Ev3dev: Debian for Lego Mindstorms

Re:Ev3dev: Debian for Lego Mindstorms by SeanDav on Sunday June 18, 2017 @06:01AM (#14579907)

Love the idea and effort behind this, but concerned as to how Lego is going to react. The fact that they don't appear to hack the original software, but use a dual-booting arrangement is probably good news.

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Re:Ev3dev: Debian for Lego Mindstorms by strange_aeons on Sunday June 18, 2017 @10:02AM (#14580671)

The founder of the project, Ralph Hempel, works for LEGO now.

It's also used internally in LEGO.

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Re:Ev3dev: Debian for Lego Mindstorms by jacquesm on Sunday June 18, 2017 @05:43PM (#14583118)

Lego has a pretty good police called 'fair play'.

https://www.lego.com/en-us/legal/legal-notice/fair-play

This side-steps some of the more sordid parts of Lego's own history but still it is a step in the right direction.

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Re:Ev3dev: Debian for Lego Mindstorms by samtoday on Sunday June 18, 2017 @07:29AM (#14580192)

Lego hasn't reacted yet, and if I remember correctly this has been around for ~4+ years

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Re:Ev3dev: Debian for Lego Mindstorms by patja on Sunday June 18, 2017 @12:10PM (#14581283)

I am pretty sure this is exactly what the SD card slot on the EV3 is designed for. That and science experiment data logging in the education edition.

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