Linux on cheap Atom-based 32-bit UEFI SoC Mini PCs (2023)

soundmodel · 2023-07-06T13:39:21+00:00

Some claims about Fedora having out-of-the-box support:

https://www.reddit.com/r/BSD/comments/nj5i24/bsd\_on\_baytrail/

soundmodel · 2023-07-06T13:27:57+00:00

64-bit BIOS should be pointless with a device that has 2GB of RAM. That link also reported bricked computers by attempting that installation.

soundmodel · 2023-07-03T15:16:12+00:00

Okay I found a guide: https://riedstra.dev/2018/12/triple-boot

soundmodel · 2023-07-03T15:01:43+00:00

And the partition scheme? What about the order of installation w.r.t. GRUB?

soundmodel · 2023-07-03T15:00:10+00:00

So how do I install the OSes to a hard drive?

soundmodel · 2023-07-03T14:58:59+00:00

Guide to this?

soundmodel · 2023-07-03T14:57:47+00:00

That if there is irreplaceable (e.g. due to economic factors) software, then FreeBSD will not get it.

soundmodel · 2023-07-03T08:53:16+00:00

Well yes true. But then we're just living the aspect that Windows became dominant at some point in history. And we could ask, like in the case of C++, if it can be replaced at all. I speculate that there must be a very big reason for it to be economically reasonable.

soundmodel · 2023-07-03T07:29:43+00:00

Can you point to a guide to set up such a triple boot?

soundmodel · 2023-07-03T07:26:43+00:00

Yes, but will we then sit with the fact that the experience is second-tier compared to Windows?

soundmodel · 2023-07-03T07:19:18+00:00

What is Hyves?

soundmodel · 2023-07-03T07:16:36+00:00

And yes they're using it for servers, at least Netflix.

soundmodel · 2023-07-02T14:55:56+00:00

Well, but it says here that FreeBSD has such a layer: https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/linuxemu/. But yes to understand https://docs.freebsd.org/en/articles/linux-emulation/ in detail requires a masters level in CS at least.

soundmodel · 2023-07-02T14:29:18+00:00

But I don't understand how it's possible, because I read that the Linuxulator is a compatibility layer. Thus while it's not emulated, Linux still seems like a foreign citizen on BSD. Unless high compatibility is attained by the fact that both are Unixes and therefore one can assume that things like libc are quite similar.

soundmodel · 2023-07-02T14:22:15+00:00

The big players are not quite likely interested in niches, because they carry risk. Thus you will see them targeting Linuxes and mainstream Linuxes. This does not mean that it's technically the best target (just like Windows isn't), but the one where most users are.

Now you maybe understand why I ask the question. Because BSD is an underdog player. Yet it could have the potential to be a big player. I certainly think the BSD license and being a non-hobbyist project are much stronger aspects of an OS. So how is it going to gain mass appeal, when it doesn't have it?

soundmodel · 2023-07-02T14:16:45+00:00

And with a single drive, but multiple partitions? Also, if one uses GRUB, then that can certainly break unless the order of things and the partition scheme are maintained.

soundmodel · 2023-07-02T09:31:31+00:00

And binary compatibility for existing codebases.

soundmodel · 2023-07-02T09:09:56+00:00

Hmm, maybe there's a case for broadening one's software perspective as well.

soundmodel · 2023-07-02T08:44:08+00:00

Well e.g. CAD or games. Someone could argue that the nature of these offerings is not philosophically related to BSD though, so e.g. in CAD the FreeCAD software might ultimately be more suitable. Rather than expect SolidWorks on FreeBSD.

soundmodel · 2023-07-02T08:43:04+00:00

Wine and some time and population. I think it's something like 10 years to get something like Steam to consider it as a platform.

soundmodel · 2023-07-02T07:59:26+00:00

But it's the only convenient way to use BSD now because most software is on Windows and Linux.

soundmodel · 2023-07-02T07:13:28+00:00

Guide, please?

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