[object Object]Feb 28

things are going just great for raspberry pi:

- the only distro that ships the drivers for my display is raspberry pi os so fuck it, terrible it is
- I dd it to the microsd card
- I can’t kvm to the pi4 cause nothing uses microhdmi so I don’t have an adapter
- there’s no way to configure networking and SSH without imager cause all methods were removed in favor of fucking Canonicial cloud-init of all things, which they haven’t actually implemented
- my nixpkgs has a broken rpi imager

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holy fucking shit maybe it should go without saying that I’m not asking for help and I’m especially not asking for help based on something you got from fucking ChatGPT

raspberry pi community are you ok?

Show threadneoludditeFeb 28
@zzt @jpm They hired a UK spy cop a year or two ago and a lot of people left the community over it. Mostly the rPi community is just techno fascists and other morons now.
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@neoluddite @zzt yep that’s why I’ve switched any new SBC purchases to OrangePi, but I’ve still got plenty of RPi’s I use hanging around
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@jpm @zzt the shiny new Pi Zero 2 Ws being permanently out of stock didn't do them any favours either
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@neoluddite @jpm holy shit are they still playing availability games with the zero? I remember with the first one they did that to eliminate competitors (this is Broadcom with a non-profit mask on after all)
Show threadneoludditeFeb 28
@zzt @jpm yeah, you would've thought they'd get their supply chain issues under control after... *squints* THREE YEARS! Maybe the military-industrial complex is eating most of their production?
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@zzt @jpm https://jamesachambers.com/raspberry-pi-zero-2-review-it-sucks/
Raspberry Pi Zero 2 Review (It Sucks)

The Raspberry Pi Zero 2 has stunning quality control issues and signs of corner cutting. They fixed almost none of the problems from the Zero W. It’s garbage.

James A. Chambers
Feb 28 at 2:55amWeb
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@neoluddite @jpm oooh reading this is going to improve my mood significantly