From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 26 15:42:25 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53537106564A for ; Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:42:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from oproxy5-pub.bluehost.com (oproxy5.bluehost.com [IPv6:2605:dc00:100:2::a5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 16B818FC18 for ; Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:42:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 5806 invoked by uid 0); 26 Mar 2012 15:42:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box543.bluehost.com) (74.220.219.143) by cpoproxy2.bluehost.com with SMTP; 26 Mar 2012 15:42:24 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=apotheon.com; s=default; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:To:From:Date; bh=8MmkwRGvUj/ThBpZPt5K+1mYwMTTiOg89z6puqK+wfE=; b=mwC3ZdJFIDQoMq0c7kI/btk/lv1QCplCjT5fWhxAwcsYR53yWDoF0sSdibLp0goknzUnxAGZZdA7U8oRseehBTOyMB0GvDFKYFZIigz1YEnYMiE0BeFdELaQidCwQy6K; Received: from c-24-8-180-234.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.8.180.234] helo=localhost) by box543.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1SCC3r-0007nv-RJ for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:42:23 -0600 Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:42:23 -0600 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20120326154223.GA11501@hemlock.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4F6FACB5.5030900@dichotomia.fr> <201203260021.q2Q0LpOF084377@mail.r-bonomi.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201203260021.q2Q0LpOF084377@mail.r-bonomi.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Identified-User: {2737:box543.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.com} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with perrin@apotheon.com} Subject: Re: Vivaldi Tablet X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:42:25 -0000 On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 07:21:51PM -0500, Robert Bonomi wrote: > > Considering that FreeBS positions itself 'primrily' as a _server_ OS, > I would suggest that it is 'unlikely'. I suppose iXsystems and the PC-BSD project might be a place to send out feelers as well, being more interested in end-user stuff than the pretty server-sysadmin heavy crowd here. There are a lot of people in this community interested in more than just servers, though, so I don't see why the fact FreeBSD is good for servers should be an impediment to seeking out people with an interest in tablet ports. > > *I*, for one, would hope that porting to the 'Rasberry Pi' has higher > priority. So would I. If someone decided to tackle the Vivaldi platform, though, I wouldn't complain. > > Now, if "somebody" in the 'Vivaldi' community wants to gather up _all_ > the relevant 'technical data' for configuring/accessing/programming *ALL* > the included hardware, and -publish- it in one EASILY ACCESSIBLE place, > that would be a good start. This might be a start: http://opentablets.org/page/index.html/_/news/makeplaylive-sparknow-vivaldi-zenithink-c71-r13 > > If such a "somebody" were to _also_ provide 'funding' for a porting project, > that would undoubtedly move such a project to a high position on the 'to do' > list'. > > Otherwise, "Skippy", you, -YOURSELF-. will need to find a 'guru' with the > appropriate knowledge/skills *and* "enough interest' in the project to > tackle it. I think the point of the initial email to start this thread was to see if there were people in the community with an interest in working on this project, and might actually be a fairly logical step toward an effort to "find a 'guru'" to work on it. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]