Re: [Arm-netbook] New Eoma68 housing idea

2017-02-17 Thread Russell Hyer
recognized as part of the link for some reason. > > 2017-02-17 15:27 GMT+02:00 Russell Hyer : >> >> This page has disappeared or been moved, do you have the correct (new) >> URL? >> >> On 17 February 2017 at 13:23, HeadsUpHigh wrote: >> > Hi, I think

Re: [Arm-netbook] New Eoma68 housing idea

2017-02-17 Thread Russell Hyer
This page has disappeared or been moved, do you have the correct (new) URL? On 17 February 2017 at 13:23, HeadsUpHigh wrote: > Hi, I think this indiegogo project has a very interesting form factor. > > https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/gpd-pocket-7-0-umpc-laptop-ubuntu-or > -win-10-os-laptop--2#

Re: [Arm-netbook] Logging and journaling

2017-02-09 Thread Russell Hyer
Oops, I left out some web links, here's one I found: http://without-systemd.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page On 10 February 2017 at 00:44, Russell Hyer wrote: > Well a quick web search (though I couldn't quite find the reference to > the mailing list reference from Andrew at Samba

Re: [Arm-netbook] Logging and journaling

2017-02-09 Thread Russell Hyer
Well a quick web search (though I couldn't quite find the reference to the mailing list reference from Andrew at Samba) shows that the issue is that it is a) a change from unix style services that do something well and don't overtake the rest of the system b) a system that increasingly does more (w

Re: [Arm-netbook] Logging and journaling

2017-02-09 Thread Russell Hyer
thanks for raising this issue Luke On 9 February 2017 at 17:21, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > --- > crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68 > > > On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 5:11 PM, Julie Marchant wrote: >> On 02/09/2017 11:45 AM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton

Re: [Arm-netbook] Another laptop project: PINEBOOK

2017-01-12 Thread Russell Hyer
Wow, that's cheap, thanks David :) On 12 January 2017 at 13:09, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > --- > crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68 > > > On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 1:02 PM, David Boddie wrote: >> Since I'm posting links to random things, here's anot

Re: [Arm-netbook] Adapteva Parallella: Thoughts?

2016-12-29 Thread Russell Hyer
wow, that's hilarious, thanks for that luke On 29 December 2016 at 08:19, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > --- > crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68 > > > On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 8:03 AM, Lauri Kasanen wrote: >> On Thu, 29 Dec 2016 00:44:33 + >> Luke

Re: [Arm-netbook] Adapteva Parallella: Thoughts?

2016-12-28 Thread Russell Hyer
ember 2016 at 19:50, Russell Hyer wrote: > thanks Andrew for the hat-tip (I'd tip mine if I had one) > > On 28 December 2016 at 19:33, Andrew M.A. Cater > wrote: >> On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 07:20:05AM +, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: >>> --- >>&

Re: [Arm-netbook] Adapteva Parallella: Thoughts?

2016-12-28 Thread Russell Hyer
thanks Andrew for the hat-tip (I'd tip mine if I had one) On 28 December 2016 at 19:33, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 07:20:05AM +, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: >> --- >> crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68 >> >> >> On Fri, Dec 2

Re: [Arm-netbook] laptop battery lessons...

2016-12-10 Thread Russell Hyer
Hi, I wonder if Vauxhall (UK's division of General Motors (or these days, general unexplained electrical fires...)) has any lessons for electrical wiring in computers. True, cars aren't exactly computers. But these days they're all wired like a computer and contain several just behind the dash. (A

Re: [Arm-netbook] laptop battery lessons...

2016-12-06 Thread Russell Hyer
Well, it's a lucky catch. @Luke, as to tolerances, will you match the tolerances as described by the expert report, or will you adjust and add an additional tolerance on top? R On 6 December 2016 at 19:13, Julie Marchant wrote: > On 12/06/2016 02:01 PM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: >> ht

Re: [Arm-netbook] laptop battery lessons...

