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FWIW, I got a review unit and it ships with a much lighter desktop environment (LXDE) this time and is has a swap file enabled by default. I guess that was need

FWIW, I got a review unit and it ships with a much lighter desktop environment (LXDE) this time and is has a swap file enabled by default. I guess that was needed to ship a 2GB version, but overall it seemed a little better thought out. They also include a wifi dongle in the box. It still only has Python 3.6, but OpenCV and numpy are pre-installed correctly this time so you don't have to compile them which is an improvement.

my123 6y ago
You can update it to Ubuntu 20.04 pretty easily. (using a Xavier as a desktop with that) If you don't need CUDA, you can outright use regular Fedora, which uses nouveau. (no reclocking issues or such on Tegra)
- chunkyks 6y ago
  If you don't need CUDA, then save money, heat, and support issues associated with a second-string product and just get a rpi4. The entire point of the Jetson is that there's a non sucky GPU that can do AI at the Edge.
  - amelius 6y ago
    Perhaps we would be better off if NVidia just made GPUs for the RPi ...
    - geerlingguy 6y ago
      They are trying to purchase ARM, so I wonder what that means for Mali...
chunkyks 6y ago
I did switch mine to LXDE, but it was a faff to do and took ages. I imagine the only way to make this thing slower is to swap to an SD card. I'm not doing anything with mine that involves OpenCV, I didn't realise one of its flagship examples was also messed up in the box. Oh! And I just dug out my script to rebuild if I need to. I forgot a few more annoyances: * tensorflow isn't installed by default, and it's not obvious how to do the install because you have to specify NV's repo: pip3 install --pre --extra-index-url https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/redist/jp/v44 https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/redist/jp/v44 tensorflow * openai gym won't work unless you specify archaic version 0.15.3, there's a buggy interaction between it and NVidia's X11. * lots of packages need installing that should really have come by default, or were broken by default [eg numpy]
odensc 6y ago
Do you know who I could contact to request a review unit? (if you can share ofc - email in bio) I have an open-source Jetson-related project that I think the new model could be useful for.
- ageitgey 6y ago
  Email me (info in bio) and I'll see if I can help

my123 6y ago

You can update it to Ubuntu 20.04 pretty easily. (using a Xavier as a desktop with that) If you don't need CUDA, you can outright use regular Fedora, which uses nouveau. (no reclocking issues or such on Tegra)

chunkyks 6y ago
If you don't need CUDA, then save money, heat, and support issues associated with a second-string product and just get a rpi4. The entire point of the Jetson is that there's a non sucky GPU that can do AI at the Edge.
- amelius 6y ago
  Perhaps we would be better off if NVidia just made GPUs for the RPi ...
  - geerlingguy 6y ago
    They are trying to purchase ARM, so I wonder what that means for Mali...

chunkyks 6y ago

I did switch mine to LXDE, but it was a faff to do and took ages. I imagine the only way to make this thing slower is to swap to an SD card. I'm not doing anything with mine that involves OpenCV, I didn't realise one of its flagship examples was also messed up in the box. Oh! And I just dug out my script to rebuild if I need to. I forgot a few more annoyances: * tensorflow isn't installed by default, and it's not obvious how to do the install because you have to specify NV's repo: pip3 install --pre --extra-index-url https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/redist/jp/v44 https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/redist/jp/v44 tensorflow * openai gym won't work unless you specify archaic version 0.15.3, there's a buggy interaction between it and NVidia's X11. * lots of packages need installing that should really have come by default, or were broken by default [eg numpy]

odensc 6y ago

Do you know who I could contact to request a review unit? (if you can share ofc - email in bio) I have an open-source Jetson-related project that I think the new model could be useful for.

ageitgey 6y ago
Email me (info in bio) and I'll see if I can help