Was in this weeks LAN: https://linuxactionnews.com/248
On Thu, Jul 7, 2022 at 3:37 PM Ron Olson <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a Pi 4 that runs Fedora just fine; I use it to build Swift (takes > almost 24 hours, but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯) so what doesn’t work? What podcast was this > mentioned on? > > On 6 Jul 2022, at 4:55, Neal Gompa wrote: > > > On Wed, Jul 6, 2022 at 2:49 AM Peter Boy <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> I very much appreciate the work to support the various SBC devices like > Raspberry Pi and workalikes. But I'm a little lost with this proposal. > >> > >>> Am 05.07.2022 um 23:16 schrieb Ben Cotton <[email protected]>: > >>> The work around Raspberry Pi 4 has been on going for a number of > >>> years, but we've never officially supported it due to lack of > >>> accelerated graphics and other key features. A few of us have led the > >>> push to get the accelerated graphics work over the line upstream so it > >>> now makes sense to enable this in Fedora and make support for the > >>> Raspberry Pi 4 more official. > >> > >> Why Raspberry Pi, and that as the only model from the large number of > comparable devices? > >> > >> Why not other devices, whose makers - as far as I understood the > discussion - are far more OSS friendly or e.g. explicitly name Fedora as a > recommended operating system? > >> > >> I know, Raspberry Pi is very popular. But this looks to me a bit like > Fedora, the proverbial uninvited guest shouting "me too" from his corner. > >> > > > > Because one of the biggest complaints we get about Fedora ARM is that > > it *doesn't* work. It was even featured in a recent podcast as a > > severe problem with Fedora. The Raspberry Pi is the only mass produced > > ARM device everyone can get their hands on *everywhere* (when in > > stock). The device has penetrated the public consciousness in a way > > nothing else has. > > > > And make no mistake, *all* SBCs are not very good at being OSS > > friendly, even *if* they mention Fedora by name. Vendors generally do > > not care about mainline support, and it's usually up to *someone else* > > to get it done. The Raspberry Pi has the benefit of visibility, so > > people try very hard to get it done. > > > > > > > > -- > > 真実はいつも一つ！/ Always, there's only one truth! > > _______________________________________________ > > devel mailing list -- [email protected] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] > > Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] > Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure >
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