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Gemini PDA - Linux / Linux/UNIX-like distro(s)/other OSes you'd like to run on your Gemini

« on: February 07, 2018, 07:35:30 am »

AFAIK manjaro, suse, fedora, arch, centos, ubunto all have Aarch64 builds already. I also think that we should be able to run armv8 32 bit builds as well - which widens the net even further. Have Planet Computers stated whether their Debian is Aarch 64 or Aarch 32?

PS Arch Linux for arm has a different website from the x86 version. I use both to be honest there is very little difference between machines in terms of the software I run and the documentation I refer to

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Gemini PDA - Linux / Linux/UNIX-like distro(s)/other OSes you'd like to run on your Gemini

« on: February 07, 2018, 07:28:05 am »

Hi all,

Been registered on the forum a while but this is my first post.

Many of the "x86" distros already have arm builds and therefore don't require porting. All you really need for Linux is a root filesystem and a working kernel.  We know we will have a Kernel so it will be a trivial matter to e.g. flash an appropriate Arch Linux rootfs and boot a working system. Hopefully one day we will have mainline/upstream support in the Linux kernel as they will ensure a very long life for the device. If we don't get mainline support then Linux experiences will become hacky, stale and insecure very quickly.

Also, and I'm sorry for being so fussy, but Sailfish OS, Maemo and even Tizen are Linux distros, just with a heavy focus on mobile UI.

Anyway... Great forum and great discussions people!