From debian-user Sun Dec 19 09:21:17 2021 From: Rainer Dorsch Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2021 09:21:17 +0000 To: debian-user Subject: Re: Firefox ESR EOL Message-Id: <2590782.mY2CsdcKIM () h370> X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=debian-user&m=163990565726642 Am Samstag, 18. Dezember 2021, 23:24:02 CET schrieb Anssi Saari: > Nicholas Geovanis writes: > > Maybe I missed something. Why RISC V? > > Just having an alternative is attractive to some. Having an open > alternative even more so. > > I'd happily run ARM or RISC-V, if those were an alternative for a decent > desktop or laptop computer. Raspberry Pi is scratching and clawing its > way there little by little. As the Pi 4 has exposed a PCIe connection, > it has a viable storage now for a small system. But still slow and weird > form factor. Maybe in Pi 6 or maybe 10? Who knows. > I want to order and test a Quartz64: https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/Quartz64 It comes with a sata and a pci-e port. Although I think it is best supported under Manjaro https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/Quartz64#Manjaro_ARM there is a Debian installer https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/Quartz64 and Linux 5.15 brings Quartz64 device tree: https://www.pine64.org/2021/12/15/ december-update-a-year-in-review/ (you need to scroll a bit). Rough comparison with the Raspberry Pi 4: https://sbcfinder.com/compare.php? sbconename=Quartz64%20B&sbconetwoname=Raspberry%20Pi%204 Thanks Rainer -- Rainer Dorsch http://bokomoko.de/