Linux Handheld Computer, Pyra, Available for Preorder
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Linux Handheld Computer, Pyra, Available for Preorder
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#2They have a demo video of an early prototype unit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4t9Ys8wI6k
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#3I have a bit of trouble seeing a use case here, especially for a price tag of 330-400€. If I want linux, a decent screen and a good battery, I'll buy a Chromebook for 200€ and install Linux on it. If I want Linux tools and a small screen, I'll use my Motorola MotoG with GNURoot Debian and a bluetooth keyboard.
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#4Related question: What's the linux application situation on arm devices? Of particular interest is the emulator and office / productivity situation.
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#5Is this just a rebranding of the Pandora computer? It looks like it has been updated (they probably didn't originally have SIM card capabilities in the Pandora, which was gaming-focused I believe), but I haven't really kept track of the project, and it's not obvious from the linked page.
I have absolutely no need for this computer, but really want one. What would you use it for?
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#6This is awesome news! A rag-tag bunch of hackers got together and made their own hardware device. They stuck it out - battling con artists, economic destitution, and even a freakin' volcano - and managed to get the Pandora out there in spite of it all.
And now, they're doing it again! We have an open-source friendly (http://repo.openpandora.org/) portable gaming console that is owned and operated by the people, for the people. Not a major corporation, not some faceless entity - real hackers, accessible to you and me, pulling it off where nobody else dared to even try.
I can't wait to have a Pyra in my hands! It'll be a very welcome companion to the two Pandora I already have .. Sweet news guys!
Re: Linux Handheld Computer, Pyra, Available for Preorder
#7Is this just a rebranding of the Pandora computer? It looks like it has been updated (they probably didn't originally have SIM card capabilities in the Pandora, which was gaming-focused I believe), but I haven't really kept track of the project, and it's not obvious from the linked page. I have absolutely no need for this computer, but really want one. What would you use it for?
Its not a re-branding - its more like the next version. It'll run the same software, but its a new generation of the same concept.
Pandora -> Version 1. Pyra -> Version 2.
(I use my two Pandora for gaming, Linux hacking, and as a portable console/interface to other larger systems. Its an amazing, amazing device..)
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#8I have a bit of trouble seeing a use case here, especially for a price tag of 330-400€. If I want linux, a decent screen and a good battery, I'll buy a Chromebook for 200€ and install Linux on it. If I want Linux tools and a small screen, I'll use my Motorola MotoG with GNURoot Debian and a bluetooth keyboard.
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Re: Linux Handheld Computer, Pyra, Available for Preorder
#9I have a bit of trouble seeing a use case here, especially for a price tag of 330-400€. If I want linux, a decent screen and a good battery, I'll buy a Chromebook for 200€ and install Linux on it. If I want Linux tools and a small screen, I'll use my Motorola MotoG with GNURoot Debian and a bluetooth keyboard.
This is a portable handheld gaming device with excellent controls, a fantastic hardware design, and most important of all: a simply fantastic community, which will support the device like no other gaming-console manufacturer can.
Its open source. There are things happening on this platform that won't happen anywhere else (see: dynamic-recompilation that brings x86 titles to ARM, seamlessly), and its frankly one of the most exciting new platforms for gaming out there.
Which portable handheld gaming console has a repo like this - http://repo.openpandora.org/ ? :)
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#10Related question: What's the linux application situation on arm devices? Of particular interest is the emulator and office / productivity situation.
It is, simply put, superlative. On ARM we have most of the things that Linux users are used to, plus things such as dynamic recompilation being used to bring older x86 titles to the platform. Did you know you can run things like Starcraft on ARM because of the OpenPandora platform? :)