On Thu, Jul 7, 2022 at 2:37 PM Ron Olson <tachoknight@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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? Core things have worked for some time, I know, I did the work, but we've not officially *supported it*, there is quite a difference For example no accelerated graphics worked, a key thing for a lot of people's use cases. > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
