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

[Peter Robinson]

Not sure how they do that. If it's done with something like ansible it
would be very easy to migrate to new releases.

Peter

On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 2:23 PM, Tim Moody <tim at timmoody.com> wrote:
> 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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