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

[Adam Holt]

On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 6:39 AM, Peter Robinson <pbrobinson at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Apr 2, 2016 at 7:23 PM, Adam Holt <holt at laptop.org> wrote:
> > Awesome we can start banging on this long-awaited HW!.
> >
> > Who can recommend the best/emerging/viable Fedora 22 vs. 23 vs. 24
> options
> > to Alex?
>
> Fedora 24 definitely here, I'll actually be producing aarch64 images
> shortly for this which will include a level of support for the PINE64,
> we don't get have USB or ethernet sadly, but I hope to have at least
> usb soon.
>

Tremendous news!

Obviously F24's beta is only a few weeks away, best of luck on both fronts~


> I would note that, at least for the pre prod model I have, this device
> is by no means "ruggedized" .... the board even has a bend in it from
> postage.
>

Proof positive it's ruggedized if the computer was bent in half and still
works ;)

Peter
>
> > On Sat, Apr 2, 2016 at 2:12 PM, Alex Perez <aperez at alexperez.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> 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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> >
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