Koz RossApr 18, 2017
Time to compile a Minetest server from source. On a BananaPi. ...this is gonna take a while. #justcppthings #justarmthings #sitaroundandwait
Show threadKlaus Jónsson ZimmermannApr 18, 2017
@koz relevant #xkcd https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/compiling.png
Show threadKoz RossApr 18, 2017
@kzimmermann Like you wouldn't believe. That BPi is an active microserver, which means I can only commit *one* core. One *A20* core. Yeah...
Show thread@[email protected]Apr 18, 2017
@koz the !BananaPi has a dual core cpu, hasn't it? :-)
Show threadMitchellApr 18, 2017
@mcscx @koz The BananaPi is nice! Have you tried RaspberryPi?
Show threadKoz RossApr 18, 2017
@stitchxd @mcscx I think the BPi is better as a microserver. The fact it needs less blobware (or did when I got it) is also a plus. #libre
Show threadMitchellApr 18, 2017
@koz @mcscx What do you mean "Blobware"? Like Drivers?
Show threadKoz RossApr 18, 2017
@stitchxd @mcscx Firmware or drivers that we don't have source code for, or can't change for some other reason (e.g. signing).
Show threadMitchell
@koz @mcscx Isn't the Pi Open source hardware? Wouldn't that include drivers....?
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Show threadKoz RossApr 18, 2017
@stitchxd @mcscx It's about as 'open source' as the average bit of openwashing. It couldn't even *boot* without blobware until recently.
Show threadMitchellApr 18, 2017
@koz @mcscx The bootloader for the pi has been open source for years now though.. So I don't really understand what you mean? Maybe I am confusing this with something else - can you cite the source for that statement?
Show threadKoz RossApr 18, 2017
@stitchxd @mcscx This should explain it far better than I ever could: https://blog.rosenzweig.io/blobless-linux-on-the-pi.html
Show threadMitchellApr 18, 2017
@koz @mcscx Thanks for the information and understanding! Looks like a good read, so I'll put it on my todo list :D Most people on here just tell me i'm a fool for not using FOSS. (But to me, the pi is (Or maybe *was* after reading this document) FOSS.

Anyway - Thanks!! :D
Show threadKoz RossApr 18, 2017
@stitchxd @mcscx The rabbit hole for this stuff goes *very* deep. The solution to not knowing is education, not criticism. Or so I think.
Show threadMitchellApr 18, 2017
@koz @mcscx well I like the sound of that!
Show threadKoz RossApr 18, 2017
@stitchxd @mcscx Of some relevance also (though out-of-date now): https://www.fsf.org/resources/hw/single-board-computers