Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:12:39 +1000 From: Da Rock <freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Vivaldi Tablet Message-ID: <4F6FD097.2010906@herveybayaustralia.com.au> In-Reply-To: <4F6FACB5.5030900@dichotomia.fr> References: <CAEAen4_3A7Z8qu0CqXZmLoC%2B1O3LCz_Xpss2siGjKhXs1X1fEg@mail.gmail.com> <4F6FAA42.1060609@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <4F6FACB5.5030900@dichotomia.fr>
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On 03/26/12 09:39, Jerome Herman wrote: > On 26/03/2012 01:29, Da Rock wrote: >> On 03/26/12 06:49, Skippy 311 wrote: >>> With a large portion of the open source community looking towards the >>> Vivaldi Tablet as the push for mobile linux, >> The site reminds me of someone organising a large party and no one >> showing up :) > > Indeed, I felt very alone going there too. > >>> I was curious if there was any >>> plans to make an official push to put something together for this >>> tablet. >>> It is alot to ask from FreeBSD, but to put it bluntly, the more this >>> tablet >>> can offer the better it will be. Support from FreeBSD on this tablet >>> would >>> be a wonderful addition to the community being built around this >>> tablet, >>> and I hope to see FreeBSD on board in the near future. >> FreeBSD on a tablet would be an interesting idea. Not sure about this >> one though... Looks like one of those ones going on eBay for $50. You >> can always grab one of those and hack it to run FBSD. > > The main problem (though it is actually a FreeBSD strength) is that > most FreeBSD dev code to solve their own problems. I don not think I > am wrong when I say that a vast majority of FreeBSD contributor are > also heavy users of the functionalities they code. > So the question is "Are there enough FreeBSD dev that see any kind of > interest in having a tablet ?". Personally I still don't, even though > quite a lot of people tried to explain it to me. > Also the site lacks the main thing that could get the FreeBSD > community on the spot : specs. I managed to learn it was a 1ghz ARM > with 512MB ram and 4GB storage, and that is about it. Arm architecture > being what it is (basically whatever the constructor decided to use at > that moment with no standard as to how he did it) there is absolutely > no way to start any kind of port short of reverse engeniring the linux > version. My personal opinion is "not worth the trouble". I'm still weighing up the options, but I would. A few barriers to surmount though... > >> >> Perhaps this should go to embedded though? >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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