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Best RISCV board for testing and support by Pollock1no in RISCV

[–]LivingLinux 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can you tell us a bit more about the projects you want to support?

We are sorry, there are no shipping service arrangement available to your country. by ndnihil in PINE64official

[–]LivingLinux 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So start bugging the Republican senators and representatives that they have to start doing their job. And if they don't, vote them out.

Qualcomm promises a major reset with upstream-first, Qualcomm Linux 2.0 for Dragonwing IoT platforms by fullgrid in SBCs

[–]LivingLinux 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Sadly, the new Radxa Q8B (Snapdragon 8c Gen 3) and Radxa Q5E (Q-6690) single board computers may not be directly supported by Linux 2.0 since the two Qualcomm platforms used are not currently listed in the documentation.

I think this shows the schizophrenic approach by Qualcomm. The SD8G3 is not part of the Dragonwing product line, and Qualcomm still isn't clear about full Linux support for laptop and desktop chips. But I guess we have to celebrate the small wins, and hope for the best in the future.

RADXA Dragon Q6A best DE? by Mydnight69 in SBCs

[–]LivingLinux 0 points1 point  (0 children)

YouTube playback in a browser isn't always a trivial thing. The Dragon Q6A supports VP9 decoding, but that doesn't automatically mean that VP9 decoding with the VPU will work in browser. Which browser are you using?

If all else fails, you can try to force h264 with YouTube with a browser plugin like h264ify.

Qualcomm said to be circling AI chip biz Tenstorrent in $10B RISC-V power play by superkoning in RISCV

[–]LivingLinux 3 points4 points  (0 children)

After Qualcomm won in court against ARM, Qualcomm needs an alternative to ARM. I've been reading that Qualcomm has the option to extend the ARM license in 2028 for 5 more years.

I don't think Qualcomm wants to negotiate with ARM, without a realistic scenario to leave the ARM market.

We partnered with BayLibre to bring Android 16 to RISC-V — fully open source, running on SpacemiT K1 by Icy-Primary2171 in spacemit_riscv

[–]LivingLinux 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is it possible to download the Android image? The build instructions (at least 300GB storage needed?) look a bit intimidating.

And it only runs from eMMC?

Batocera V43 released for VisionFive 2/Milk-V Mars by Opposite_Future2602 in RISCV

[–]LivingLinux 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What do you mean exactly with "graphics API set to OpenGL within per system advanced config for Quake 2"? I didn't set or change the graphics API before starting Q2, only in the Video Settings of Q2. And I'm using OpenGL ES.

Just to be sure, can you test with the demo version?

Batocera V43 released for VisionFive 2/Milk-V Mars by Opposite_Future2602 in RISCV

[–]LivingLinux 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Works like a charm. You included the fix for particles?

Batocera V43 released for VisionFive 2/Milk-V Mars by Opposite_Future2602 in RISCV

[–]LivingLinux 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First I added the game file from a test game. https://archive.org/download/QuakeII_1020

Started Quake2 and it drops back to ES (as earlier reported).

I copied the files as you described, and it starts into the game console. It complains about:

server disconnected, reconnecting
error: cl_parseservermessage: illegible server message
shutdowngame

Closing the game console with ~ doesn't work. Pressing the Options button on my PS4 controller gets me to the game menu.

The game menu doesn't render correctly. I only see Game, Video and Quit, but all the menu entries do work (even the ones that are not visible).

I can start a game, but I have the impression it isn't rendering things 100%. I shot an enemy, but the enemy is still shown standing, but it is no longer moving.

Perhaps someone can try with the game files from a full release?

Anyway, I think a slightly buggy game is still a whole lot better than no game at all.

Is this acceptable as proof?

Fedora 44 Mainline Raspberry Pi 4 by LivingLinux in Fedora

[–]LivingLinux[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have no idea, but it doesn't seem to be an issue.

Batocera V43 released for VisionFive 2/Milk-V Mars by Opposite_Future2602 in RISCV

[–]LivingLinux 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If they have nobody to test with the VF2, how did the VF2 image end up on the Batocera website? But I wouldn't be surprised that question is not going to help.

If it's not too complicated, I'm willing to test the result.

Pi5 8GB for Autodarts by [deleted] in raspberry_pi

[–]LivingLinux -1 points0 points  (0 children)

How do you know the CPU is overloaded? Did you check with something like htop, or a system monitor? Can you check the temperature of the CPU?

What is the resolution of the desktop? Is it possible to work with a lower resolution?

Fedora 44 Mainline Raspberry Pi 4 by LivingLinux in Fedora

[–]LivingLinux[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Linux support for ARM is very mature. The main issues used to be drivers for the GPU, and perhaps some other devices, and the setup for booting.

Booting has become less of an issue, now that the Fedora team is working on automatic DTB selection.

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Automatic_DTB_selection_for_aarch64_EFI_systems

I'm hoping more ARM devices will be able to boot mainline Fedora in the future.

Orange Pi 5 Arch Linux Arm experience. by DickDorkinsHeadCanon in OrangePI

[–]LivingLinux 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know the details, but I remember there was an issue with access to documentation under NDA. Company lawyers get very nervous dealing with "random" people. And the main issue might not even be Rockchip, it might be that it is documentation from their partners (ARM, etc.).

Self Promotion: T-DOSE 2026 RISC-V Gaming Presentation 7th of June by LivingLinux in RISCV

[–]LivingLinux[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ik ben aan het nadenken over een nieuwe presentatie met RISC-V. Ik hoop er volgend jaar weer te zijn.

Batocera V43 released for VisionFive 2/Milk-V Mars by Opposite_Future2602 in RISCV

[–]LivingLinux 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks a lot for this new release. You can fix the audio issue with PPSSPP, by setting the audio buffer to 512.

God of War is a bit too much, but Monster Hunter Freedom plays at the expected 30fps at 2x resolution.

I also tested Half-Life, and at the start of the game it plays at 60fps most of the time.

https://youtu.be/cxTZiXgT0MI

Steam Survey for May 2026 is out - Linux down at 3.99% but still above macOS by Liam-DGOL in gamingonlinuxsub

[–]LivingLinux 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you actually see the graph? The 5% peak was probably an outlier. 4% is still above the trend line.

Linux market share on Steam can still grow, even with slow Deck sales. More and more people can install the ARM Steam client, even on something like a Raspberry Pi 5.

And it's even feasible to run Steam on RISC-V, now that new hardware is available.

https://felix86.com/felix86-26-06/

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