2016-12-06 Thread Russell Hyer
Well, that depends. One neat (but silly) tech magazine that publishes (effectively) only adverts and warnings (regular machines may be boring or rubbish) published a lovely, glowing review of the galaxy firestorm (or whatever the actual name is) saying it's great giving 4/5 -- apart from the issue

Re: [Arm-netbook] new development laptop needed, looking at dell xps 13 9350

2016-12-06 Thread Russell Hyer
@Luke those friends @DELL (Ireland) haven't picked up the phone/email, so I don't think I'll be able to help on that front (though they might make a Treppenwitz reply) R On 6 December 2016 at 18:25, Julie Marchant wrote: > On 12/06/2016 01:05 PM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: >> it seems

Re: [Arm-netbook] new development laptop needed, looking at dell xps 13 9350

2016-12-04 Thread Russell Hyer
going > to clients, staying in hotels and so on, i'd be happy to get something > that was "luggable". > > but, my requirements really are quite specific: high end QHD+ 13.3in > ultrabooks fit them perfectly. > > l. > > On 12/4/16, Russell Hyer wrote: >> L

Re: [Arm-netbook] new development laptop needed, looking at dell xps 13 9350

2016-12-04 Thread Russell Hyer
Luke, if you do decide to go the DELL route, last time I checked, I had several friends at DELL all of whom could offer some employee discounts (obviously, not as good as the Mexico deal recently publicised). Let me know if I should send a query out to them to see if I can get an employee discount

Re: [Arm-netbook] new development laptop needed, looking at dell xps 13 9350

2016-12-04 Thread Russell Hyer
Hey Luke, Well, obviously you know that there are a couple more hardware people like https://www.thinkpenguin.com/ in the US and novatech.co.uk in the UK, but none of these are particularly interesting from a tech or friendliness perspective. If it's just about having a machine that might be comp

Re: [Arm-netbook] CE markings

2016-12-01 Thread Russell Hyer
The UK is still technically in the EU, and we have almost no customs checks :) (I blame Boris Johnson!) On 1 December 2016 at 20:05, pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) wrote: > I’ve been told said colleague needed to have the electronics shipped to > another EU country first before it could go to Germany

Re: [Arm-netbook] Code of conduct?

2016-09-20 Thread Russell Hyer
Looks like http://www.divergent3d.com is the right URL (though slightly off topic for EOMA68, still probably worth an investment, a portable car chassis! The video is pretty amazing) Russell On 20 September 2016 at 09:30, pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) wrote: > On 09/20/2016 09:36 AM, Luke Kenneth C

Re: [Arm-netbook] microdesktop pcb

2016-09-09 Thread Russell Hyer
Have a safe flight, happy double checking (aka debugging). Russ On 9 September 2016 at 04:35, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > eeek, i started on the microdesktop pcb again, prior to sending it off > for prototyping cost-estimates and samples, and found that the USB > ports were mirror-imag

Re: [Arm-netbook] http://bugs.rhombus-tech.net/

2016-09-01 Thread Russell Hyer
Hi Luke, Maybe it's me, but I don't quite follow how it's a bug to 3D print a design you've already designed, or to fulfil your other promises. Do, though, let me know if you do require assistance with some 3D work, as I will have some early modeling verification prototypes up soon (but I have to

Re: [Arm-netbook] need help! getting a bit overwhelmed on lists.oshwa.org

2016-08-25 Thread Russell Hyer
I think this talk of atoms that treats physical things like they exist and information as if it were a figment of reality misses the fundamental physics of it that information does exist (unless it gets recorded and output on TV) Russell If failing were hard it would be called falling On 25 Augus

Re: [Arm-netbook] $10K in 24 h ?

2016-08-24 Thread Russell Hyer
Although this video (if you can ignore the big elephant in the room that is the subliminal apple advertising) offers a slightly different way of saying the same thing, but also claims to predict the numbers (ie: when a campaign has really passed a proper threshold, of course you've probably seen it

Re: [Arm-netbook] Verifying firmware

2016-08-23 Thread Russell Hyer
Yes, Raphaël, that is an issue. After all, if you have one of those new fancy laptops (that doesn't have a libre BIOS) to run a non-Windows kernel, the tool you get to use (that you can find packaged into the Ubuntu boot discs) is actually a self-signed hack by Microsoft (MS) to allow you to boot A

Re: [Arm-netbook] Verifying firmware

2016-08-23 Thread Russell Hyer
I thought the whole argument of libre/free vs. open source had absolutely nothing to do with the source itself, but it's about the essential freedoms as granted in the software. So, in some respects, Apple and Microsoft allow developers to see the source of at least some of the systems (when you're

Re: [Arm-netbook] Libreboot and EOMA68

2016-08-22 Thread Russell Hyer
I mean: minifree.org - that's where I have my thinkpad / libreboot from - and the guy I emailed last week On 22/08/2016, Russell Hyer wrote: > Neat, I emailed the guy behind libreboot thinkpads in the UK (and this > message tallies with that,though I didn't comment as to ARM lib

