On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 11:24 AM Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 03:12:29PM -0400, Ben Cotton wrote: > > We currently offer Workstation, Minimal and Server images for use with > > AArch64 Single Board Computer's (SBC's). We would like to add a > > lighter weight desktop image for hardware that lacks the ability to > > run accelerated desktops. > > Are people using gnome-shell on arm64 machines? Would it make sense to > simply switch Workstation default to xfce on arm64? We're already creating images for Workstation on aarch64, I am a little late, but am planning on a similar Workstation change I'm just finishing the write up on. In general there's usecases where a low resource desktop is useful, such on devices with only 1Gb of RAM where Workstation doesn't provide a good experience. Peter > > An initial set of supported devices: > > * Pine64 > > * Raspberry Pi 3/4 > > * 96boards HiKey > > * 96boards Dragonboard 410c > > > > == Benefit to Fedora == > > Better user experience and an additional desktop choice for AArch64 SBC's. > > > > == Scope == > > * Proposal owners: The ARM SIG will make the kickstart changes needed > > to add the desktop images to the compose. > > * Other developers: N/A > > * Release engineering: Enable building of the AArch64 XFCE desktop > > image. Small tweaks may be required to the pungi configs or fedora > > kickstarts but those will be completed by the SIG and sent as pull > > requests. Issue[https://pagure.io/releng/issue/8556 #8556] > > * Policies and guidelines: N/A (not needed for this Change) > > * Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change) > > > > == Upgrade/compatibility impact == > > No upgrade compatibility required, this is a new image variant. > > > > == How To Test == > > Testing can be completed on any supported AArch64 SBC using the > > existing arm-image-installer. Any additional instructions will be > > added to the ARM installation documentation. > > > > == User Experience == > > Users will have increased choice in desktop offerings for AArch64 > > SBC's. Those looking to install a desktop on hardware that lacks an > > accelerated graphics driver or lower system specifications will have a > > useable option. > > > > == Dependencies == > > > > N/A (not a System Wide Change) > > > > == Contingency Plan == > > > > * Contingency mechanism: N/A > > * Contingency deadline: N/A > > * Blocks release? No > > * Blocks product? No > > > > == Documentation == > > All documentation will be added or updated via the ARM Landing Page. > > > > -- > > Ben Cotton > > He / Him / His > > Fedora Program Manager > > Red Hat > > TZ=America/Indiana/Indianapolis > > _______________________________________________ > > devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
