I’m using the R4S, it’s a different model with a different SoC. I know there used to be a weird bug on this board regarding SD cards that was supposedly fixed in 2022 (https://kohlschuetter.github.io/blog/posts/2022/10/28/linux-nanopi-r4s/)
That’s why I’m running alpine. It runs in ram and only writes to the SD card when I run “lbu commit.”
As an experiment, I wrote u-boot to a different blank SD card and put the supposedly bad SD card with alpine on it into an USB card reader and connected that to the nanopi. Sure enough, the nanopi loaded u-boot on the sd card, then loaded alpine just fine off the USB card reader.
The card is fine. It just wont run alpine linux off the built in card reader.
I’m of the opinion that a full rewrite in rust will eventually happen, but they need to be cautious and not risk alienating developers ala windows mobile so right now it’s still done in pieces. I’m also aware that many of the devs who sharpened their teeth on the kernel C code like it as it is, resist all change, and this causes lots of arguments.
Looking at that link, I’m not liking the MPL.
Rewrite the entire kernel exclusively in rust!
-hehehe-
I mean, it’s probably in their best interest to avoid us. We are a terrible country.
Are you aware of how much open source work comes from Russians? Russians != Russian govt.
Canada, all you have to do is outlast us, then buy us up for cheap once Trump decides to give up.
There are more than 10 of us.
I want to leave but cant even imagine any country that would take me.
I had a decent amount I got back from taxes that I intentionally spent. I’m mentally ill. I’m off my meds because I cant risk withdrawl from going back on them only to have RFK take them away again. I’ll lose my job. It doesnt pay enough for me to get by anyway. If I kept that money, I know I would have bought that gun. And I would have used it on myself.
I’m still not sure I did the right thing spending myself into this hole to keep a gun away. I know using it on my oppressors wouldnt likely succeed. I’m more likely to use it on myself.
I still dont know if it was the right thing to do to not buy the gun.
When testing for permissions, I still giggle over trying to execute “touch this” then being told “can’t touch this”
I use both of these systems daily. They have some issues but are just fine for me. Honestly, they are just opposite extremes and I respect that. They each chose a side.
Whereas windows makes me scream. It’s absolute horseshit that pretends to claim some middle ground that makes no one happy.
Manufacturers are contemplating how to win back control over the UI of their vehicles. They remain completely oblivious to why CarPlay succeeded in the first place.
u-boot loads off the SD card because there is nowhere else to put it on this board. I want to put alpine there too. Alpine and u-boot can be on the same card but alpine wont finish loading unless it is being loaded from the USB port.