William @williamtries@librem.one

PiCore is a wonderful project, and I'll keep playing around with it for some use cases, but Alpine is still my go to for ultra-low powered desktop computing.

Okay, so #PiCore is amazing! RPI Zero 2 W with PiCore desktop (TC) (no DWM), wifi, mouse, and keyboard runs at 0.18mA! If you unplug the mouse and keyboard, you can have a Pi running with wifi at 0.10mA. Wowza!
Sadly, PiCore software repo lacks a lot of packages that I would need to run a CLI desktop on a daily basis. Also interesting, PiCore is very light weight cause it doesn't run anything out of the box. Alpine still runs and installs faster despite being slightly bigger. Conclusion...

@noflcl Thanks for the tip! I will give Raspup a try. I remember Puppy Linux being really fast on old hardware. I think picore will probably win for low power, but I wonder if it has a good software repo. It will take a bit more work to setup but it may be worth it. I’ll let you know!

I've been testing various options for an "ultra-low power" desktop computer. At the moment, I have a #Pi Zero W 2 running #Alpine OS and #dwm with WiFi enabled coming in at 0.23mA. #RaspberryPi OS is easier to setup but it runs at around 0.32mA and is much slower than Alpine.
Anyone have any more suggestions? The trick is saving power, but keeping enough power to make dwm desktop with cli apps run smoothly. I know I can turn off the LED on the Pi, but there's got to be more I can do. Less power!

@dosnostalgic Cool!

@dosgameclub I just discovered your podcast and I’m working through your newest episode on #jazzjackrabbit. I’m really enjoying it! 👍 So much so that I had to pull down Jazz and play it on my Miyoo. It’s fun to play having learned all the quirks of the game from your podcast. I’m looking forward to listening to your episodes on #stunts, #onemustfall, and #raptor. Probably my 3 favourite DOS games of all time!

U-Boot on an Nvidia Tegra?!? This is definitely relevant to my interests. I'll break out my Nexus 7 (2012) and give it a go. Documentation may not be for the layman, but I'll report back should I have any success. https://postmarketos.org/blog/2024/01/13/call-for-tegra-u-boot-testers/

@linmob I noticed on YouTube that you had a Samsung Galaxy S II about 12 years ago. Did you ever try Replicant on it? I don't have a phone that can run Replicant, but I'm curious to know how it runs. https://www.replicant.us/

@linmob To reply to your question about gaps in the Linux mobile app ecosystem, I would have to say that the ecosystem is doing really well. There are a few foundational apps, like Geary, that need a big upgrade. A true mobile Firefox would also be a huge win. These will move the daily driver needle significantly. Otherwise, it's all about proprietary apps like banking apps, transit apps, fitness apps, dating apps, etc. I have no clue how to get those on board, but one can dream.

@linmob Great to see you getting back into videos. I remember watching your early videos in 2020. They were the only way to get a good look at these new devices and get a sense of the software support. I didn't end up buying a PPP, but I remember being pretty darn excited about it. I think the SXMO setup you have it probably one of the best ways to make use of the device given it's current state.

@craftyguy I'm also going to #FOSDEM, so I'll see you there! Best of luck on pmOS and safe travels!

@craftyguy Great update. Thanks for taking the time to write it up.
I recently tried to install #pmOS on my Surface Go 1st gen. It has the potential to be a great x84_64 device for pmOS but flashing to the onboard eMMC is not as straight forward as I had hoped. I think I tried three different ways but I never got it to boot. That was over a month ago though, so I may try again given all the recent developments. In the long term, a USB installer for x86_64 devices would be 👍️.

@okennedy I hear you! Flatsweep is your friend. https://flathub.org/apps/io.github.giantpinkrobots.flatsweep

Does anyone in the fediverse actually own a #Purism Liberty 🗽 phone? I’m curious… does the extra GB of RAM do much to improve the user experience? I’d love to get more RAM in my #Librem5 but that’s never going to happen so I want to hear from you! https://puri.sm/products/liberty-phone/

@Supervisor And this removes all ads! I do this on my desktop now too. YouTube has seriously ramped up the ads lately.

@Supervisor Hey! I use an RSS feed to follow my favourite YouTube channels and then copy the URL to Video Downloader and download them at 1080p to my #Librem5. I can watch 1080p smooth in mpv. That’s the best solution I’ve found. Cheers! https://flathub.org/apps/com.github.unrud.VideoDownloader