From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix, from userid 65534) id DE2E21F040D; Thu, 16 Mar 2017 22:24:01 -0400 (EDT) Received: from vserver.gregn.net (vserver.gregn.net [IPv6:2607:f2f8:a260::2]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F39C81F0968 for ; Thu, 16 Mar 2017 22:21:40 -0400 (EDT) Received: from vbox.gregn.net (unknown [IPv6:2001:470:d:6c5:435:475e:917e:c240]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by vserver.gregn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id BF522155 for ; Thu, 16 Mar 2017 19:21:38 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=gregn.net; s=default; t=1489717298; bh=jwQLmTvxwr4hgXVUiU1Nm9rCQGz1vyw17IueTb8H2j4=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=M4wmG2vsQtHR+Y/YW7m51sWe9kWI60pibvPvHvkrLwTkLpmeYfJY9Tb/LJ6N9Rdll yh/mKe2FoOMx0b76Mn1Ppcfw8G3NrtDBcbGjjKeCIPzgauE8qLyIuVP32E+JnwFrUS 9DScURFU3q6i0S7gdCTK5csj4ohMr8JwAaCaKqkaC/XFJtL/dA60k4gB+TAow/0Fyi N4anrF7Cfk4iO+QQYm0EoYSkC5lzHbfQoop97J0LRdT6ZYI8n4VjiNHgsbbWUalj4V 9rIuIfPJekFBWMSPWgqSKiXgR60pco6EZJphdyLHRsBNmOJg06f1//el4jc0lmp1FY 9x+CTVsLiLYbA== Received: from greg by vbox.gregn.net with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1cohWN-0002jZ-4p for speakup@linux-speakup.org; Thu, 16 Mar 2017 19:21:39 -0700 Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2017 19:21:39 -0700 From: Gregory Nowak To: speakup@linux-speakup.org Subject: Re: Raspberry Pi Message-ID: <20170317022139.GA7545@gregn.net> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-PGP-Key: http://www.gregn.net/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.99.2 at vserver X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.4 X-BeenThere: speakup@linux-speakup.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2017 02:24:02 -0000 On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 07:30:57PM -0400, Kyle wrote: > The Raspberry Pi3 is not really much better than the Pi2, because > although it has a 64-bit processor, the software and kernel doesn't > take advantage of the 64-bit optimizations, and the Debian flavor > for the Raspberry Pi, known as Raspbian, is from all I've read, only > built for earlier processors even than the Raspberry Pi 1, as it's > apparently armv5 compatible, whereas the Pi2 is armv7 and the Pi3 is > in reality aarch64. While this is true for raspbian itself, there are in fact distros that do have a kernel and userland built specifically for armhf/aarch64. If you're into beta software, there's also: The devuan beta is stable, and runs well on the rpi3 over all. There are however some issues specific to the 64-bit image for the rpi3. For a beginner, I'd recommend raspbian over the devuan beta at this time. You can also of course install a tool chain on your PC, and build a 64-bit kernel and userland yourself if you're up for it. There's also the raging debate on raspbian's forums whether or not a 64-bit distro for the rpi3 is worth it, given the 1G of RAM. Greg -- web site: http://www.gregn.net gpg public key: http://www.gregn.net/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) If we haven't been in touch before, e-mail me before adding me to your contacts. -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org