Wow that site is so responsive it hurts, never see sites that actually expand to a 2560x1440 screen.
Linux Handheld Computer, Pyra, Available for Preorder
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#22Is this a joke?
I don't know about the joke part but I cant see it appeal of it.
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#23I 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.
And that's just the downpayment on the pre-order they go above $700 depending on the model. I would have been tempted for 400.
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#24Related question: What's the linux application situation on arm devices? Of particular interest is the emulator and office / productivity situation.
As an example, archlinuxarm has a really big fraction of the packages in the original x86 plain archlinux. It's very usable. I don't think you'll feel much of a difference unless you get into things like scientific computing. But then you would not be buying a little ARM device I guess.
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#25What's the usecase for the Cortex-M4s? Is it smart enough to off-load non-computationally intensive work to the 16-bit chips for "low power", or are they serving some other purpose?
As mentioned in the sibling, media codec is the nominal case. They are included in the SOC, not something specific to this project.
Being ARM Cortex processors, they are 32 bit. Allocate them a chunk of RAM, upload a program and set them running. TI has a driver infrastructure and sample gstreamer CODECs.
http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/OMAP5_GLSDK_Software...
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#26I 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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#27Is this a joke?
Modular, Open Source hardware may seem to be a joke to some people. :S
I'm looking forward to developing full stack ES6 application on the go on my Pyra! Finally the power of Linux at my fingertips even on the BART! Though I hope the Debian can be changed to Arch...
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#28As a mobile linux solution i am looking forward to the pocketCHIP which should arrive this month. A bit basic maybe but cheap and useful enough for non-graphical stuff. At least thats what i hope.
I am looking forward that device's release as well. If it turns out well I will order one.
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#29I 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 th…
this is what i hoped the 'oooyeah' would become.. what a train wreck that revealed itself to be
i'm glad pandora, now pyra, and community is out there, even if this pyra is out of my price range
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#30ordered mine just now <3