LinuxGizmos.comMultiCM Flasher enables parallel programming of Raspberry Pi Compute Modules
Kevin Karhan 
@Oleksii @robinsyl #ARM64 grows because #Intel and #AMD basically gave up delivering compareable computing power in the same thermal, electrical and price envelope.
- See Z3735F (2,2W), N3010 (3W) & x5-E8000 (4W) having no successors of equally low TDP or even lower in production! The closest ist the i3-N300 (7W) and N95 (15W) respectably.
Add to it the rise of #SBCs like #RaspberryPi that further kicked the cost down in terms of basic computing and the big #Linux #community that welcomes cheap #hardware and does it's best to put it to good use.
- See the #MNTreform by @mntmn, which embraces #ComputeModules and doesn't have any #amd64 #mainboard (or rather #SOM) option AFAIK...
It truly confirms @landley 's saying that #Innovation in Computing it actually trickling up and thus #tech gets moved from the #Desk to the #Rack to "the #Cloud"...
- I mean, in many #DevelopingCountries the #Desktop and #Laptops get skipped for very cheap #Smartphones and cheaper #Tablets to the point that regular #PC's ain't common outside of businesses and government offices...
Obviously, I wished for truly #OpenSource'd #RISCv to take the place but that's about 5-25 years lagging behind #ARM due to #patents in many key technologies like #PowerSaving...
- But we've to admit that on a global scale, #Flathub is a #RoundingError in terms of #SoftwareDistribution, because not every Desktop - Linux distro supports it, much less uses it per default!
@socketwench If you want to go #minimalist, you could try a #Pi0W2 with a keyboard & screen.
- But yeah unless you want a craptastic #amd64 mini PC with seperate power bricks, then the #Pi500 should be a good option.
I just wished there was like a proper #Setup for @ubuntu / #UbuntuLTS #Desktop for it that also allows setting up #LVM-based #FullDiskEncryption on #RaspberryPi…
- Cuz so far the ways to retroactively encrypt are more cumbersome than the hacks @geerlingguy does with #ComputeModules…
🪬🍄🌈🎮💻🚲🥓🎃💀🏴🛻♓🧿I don't see the point of #SBC #computeModules when the #carrierBoards are almost never fully compatible with any two modules.
There should be a #carrierBoard standard so we can upgrade the CPU and Ram regardless of manufacturer or architecture.
#raspberrypi #cm5 #radxa #bananapi #cm4 #computer #hardware #computeModule #tech #technology
Kevin Karhan 
I really hope @Raspberry_Pi get their #shortage fixed by Q3/2023...
After all, it not only pains them and the entire ecosystem that there ain't enogh #RaspberrPi's or #ComputeModules, but aside from #ValueRemoving & #RentSeeking #Scalpers, noome wins.
