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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@bradlinder" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bradlinder</span></a></span> granted <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OrangePi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OrangePi</span></a> - <em>like all the "<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RaspberryPi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RaspberryPi</span></a> competitiors"</em> - fail at the most important part:</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Documentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Documentation</span></a>!</p><ul><li>I mean, don't get people like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ChrisBarnatt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChrisBarnatt</span></a> and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@geerlingguy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>geerlingguy</span></a></span> started on the fact that in terms of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/support" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>support</span></a>, all those competitiors don't eben come close.</li></ul><p>They do make the <em>"superior" <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hardware</span></a></em> where <em>'number go bigger!'</em> and <em>'benchmark go brr!'</em> is the case, sometimes even with lower power <em>and</em> lower price but if all they do is vomit out SBCs and a few outdated, highly-customized &amp; non-reproduceable <code>boot images</code>, that is all pointless at a certain degree...</p><ul><li>Mind you I'm confident <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/JeffGeerling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JeffGeerling</span></a> would be comfortable porting a minimalist <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> like <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@OS1337" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>OS1337</span></a></span> to a board, but the <em>average user</em> &amp; <em>systems integrator</em> ain't!</li></ul>
PrivacyDigest<p>Self-hosting your own <a href="https://mas.to/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> considered harmful (updated) | <a href="https://mas.to/tags/JeffGeerling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JeffGeerling</span></a> </p><p>I just received my second community guidelines violation for my video demonstrating the use of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/LibreELEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibreELEC</span></a> on a <a href="https://mas.to/tags/RaspberryPi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RaspberryPi</span></a> 5, for 4K video playback.</p><p><a href="https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/self-hosting-your-own-media-considered-harmful-updated" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/sel</span><span class="invisible">f-hosting-your-own-media-considered-harmful-updated</span></a></p>
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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/JeffGeerling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JeffGeerling</span></a> finally unlocks <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/RaspberryPi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RaspberryPi</span></a> external <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/GPU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPU</span></a> support, and yes it runs Doom... 3 at 4K!<br>Raspberry Pi wizard Jeff Geerling has demonstrated 4K60 gaming on his <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/RPi5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RPi5</span></a> setup. Crucially, the Pi 5 was given a considerable lift in the GPU department via the use of an M.2 to OCuLink adapter and an AMD Radeon RX 460 desktop graphics card <br>SuperTuxKart and Doom 3 can both run at 4K60 and max settings!<br><a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/jeff-geerling-finally-unlocks-raspberry-pi-external-gpu-support-and-yes-it-runs-doom-3-at-4k" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/</span><span class="invisible">jeff-geerling-finally-unlocks-raspberry-pi-external-gpu-support-and-yes-it-runs-doom-3-at-4k</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/MilkVJupiter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MilkVJupiter</span></a> is the first <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ITX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ITX</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/RISCV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RISCV</span></a> board <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/JeffGeerling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JeffGeerling</span></a> tested<br>It includes niceties like front panel IO, front-panel Audio, USB 3.0, and USB 2.0, 24-pin ATX power input, an M.2 M-key slot for NVMe, and an open ended PCI Express slot!<br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Canonical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canonical</span></a> seems to have a good relationship with <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/MilkV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MilkV</span></a>, so <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Ubuntu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ubuntu</span></a> seems to be the base distro off which <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Bianbu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bianbu</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> is built.<br>It all works—a bit better than he expected. But RISC-V isn't ready for prime-time yet <br><a href="https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/milk-v-jupiter-first-itx-risc-v-board-ive-tested" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/mil</span><span class="invisible">k-v-jupiter-first-itx-risc-v-board-ive-tested</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p>The state of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Docker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Docker</span></a> on popular <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/RISCV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RISCV</span></a> platforms<br>Docker and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Ansible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ansible</span></a>, two tools for <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/devops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>devops</span></a> work, both run stably—though with plenty of caveats since RISC-V is still so new. <br>A couple years ago, RISC-V was in very rough space, where <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/JeffGeerling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JeffGeerling</span></a> would run into crashes, weird boot issues, etc. Today it feels a lot like <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Arm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arm</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> in 2016 or so... there is some support out there, most things work, but you have to do a lot of manual tweaking to run real-world applications.<br><a href="https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/state-docker-on-popular-risc-v-platforms" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/sta</span><span class="invisible">te-docker-on-popular-risc-v-platforms</span></a></p>
Lionel - KJ7OFH<p>"He started a computing REVOLUTION—then the shortage hit"</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/JeffGeerling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JeffGeerling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/RaspberryPi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RaspberryPi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/EbenUpton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EbenUpton</span></a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@geerlingguy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>geerlingguy</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/-_aL9V0JsQQ" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/-_aL9V0JsQQ</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p><a href="https://noc.social/tags/RPi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RPi</span></a> Cluster vs <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Ampere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ampere</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/AltraMax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AltraMax</span></a> 128-core ARM <a href="https://noc.social/tags/CPU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CPU</span></a><br>The @Ampere@twitter.com system blows past the Pi cluster and <a href="https://noc.social/tags/AMD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AMD</span></a> desktop, but isn't even half as efficient as the silent little <a href="https://noc.social/tags/AppleSilicon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AppleSilicon</span></a> M1 Max <a href="https://noc.social/tags/MacStudio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MacStudio</span></a> on which <a href="https://noc.social/tags/JeffGeerling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JeffGeerling</span></a> wrote the post! <br><a href="https://bit.ly/3tSkyii" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bit.ly/3tSkyii</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/HPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HPL</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Top500" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Top500</span></a></p>