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

Tim Moody tim at timmoody.com
Wed Apr 6 09:23:41 EDT 2016


Jerry and George spent a lot of time migrating legacy XS code from F18 to F22.  There is more work to get to F24.  I agree that we want to get there.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Robinson [mailto:pbrobinson at gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2016 6:42 AM
> To: Tim Moody <tim at timmoody.com>
> Cc: xsce-devel at googlegroups.com; Adam Holt <holt at laptop.org>; server-
> devel <server-devel at lists.laptop.org>
> Subject: Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] Re: [UKids] Raspberri Pi/clone(s) most
> ruggedizable for OLPC fieldwork?
> 
> 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.
> 
> > Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
> >
> >
> > -------- 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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