Re: [Arm-netbook] Libreboot and EOMA68

2016-08-22 Thread Russell Hyer
Neat, I emailed the guy behind libreboot thinkpads in the UK (and this message tallies with that,though I didn't comment as to ARM libreboot changes) that he should support the campaign. Russell for my sins, doing dev work on an apple mac :) On 22/08/2016, Xavi Drudis Ferran wrote: > El Mon, Aug

Re: [Arm-netbook] Another blog post about the campaign

2016-08-18 Thread Russell Hyer
, I'd guess it's time... On 18/08/2016, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > --- > crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68 > > > On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 10:36 PM, Russell Hyer > wrote: >> Thanks, I had a brief look at the video (but g

Re: [Arm-netbook] Another blog post about the campaign

2016-08-18 Thread Russell Hyer
Thanks, I had a brief look at the video (but gotta save on bandwidth). With only a number of days to go before the campaign closes, I hope the project gets to see the light of day (true, I missed the light of day working :)) @Paul - hope you're feeling better and have a full recovery. Liked the wr

Re: [Arm-netbook] Resource for quantifying the relative performance of the A20

2016-08-15 Thread Russell Hyer
Well, I don't think the issue right now is whether or how it compares with other chips (we have other chips already). Of course, if it's libre competition, that's also for the good. I guess Intel peeps could be redirected to https://puri.sm/ (You can check their website as they are also trying tow

Re: [Arm-netbook] battery and keyboard

2016-08-11 Thread Russell Hyer
tself (which controls the pairing options if you want to use a different receiver, or fix issues) only "works" on W'doze. HTH, Thanks Russell On 11/08/2016, Russell Hyer wrote: > Hi Luke, > > It seems that you're referring to the Logitech unifying receivers. The > is

Re: [Arm-netbook] battery and keyboard

2016-08-11 Thread Russell Hyer
Hi Luke, It seems that you're referring to the Logitech unifying receivers. The issue here is that out of the box these support only the devices that they've been paired with at the factory, but can support up to 6 if memory serves (you can check out the true limit on the L'tech website). Anyway,

Re: [Arm-netbook] [EOMA68] A20 G2D / VAAPI / VDPAU video acceleration in web browsers

2016-08-09 Thread Russell Hyer
thanks for the detailed answer. russ sent from a non libre device On Tuesday, 9 August 2016, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > --- > crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68 > > > On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 10:40 PM, Russell Hyer > wrote: >

Re: [Arm-netbook] [EOMA68] A20 G2D / VAAPI / VDPAU video acceleration in web browsers

2016-08-09 Thread Russell Hyer
Hi Luke, So, if I've understood this post correctly, video playback on vlc would perhaps be within the bounds of what the A20 hardware / software could do? Russell Just a Fourier transform away from creating a computer game... On 09/08/2016, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > ain't gonn

Re: [Arm-netbook] What I have done so far

2016-07-25 Thread Russell Hyer
ch devices (branded or non-branded)) Russell On 25/07/2016, Russell Hyer wrote: > Thanks, though I feel I should apologise re the USB 3, since the stuff > you show there lists Logitech, and for a time, I was an outsourced > Logitech support rep :( > > Russell > > > On 25/07/

Re: [Arm-netbook] What I have done so far

2016-07-25 Thread Russell Hyer
Thanks, though I feel I should apologise re the USB 3, since the stuff you show there lists Logitech, and for a time, I was an outsourced Logitech support rep :( Russell On 25/07/2016, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 12:30 PM, Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo > wrote

Re: [Arm-netbook] What I have done so far

2016-07-25 Thread Russell Hyer
Hi guys, Hi gals I still have yet to purchase a pre-ordered kit, but I'll do so before your campaign runs down. Obviously, I understand this is early days, and your current kit so far as I understand doesn't include USB3 and potentially doesn't include enough voltage for what I would consider a c

Re: [Arm-netbook] paul boddie

2016-07-20 Thread Russell Hyer
Paul, I wish you a full and speedy recovery; thanks for all your work on this project. Regards, Russell On 19/07/2016, Alexander .S.T. Ross wrote: > awww, always found your input/posts enlightening/a good read/ had there > effect on me as ive grown up during my teenage years. > > Would dearly

Re: [Arm-netbook] crowd funding updates

2016-07-07 Thread Russell Hyer
i plan to buy quite a few myself as money invents itself; is it necessary to fund the project by effectively preordering or funding the programme or is it enough to order when these items are ready to purchase russ n hyer geek On Thursday, 7 July 2016, Alexander .S.T. Ross < maillist_arm-netb...@