[Server-devel] [XSCE] Re: [UKids] Raspberri Pi/clone(s) most ruggedizable for OLPC fieldwork?

[Peter Robinson]

On Sat, Apr 2, 2016 at 8:15 PM, Tim Moody <tim at timmoody.com> wrote:
> For xsce I'd start with f22.  You can look at the rpi images on
> xsce.org/downloads

They're 32 bit ARMv7 are they not? Personally I'd be starting with
Fedora 24 as you'll have support until July 2017, instead of the 3 or
so months left for for F-22. Also for an aarch64 device F-23+ is
highly recommended.

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>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Alex Perez <aperez at alexperez.com>
> Date: 4/2/2016 2:12 PM (GMT-05:00)
> To: Adam Holt <holt at laptop.org>
> Cc: server-devel <server-devel at lists.laptop.org>,
> xsce-devel at googlegroups.com
> Subject: [XSCE] Re: [UKids] Raspberri Pi/clone(s) most ruggedizable for OLPC
> fieldwork?
>
>
> On Feb 6, 2016, at 1:10 PM, Adam Holt <holt at laptop.org> wrote:
>
> Will the $15 http://pine64.com (which just raised $1.7M) become genuinely
> productizable for truly hassle-free field use with 128GB MicroSD cards by
> late 2016?  On the bright side, it accommodates 128GB maximum, which is
> exactly what we need on the high end in 2016.
>
>
> Looping back on this...
>
> My PINE64 arrived in the mail today. Mine is the 2GB RAM variant, with
> gigabit ethernet, but no bluetooth or Wi-Fi (which is an add-in module)
>
>  I actually have a couple of 200GB microSD cards that I just acquired, and
> I’ll be putting it through its paces. The SanDisk SDSDQUAN-200G-G4A retails
> for $249, but the actual street prices are $80 (on Amazon)
>
> I suspect it will work fine in the PINE64. Does anyone here have any
> recommendations for putting XSCE through its paces, or otherwise
> stress-testing the install, besides normal benchmarking of static HTTP page
> load performance.
>
> Regards,
> Alex Perez
>
>
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