Upgrading my Chumby 8 kernel part 5: graphics

Re:Upgrading my Chumby 8 kernel part 5: graphics by nrp on Monday June 12, 2023 @12:41AM (#36288528)

Chumby was 10 years too early. The Amazon Echo Show and equivalent devices for other platforms fulfill that use case today, but with a lot less charm.

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Re:Upgrading my Chumby 8 kernel part 5: graphics by cgrf on Monday June 12, 2023 @05:05AM (#36290452)

And with a lot less privacy.

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Re:Upgrading my Chumby 8 kernel part 5: graphics by marci on Monday June 12, 2023 @10:25AM (#36293982)

They Pies are so ubiquitous. A bit like with smartphones or the internet, with each passing year, it's harder and harder to remember a time they didn't exist... Even though I was paying much attention to the scene before the Pies (Gumstix, Leopardboard, BeagleBoard, Chumby, etc), it sometimes feel like they've been here for longer than they were.

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Re:Upgrading my Chumby 8 kernel part 5: graphics by joezydeco on Monday June 12, 2023 @11:20AM (#36295051)

Totally agree.

And it didn't even have to complete in the Show/Portal/HomePod space. There are dozens of half-baked projects where people glue LCDs to RPIs to make a simple Linux-enabled display and Chumby had all of this in a nice package, ready to go.

There's a total need for this type of device again but nobody takes these kinds of risks anymore. My Chumby was a Best Buy Insignia model and I'm amazed BB even greenlit this thing. It was on clearance like six months after it launched.

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