> Well, those low-cost devices are typically: > * usable only for development/hacking/toying around, due to their form > factor (bare board), peripherals and/or (lack of) computing power, Certainly not, there are many ARM devices with processors that are well over the 2 GHz clock mark, have several gigabytes of RAM and lots of other goodies for under $100 USD. And they're certainly not just "bare boards", but full products. Just the boards are even less! > * extremely slow at everything including building packages (just lo> ok at > how slow the relatively fast Koji ARM builders are; low-cost devices are a > lot worse than that), They're not speed demons, but they're certainly fast. > * so bare that you have to spend a multiple of the purchase price of the > device to add needed development equipment (RAM, storage, I/O > peripherals, etc.), I don't know what you're referring to here, but if it's the ARM device I mentioned, see my first response.. > so I am not convinced that they are really useful targets for developers. Installing Fedora on an ARM device is a great first step into alternative architectures, and could even be a gateway to embedded system development. -- John M. Harris, Jr. <johnmh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Splentity https://splentity.com/
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