On Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 12:38:16AM -0800, khgo...@gmail.com wrote: > Hi, > We are a group of people currently trying to come out with a very low > cost single board computer, by making use of Allwinner Quadcore 1.2Ghz > 64-bit A53 CPU. The target costing for the single board computer is > USD15. The hardware will have a 4K HDMI video output and on board > ethernet connection. Further more, each board will has its own unique > MAC address. The objective for this project is to allow individual, > having the opportunity to learn IT knowledge with a friction of the > cost. Please refer to pine64.com for more detail on the hardware > specification. > > Currently, the hardware development on the board is almost ready. And > with us, is the full Linux BSP with the true 64bit compiler. Due to > budget constrain and our limited know-how in Linux, We would like to > request the help from this community to bring up the Linux into a full > function Ubuntu desktop, thus allow the user to truly owning a fully > function open source computer with just a friction of the cost. > > As for the hardware itself, currently we are in the mist of building > some sample board to allow any interested developer to work on it. > > Thanks and Regard, > KH Goh
Hi, Thanks for contacting the canonical source of most things sunxi/allwinner before actually launching your kickstarter campaign. This is the first time since the original cubieboard that such a thing has happened. Many companies with similar products only afterwards find out to what extent they do depend on the linux-sunxi community, and then change their story in either direction. Often the work done by the people of the linux-sunxi community gets used directly, cloned/forked, and nothing is ever given back. As you can see, we (and while i do not speak for all of us, i know that i am not alone here) are sceptical about whoever approaches us like this, especially when one of the first statements is "budget constraints". You cannot expect the linux-sunxi community to do your work for you for free. You should however donate boards to many known and active linux-sunxi developers, but for that you must not expect anything in return. Whatever then happens, happens, or it doesn't. The results are usually quite positive, especially given the limited cost of said boards, but it will hardly ever consist of full support for your product (especially when based on a new SoC variant). If you wish to have more complete support, you can always try to hire known linux-sunxi developers directly, or work with those members of our community who do contracting. The choice is up to you. Thanks for reaching out to us before launching your marketing campaign, i hope that your collaboration with linux-sunxi ends up being just as fruitful as your kickstarter. Luc Verhaegen. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "linux-sunxi" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to linux-sunxi+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
