Re:Apple has stopped providing standalone installers for mac...
by messo on Friday December 18, 2020 @05:36AM
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> a super-simple OS installation for Raspberry Pi 4, based on archlinux and contaning only a Weston desktop, virtual terminal, and HW-accelerated browser
If you where to write about this in more detail I would certainly read it (hint hint). I have been toying with a similar idea. Alpine Linux might also be an interesting OS for something like this.
Re:Apple has stopped providing standalone installers for mac...
by Yaggo on Friday December 18, 2020 @05:44AM
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I definitely should! The software situation for Rpi4 is a bit messy, because of ongoing 32->64bit transition, but not all stuff works there yet with mainline kernel.
(From a hobby perspective it's a bit sad that some of the older APIs such as dispmanx/openvg are being phased out IIRC, because those are extremely powerful and useful for embedded-style applications, i.e. running something else than a destop.)
Re:Apple has stopped providing standalone installers for mac...
by wrycoder on Sunday December 20, 2020 @10:31AM
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What is a hardware-accelerated browser? What did you use?
It was one-off project for dedicated purpose, not a desktop replacement, but I will probably build another one and see if it's any usable as an actual workstation, because I merely need anything else than browser & terminals. (Well, probably also a dedicated headless server running docker for heavier stuff.)
(Context: I've been a die-hard Mac user since 2006, when I ditched Linux desktop, which I had used exclusively since 1998.)