I have a Pi 4 that runs Fedora just fine; I use it to build Swift (takes almost 24 hours, but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯) so what doesn’t work? What podcast was this mentioned on? On 6 Jul 2022, at 4:55, Neal Gompa wrote: > On Wed, Jul 6, 2022 at 2:49 AM Peter Boy <pboy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> I very much appreciate the work to support the various SBC devices like Raspberry Pi and workalikes. But I'm a little lost with this proposal. >> >>> Am 05.07.2022 um 23:16 schrieb Ben Cotton <bcotton@xxxxxxxxxx>: >>> The work around Raspberry Pi 4 has been on going for a number of >>> years, but we've never officially supported it due to lack of >>> accelerated graphics and other key features. A few of us have led the >>> push to get the accelerated graphics work over the line upstream so it >>> now makes sense to enable this in Fedora and make support for the >>> Raspberry Pi 4 more official. >> >> Why Raspberry Pi, and that as the only model from the large number of comparable devices? >> >> Why not other devices, whose makers - as far as I understood the discussion - are far more OSS friendly or e.g. explicitly name Fedora as a recommended operating system? >> >> I know, Raspberry Pi is very popular. But this looks to me a bit like Fedora, the proverbial uninvited guest shouting "me too" from his corner. >> > > Because one of the biggest complaints we get about Fedora ARM is that > it *doesn't* work. It was even featured in a recent podcast as a > severe problem with Fedora. The Raspberry Pi is the only mass produced > ARM device everyone can get their hands on *everywhere* (when in > stock). The device has penetrated the public consciousness in a way > nothing else has. > > And make no mistake, *all* SBCs are not very good at being OSS > friendly, even *if* they mention Fedora by name. Vendors generally do > not care about mainline support, and it's usually up to *someone else* > to get it done. The Raspberry Pi has the benefit of visibility, so > people try very hard to get it done. > > > > -- > 真実はいつも一つ！/ Always, there's only one truth! > _______________________________________________ > 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 > Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure _______________________________________________ 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 Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
