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Re:Pine64's $30 Linux Smartwatch Launches by NullPrefix on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @07:27AM (#27904845)
>The internal memory consists of 64KB of RAM, 512KB of Flash system storage, and 4MB of additional flash storage. The watch is powered by a 64MHz ARM Cortex-M4F as part of the Nordic Semiconductor nRF52832 SoC.

How is this thing able to run Linux?

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Re:Pine64's $30 Linux Smartwatch Launches by nbernard on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @07:32AM (#27904891)
It doesn't [0]. Someone took "Open Source Operating System" as being a long form of "Linux", it seems...

[0]: https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/PineTime_Development

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Re:Pine64's $30 Linux Smartwatch Launches by Milner08 on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @07:32AM (#27904890)
Why wouldn't it be able to? Strip back linux and it can run on almost anything. Its been running on PC's since those specs were normal for a desktop lol. The original Pentiums went as low as 60MHz and they could still run just fine.

EDIT: Looks like its not, but I still dont see why it couldn't. May not be very useful though.

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Re:Pine64's $30 Linux Smartwatch Launches by nicoburns on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @07:40AM (#27904955)
Typically a lack of MMU is the blocker for microcontrollers. Although constraints on RAM and storage can also make it inpractical.
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Re:Pine64's $30 Linux Smartwatch Launches by gizdan on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @07:37AM (#27904927)
It isn't. It runs InfiniTime.
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