arm-netbook August 2016

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EOMA68 t-shirts and bumper stickers
by Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton 09 Aug '16

09 Aug '16

i added the t-shirts and the R/E-volution bumper sticker... :) --- crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68

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The opposite of the EOMA-68 laptop
by David Boddie 08 Aug '16

08 Aug '16

I'm more of a desktop user these days but even I can see the benefits of a modular laptop design. It was something highlighted to me during my recent reboot of my old laptop: http://www.boddie.org.uk/david/www-repo/Personal/Updates/2016/2016-08-07.ht… One thing that is highlighted very early on the EOMA68 campaign page is the cost of getting a laptop fixed. Part of that is the need to return to a single vendor or support company for repairs, especially when a laptop is within the warranty period. It's not always the case that you get everything fixed at zero cost under warranty, and there are always time costs and secondary expenses associated with shipping a broken product back to the vendor. Anyway, I just thought it would be interesting to show the inside of a laptop that probably blows through the EOMA-68 laptop's power budget several times over - just check out that cooling solution! ;-) David

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EOMA68 adventures in Taiwan
by Nick Hardiman 07 Aug '16

07 Aug '16

This is what I understand about the production phase that follows this fundraising phase. Is the manufacturing to be done in Taiwan? Assuming all goes to plan, Luke will be temporarily relocating to Taiwan. It is a good idea to be onsite in manufacturer facilities to manage risks and challenges - make sure no mistakes are made, avoid fraud, ensure openness and so on. There was a Bunnie Huang reference recently explaining being onsite, but I couldn’t find it. I did find this quote in Bunnie’s blog. 'this is the advantage of being in China during production — you can fix problems like this within the hour, before they become really serious issues' It all sounds like exciting International business. I’d like to see a daily blog about EOMA68 adventures in Taiwan. Perhaps a few lines a day, something like the Joey Hess git-annex blog. Then I could pretend I am joining in on the adventure. How about that? Would that work? Thanks, Nick Joey Hess git-annex blog https://git-annex.branchable.com/devblog/https://git-annex.branchable.com/d… Bunnie’s blog quote, On MicroSD Problems https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=918

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Allwinner A20 apparent "trustzone failure"
by Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton 07 Aug '16

07 Aug '16

https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/a-free-open-computer-on-a-card-that-you-swap-i… somebody is claiming that there's absolutely no way to trust the allwinner a20 because trustzone doesn't work. or something. he's not given a lot of details. does anybody know what he's talking about? l. --- crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68

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Re: [Arm-netbook] Another mention on the Puppy Forum.
by Christopher Havel 06 Aug '16

06 Aug '16

Public posts, two. Not a PM. I'm on a phone now...

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EOMA68 rough campaign assessment
by Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton 06 Aug '16

06 Aug '16

http://rhombus-tech.net/crowdsupply/assess_campaign.py with some very rough costs on shipping and testing, and assuming $10k NREs, there's about $6k spare at the moment. that'll be "living in taiwan" costs (where i wouldn't need to be paying rent) and the $10k includes "getting to taiwan". it's *just* doable... barely. which is why we need to raise more. l. --- crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68

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boingboing comments
by Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton 06 Aug '16

06 Aug '16

favour to ask of people, could you possibly take a look here and help answer some of these https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/a-free-open-computer-on-a-card-that-you-swap-i… my comments were accidetntally deleted because their auto-spam-bot got over-aggressive (new account, lots of helpful URLs for people when answering their questions) but then someone also "flagged" one of my responses and the staff didn't check. .. oops :) anyway i'm waiting for them to restore the account but the timer's ticking down, and i'm currently dealing with a high temperature. could people please chip in and answer some of the queries, c/f the archives here? thx. l. --- crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68

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ARM Cortex-A15
by Wolfgang Romey (hier) 06 Aug '16

06 Aug '16

Hallo Luke, surely you know the ARM Cortex-A15. I would like the drawbacks of the PYRA. Can you please, if you have the time, tell me something about it. Especially the GPU, are there any gpl violations of the producers of the Cortex A15 and why you did not choose it for the eoma68. I do not find it in your comparison of the processors. Many thanks! Wolfgang -- Wolfgang Romey Krokusstraße 37 47249 Duisburg geraspora: https://pod.geraspora.de/people/9002a1416a4e4a9d loadaverage: https://loadaverage.org/hier tox: wolfgang_romey(a)toxme.se Bitte Anhänge nur in freien Formaten. Die Nachricht ist signiert, der öffentliche Schlüssel wird auf Anfrage zugeleitet.

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Repositories
by Wolfgang Romey (hier) 06 Aug '16

06 Aug '16

Hello, what repositories will be used for the Parabola GNU/Linux-libre operating system on the EOMA68? If you have no time for answering my question, please let me know. Wolfgang -- Wolfgang Romey Krokusstraße 37 47249 Duisburg geraspora: https://pod.geraspora.de/people/9002a1416a4e4a9d loadaverage: https://loadaverage.org/hier tox: wolfgang_romey(a)toxme.se Bitte Anhänge nur in freien Formaten. Die Nachricht ist signiert, der öffentliche Schlüssel wird auf Anfrage zugeleitet.

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ARM Cortex-A15
by Wolfgang Romey (hier) 05 Aug '16

05 Aug '16

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