were some things i ddn't knew about raspberry pis:

   "Linux runs on that ARM CPU, we know that, but we might be surprised to learn that Linux on this device is only a second class citizen. The GPU cores run a real time operating system called ThreadX. This operating system is closed source and rules the system without the open source Linux Kernel being aware of it."

   https://ownyourbits.com/2019/02/02/whats-wrong-with-the-raspberry-pi/

   and guess who bought the ThreadX operating system last april?

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThreadX

   1. Dual Number (endomain@hackers.town)'s status on Thursday, 29-Aug-2019 21:23:34 EDT Dual Number

      in reply to

      @npisanti

      Sure, but most if not all of our primary computing devices have some degree of closed source component. That's a dimension to be minimized, but if it's a deal breaker you can't even buy Olimex.

      The net positive of having cheap, youth focused single board computers is big IMO, and if we start uniquely penalizing them when most of our hardware is full of things in the same condition, that's not very good for the community.

      I already see folks in your mentions saying that having a closed source component currently owned by a big tech company that Slashdot hates is a deal breaker, and that's probably a bad meme.

   2. Alonealastalovedalongthe (alonealastalovedalongthe@toot.cafe)'s status on Thursday, 29-Aug-2019 20:05:04 EDT Alonealastalovedalongthe

      in reply to

      @npisanti

      Ughh does anyone have recommendations for a better alternative?

   3. Alonealastalovedalongthe (alonealastalovedalongthe@toot.cafe)'s status on Thursday, 29-Aug-2019 20:19:08 EDT Alonealastalovedalongthe

      in reply to

      @npisanti

      Ughh does anyone have recommendations for a better alternative?