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2014-10-21
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Originally Posted by endsormeans
I've not tried it but running a source based distro on the N900, let alone N8x0 is not my idea of "fun".
I never noticed before...but the recent post from august concerning Funtoo for n8x0/ n900 has me curious. Has anyone messed with funtoo lately? I'm curious about what does / doesn't work and how quick/ slow it is....considering I haven't seen much concerning user experiences ...
http://www.funtoo.org/Funtoo_Linux_Installation_on_ARM
I wonder how many days it would take to do a base install.I suppose it might be usable if you ran the install and emerges on a PC in a QEMU chroot but it would still be a pain in the arse.
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2014-10-21
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Ya...hehe...I thought since it is a source-based gentoo variant I imagined it wouldn't be any quicker than gentoo concerning the install...[sigh] I don't find installing source-based distros any more fun (mind...I do find it masochistically curious and intriguing of course ) on a pc for that matter ...but I do wonder at the usability and issues (since none are really mentioned)...
Last edited by endsormeans; 2014-10-21 at 05:57.
) on a pc for that matter ...but I do wonder at the usability and issues (since none are really mentioned)...
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Last edited by endsormeans; 2014-10-21 at 05:57.
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2014-10-21
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Originally Posted by wicket
Hardly.
I suppose it might be usable if you ran the install and emerges on a PC in a QEMU chroot
Before I bought a Cubieboard2 I recompiled pulseaudio for Easy Debian in a qemu VM on my i7-2700k and it took almost two days.
I believe Easy Debian on the N900 itself would have made it in about a day if the watchdog wouldn't have killed it.
On the Cb2 it takes about 3 hours.
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2014-10-27
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2 days seems a little long, would of thought it would have been quicker than the cubieboard but I suppose it depends on RAM and supported virtualisation features.
I imagine it would take the patience of a saint to run anything like funtoo on a day to day basis. 1.1ghz Duron running Gentoo from stage 1 or LFS install under Colinux, with about 128mb pc133 sd ram. Some packages (glibc, firefox) would take upwards of 12 hours. As a learning experience, it was good. Practicality wise, a nightmare. God forbid having to run emerge world.
I imagine it would take the patience of a saint to run anything like funtoo on a day to day basis. 1.1ghz Duron running Gentoo from stage 1 or LFS install under Colinux, with about 128mb pc133 sd ram. Some packages (glibc, firefox) would take upwards of 12 hours. As a learning experience, it was good. Practicality wise, a nightmare. God forbid having to run emerge world.
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2014-10-28
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Originally Posted by endsormeans
N8x0 and N900 are only listed as as devices under ARM flavours and there's nothing to indicate that Funtoo has even been tested on these devices. I couldn't find anything that suggests that there might be some optimisation specific to these devices so I'd be surprised if Funtoo was more usable than say Debian.
...but I do wonder at the usability and issues (since none are really mentioned)...
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Maemo Leste for N950 and N9 (currently broken).
Devuan for N950 and N9.
Mobile devices with mainline Linux support - Help needed with documentation.
"Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly." - Henry Spencer
Maemo Leste for N950 and N9 (currently broken).
Devuan for N950 and N9.
Mobile devices with mainline Linux support - Help needed with documentation.
"Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly." - Henry Spencer
http://www.funtoo.org/Funtoo_Linux_Installation_on_ARM
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1/2 - neo900 pre- "purchased" in 2013. N̶o̶w̶ ̶A̶w̶a̶i̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶r̶e̶f̶u̶n̶d̶ ̶p̶r̶o̶c̶e̶s̶s̶ ̶l̶a̶s̶t̶ ̶f̶e̶w̶ ̶y̶e̶a̶r̶s̶ - neo900 start up declared officially dead -
Lost invested funds.
PIMP MY N8X0 (Idiot's Guide and a video walkthrough)http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=94294
THE LOST GRONMAYER CATALOGShttp://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php...ight=gronmayer
N8X0 VIDEO ENCODING THE EASY WAYhttp://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php...ght=mediacoder
242gb ON N800http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=90634
THE PAIN-FREE MAEMO DEVELOPMENT LIVE DISTRO-ISO FOR THE NOOB TO THE PROhttp://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=95567
AFFORDABLE MASS PRODUCTION FOR MAEMO PARTShttp://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=93325
Meateo balloons now available @ Dave999's Meateo Emporium