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You flash the OS (okay, admittedly, debian which is nice) onto it from windows with some lugubrious .exe https://www.unihiker.com/wiki/burner https://www.unihi

You flash the OS (okay, admittedly, debian which is nice) onto it from windows with some lugubrious .exe https://www.unihiker.com/wiki/burner https://www.unihiker.com/wiki/burner No linux/macos tool available. No thanks.

lostgame 3y ago
Hah. Way too misread the room, are they serious? Who even develops Windows-exclusive apps these days, anyway? Even the average user these days seems to find it simply abhorrent. It's so simple to create cross-platform applications these days, there's literally no excuse. I can't imagine the thought process that went behind this beyond greed and profit, a little mind-numbing.
- mynameisvlad 3y ago
  Image burning is certainly more involved than your run of the mill cross-platform Electron app. It likely uses lower-level system calls that might not even be possible in most cross-platform frameworks. Additionally, the screenshots make clear mention of a driver, something that would certainly be different depending on the OS. You simply assumed there is "no excuse" because you couldn't think of one, but you weren't in the room when the decision was made, and don't know the reasonings behind it. My blurb above could certainly have been one of several reasons brought up. You can choose not to agree with the decision, that's fine, but you're attributing a whole lot of malice to what is ultimately a decision they made based on factors which you are not privy to.
  - lelanthran 3y ago
    > It likely uses lower-level system calls that might not even be possible in most cross-platform frameworks. So? I made a Qt-based low-level flashing utility at a previous job. Or do you consider C++ callign C functions not low-level enough?
    - mynameisvlad 3y ago
      I mean, my "so" was quite clearly outlined. > You simply assumed there is "no excuse" because you couldn't think of one, but you weren't in the room when the decision was made, and don't know the reasonings behind it. My blurb above could certainly have been one of several reasons brought up. Just because you did it doesn't mean everyone knows how to do it. And that was my entire point. Maybe you should offer your services to them.
- WheatMillington 3y ago
  Greed and profit? You can't honestly believe these were the motivation behind this decision, can you? That is honestly your most generous take?
squarefoot 3y ago
Holy crap, I totally missed that requirement. This product now goes straight in my do-not-buy list. Yes, one could install a Windows VM, set up a passthrough USB port and do everything from there, but seriously, what's the logic behind requiring Windows for a board that runs only Linux?
wepple 3y ago
Lugubrious: adjective looking or sounding sad and dismal. "his face looked even more lugubrious than usual"
- isoprophlex 3y ago
  Yeah, did you see the screenshot? It didn't exactly spark joy, which these side project tinker tools should, in my opinion. Lugubrious, heh.
  - wepple 3y ago
    Oh yeah, that was the perfect word. I’d never heard of it and figured others maybe hadn’t either. I anticipate I’ll be using that one semi frequently
wrycoder 3y ago
240x320 display, no keyboard. This is no Personal Computer.

lostgame 3y ago

Hah. Way too misread the room, are they serious? Who even develops Windows-exclusive apps these days, anyway? Even the average user these days seems to find it simply abhorrent. It's so simple to create cross-platform applications these days, there's literally no excuse. I can't imagine the thought process that went behind this beyond greed and profit, a little mind-numbing.

mynameisvlad 3y ago
Image burning is certainly more involved than your run of the mill cross-platform Electron app. It likely uses lower-level system calls that might not even be possible in most cross-platform frameworks. Additionally, the screenshots make clear mention of a driver, something that would certainly be different depending on the OS. You simply assumed there is "no excuse" because you couldn't think of one, but you weren't in the room when the decision was made, and don't know the reasonings behind it. My blurb above could certainly have been one of several reasons brought up. You can choose not to agree with the decision, that's fine, but you're attributing a whole lot of malice to what is ultimately a decision they made based on factors which you are not privy to.
- lelanthran 3y ago
  > It likely uses lower-level system calls that might not even be possible in most cross-platform frameworks. So? I made a Qt-based low-level flashing utility at a previous job. Or do you consider C++ callign C functions not low-level enough?
  - mynameisvlad 3y ago
    I mean, my "so" was quite clearly outlined. > You simply assumed there is "no excuse" because you couldn't think of one, but you weren't in the room when the decision was made, and don't know the reasonings behind it. My blurb above could certainly have been one of several reasons brought up. Just because you did it doesn't mean everyone knows how to do it. And that was my entire point. Maybe you should offer your services to them.
WheatMillington 3y ago
Greed and profit? You can't honestly believe these were the motivation behind this decision, can you? That is honestly your most generous take?

squarefoot 3y ago

Holy crap, I totally missed that requirement. This product now goes straight in my do-not-buy list. Yes, one could install a Windows VM, set up a passthrough USB port and do everything from there, but seriously, what's the logic behind requiring Windows for a board that runs only Linux?

wepple 3y ago

Lugubrious: adjective looking or sounding sad and dismal. "his face looked even more lugubrious than usual"

isoprophlex 3y ago
Yeah, did you see the screenshot? It didn't exactly spark joy, which these side project tinker tools should, in my opinion. Lugubrious, heh.
- wepple 3y ago
  Oh yeah, that was the perfect word. I’d never heard of it and figured others maybe hadn’t either. I anticipate I’ll be using that one semi frequently

wrycoder 3y ago

240x320 display, no keyboard. This is no Personal Computer.