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Re: Linux 7.1

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Post by jcalvinowens »

wolfi1 wrote: post #114
jcalvinowens wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> The build takes about 30-45 minutes If you don't actually need all the drivers, you can use "make localmodconfig" to substantially reduce that. My local kernels build in 90 seconds on a 32-thread desktop machine :) The kernel is a lot more stable than people think: I run the daily linux-next on my Debian stable gaming PC to look for bugs, and I don't find very many.

try to build it with make clean first

It's actually faster than I remembered:

  {0}[calvinow@sousa ~/git/linux] git describe
  v7.1
  {0}[calvinow@sousa ~/git/linux] git clean -dffxq
  {0}[calvinow@sousa ~/git/linux] zcat /proc/config.gz > .config
  {0}[calvinow@sousa ~/git/linux] time make -skj32 tar-pkg
  './System.map' -> 'tar-install/boot/System.map-7.1.0'
  '.config' -> 'tar-install/boot/config-7.1.0'
  './vmlinux' -> 'tar-install/boot/vmlinux-7.1.0'
  'arch/x86/boot/bzImage' -> 'tar-install/boot/vmlinuz-7.1.0'
  
  real    0m56.539s
  user    18m41.863s
  sys     2m8.754s

Re: Linux 7.1

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Post by nurettin »

Looking back, I wonder what really changed over 25 years for the linux ecosystem. We had lots of distros, there were games built for linux (I remember playing the entire Neverwinter nights on debian) there was wine for StarCraft broodwars, x11+compiz for cool accelerated desktop graphics, proprietary Nvidia drivers were always there. Sure, everything was 32bit but it was good enough for desktop, and amd64 was about to pop.

The other day I tried to install fedora 44 on a friend's computer. He wanted kde so we set that up and whoops, no way to start programs on the discrete video card. I hacked around it by starting xorg, setting an alias and environment variables, but it was a bit embarrassing to see that things have regressed.

Re: Linux 7.1

#133

Post by conorcleary »

zamadatix wrote: post #127
conorcleary wrote: post #87

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Chesterton's Fence...

Chesterton's Fence only says to learn why the fence was erected, it gives no other guidance on what to do after that. There isn't too much mystery in why a device driver was made, so Chesterton's Fence yields next to nothing here.

The ground strap on a device is only used temporarily, too

Re: Linux 7.1

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Post by tremon »

lionkor wrote: post #122
samhclark wrote: post #107

Personally, I'm pretty excited for this commit which fixes the slow WiFi I've had with the combination of my ISP's modem/router and my laptop. https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/711a9c018ad252b2807... Hope it gets to Fedora soon!

Here's the mail for that for anyone curious https://lore.kernel.org/all/99Mv9QEceyPrQhSP52MtAVmz0_kWJmzq...

Ah, it's yet another "let's paper over this firmware bug because the manufacturer can't be arsed to properly support their own product" I see.

Re: Linux 7.1

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Post by megous »

a96 wrote: post #134
nijave wrote: post #36

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AI says probably Rockchip RV1103B which is Luckfox Pico Mini

> Price Range $12.99 - $19.99 I'm actually kind of curious what the actual device is.

Well, I bought them when they were selling at $6+$2 for shipping.

And it's Luckfox Pico Mini. I guess everything computer related got 100% more expensive during the last year.

Re: Linux 7.1

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Post by nijave »

megous wrote: post #136
a96 wrote: post #134

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> Price Range $12.99 - $19.99 I'm actually kind of curious what the actual device is.

Well, I bought them when they were selling at $6+$2 for shipping. And it's Luckfox Pico Mini. I guess everything computer related got 100% more expensive during the last year.

Between RAM prices and tariffs (if you're in the US), cheap stuff got a lot less cheap in the last year

Also curious what your use case is? They seem highly catered towards video applications versus more generic IoT like esp*

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