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• k_o_t@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  cheap risc-v boards that can run a full linux distribution

  there are some cool projects I'm following, but they're pretty much all in china, and only available via taobao 😬

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  • Echedenyan@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Could be great if people reunited and created a groupal account with some of them in the countries to which is send to send these things back to us.

    This is something I never did to a big scale but to a little one with family and friends.

    I am the one with the account at the service and receive the things, then I send them back or, if their address is allowed, I send the things directly to them.

    They just pay me what it costs at all.

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    • k_o_t@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      yeah, that's be nice 🤗

      though the seller/manufacturer of the board I'm eyeing promised to organize a group buy for interested people in eu, and put it on aliexpress some time later

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  • bruhbeans@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    I think this is my answer, too. There's been so much movement with risc-v and it's been so rapid, it could completely alter the chip market in the very near term.

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  • Echedenyan@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    A little question: are the projects you are following Libre Hardware or are just Open Design with the Free RISC-V ISA and that is all?

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    • k_o_t@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      i'm not really sure tbh

      the particular one that I really want to get is called mangopi, and it's based on the allwinner D1 core, which in turn uses alibaba's xuantie C906 core, which is open source, however I'm unsure whether other components of the board are open source (like other controllers and stuff), but at least it claims so on their website

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• marmulak@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Any RISC-V system

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  • poVoq@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    I honestly don't understand the advantage of a RISC-V system from a consumer point of view. Sure, for chip developers it is interesting to have a open system like that, but most seem to abuse this open-ness by adding proprietary extensions and thus the result is a chip that is just as bad as an ARM one from the consumer point of view.

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    • 3arn0wl@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Well... obviously some people simply prefer the open source philosophy - and we are seeing open source processors coming out of the open source instruction set : By backing RISC-V, they are sending a message to OEMs.

      Nvidia's argument for using RV was that they had the freedom to do things that they weren't allowed to with ARM, and as result they designed better microcontrollers. Surely that turns into the consumer's advantage?

      I'm just a couch potato, but as I understand it, RV can beat ARM on PPA because of its modularity : whether that turns into a significant advantage for the consumer, I guess depends on what the processor is being used for.

      RnD could be sped up either because of "standing on the shoulders of giants" or because of not having to wrangle licenses : The consumer potentially gets the next generation tech quicker...

      And production might be much cheaper, and those cost reductions could be passed on to the consumer.

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    • marmulak@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      I just think it's neat to have a new architecture, and the fact that it would compete with ARM is also exciting. However, you are right that there are potential pitfalls. I am waiting to see how this goes, but I'm ready to embrace an open arch over more closed alternatives, even if it's not perfect.

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• AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  A risc-v SBC that's both cheap and actually available.

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  • 3arn0wl@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    The biggest tech disappointment for me this year was Beagleboard pulling out of their RISC-V project.

    I share your desire for a 8GB RPI4 equivalent RV board next year... and I remain fairly optimistic that it will happen.

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    • Echedenyan@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Wait, the BeagleV was retired??

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• Halce@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  PineNote . Open. Eink notetaking + reader. Should be ideal to fully transition from paper.

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  • jdb@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Same for me. Was close to purchasing a Remarkable before the announcement and I'm in a holding pattern now. Grad school is so many PDF's.

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  • Jeffrey@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    I was looking into getting an eink display for my rasperberry pi so that I could have a minimalist terminal only computer similar to the light phone. Now, I'm really looking forward to getting a PineNote, loading a compatible distro on it, and avoiding having to build my own case!

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• pingveno@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  I'm not quite up for a laptop upgrade (I just repaired the speakers), but I'm a year or two away. At that point, I'll be choosing between System76, Framework, or Librem. Each company is moving forward a value that I care about, and I want my spending to reflect that.

  • System76: The Linux Desktop via Pop OS! and some other projects
  • Framework: Repair, device longevity, and the associated environmental benefits
  • Librem: Privacy and security

  I am currently leaning towards a Framework. They came out the gate with a solid product and I am hoping they will have time to address some shortcomings.

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• chiefstorm@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  I would say the Steam Deck.

  less specifically, steve jobs said something like, voice will be the next evolution in human to computer interaction. I would love to be able to control a terminal with voice control, and control the entire computer with voice control. Open source, no doubt.

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  • fruitywelsh@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Mycroft I think is still the top opensource voice assistant that I know of. If you are interested, you should check them out! https://mycroft.ai/

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  • Jeffrey@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    My understanding is that voice interfacing is already the most common way to interact with a smartphone in China. Chinese (and other non-alphabetic languages) are notoriously tedious to type, and all sorts of keyboards have been invented to make it easier, but they all have a learning curve. Instead, it is far simpler to simply use voice recognition.

    Cliff Kuang and Robert Fabricant's User Friendly is a really good book for learning about state of the art UI / UX design and the current trends that are likely to determine what our computer interfaces will look like in 2025 - 2030.

    https://fuchsia.googlesource.com/ , Fuchsia - Wikipedia - Another really interesting project. This is Google's new operating system they are building from scratch to replace Android, ChromeOS, Windows, and perhaps even server Linux. Fuchsia is being built from the ground up as a sort of one OS to rule them all, and with that they are replacing the traditional desktop metaphor with a conversational or "story driven" metaphor instead. The ultimate goal is to be able to tell your computer in human language what you want it to do and have the computer do it. e.g. "Ok Google, open the survey results Sarah emailed to me. Ok, now plot a histogram with markings at each standard deviation, oh and a pie chart too. Great, save that and email it to Kyle."

    I'm not aware of what Microsoft or Apple might be working on, but Fuchsia is at least currently open source under BSD, MIT, and Apache 2.0 licenses.

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• SudoDnfDashY@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Whatever System76 pops out next.

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• Reaton@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Precursor. I don't have money to buy it but it seems so freaking cool!

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• mekhos@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Librem 5 Phone, I'm thinking I'll have it 1st half of 2022...Maybe

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  • SrEstegosaurio@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Libre phone 5 is cool but sadly I is too expensive for me

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• Lofenyy@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Pinephone keyboard and PineTime.

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• uthredii@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Fairphone seems to be the best repairable phone. Although my current phone still has a few years in it.

  Franework seems to be the best repairable laptop. I have ordered one and it should come in February ☺️

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  • pingveno@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Unfortunately, Fairphone only ships to the EU. Even the UK is out, presumably because of Brexit.

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• th0mcat@talk.thomcat.rocks ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Graphene batteries

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• krolden@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Definitely looking forward to the steam deck and hope to get one.

  I'm really looking forward to the new legion 5 pro laptop with ryzen CPU as well as a dedicated radeon mobile GPU. Nvidia has dominated discrete graphics on higher end mobile platforms and it I am just sick of their Linux drivers. There's already a few of these made by MSI and asus but I'm holding out for the legion with the r6600m GPUs.

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• sexy_peach@feddit.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  nothing really

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• a_Ha@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  "exited" ... ?
  someone's answer : sex toys 🤪 !

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