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Vivaldi/Spark Tablet OS-images now available for download

17 points by madmaze 15y ago

skippy311 15y ago
Can't wait to see this tablet arrive at my door ^^
- madmaze 15y ago
  im very interested in trying the images out on mine, also there is a work-in-progress kernel on github: https://github.com/hillbeast/Kyorakernel.git https://github.com/hillbeast/Kyorakernel.git
  - skippy311 15y ago
    Heh you know its gonna be big, all sorts of work being done for a tablet that doesnt have an official release date yet :D
peterpeters 15y ago
I hope this succeeds for the well being of the linux community. It seems like currently there are alot of different arm linux things popping up, linux on arm is really gaining momentum. Of course I also wish this on the other devices as well, such as the raspberryPi. I hope this year will be the beginning of linux, real linux not andorid, in the main stream!
- madmaze 15y ago
  Well that would be very nice, but I think we are a far way away from actually having non-technically users choose linux over andorid/ios or windows/osx
xxqs 15y ago
great, this could be useful for mobile applications which require more control on graphics access performance. Like Augmented Reality and such. Also might be useful for app-dedicated installations. For example, a set of educational games for little kids, leaving no option for misuse :)
- peterpeters 15y ago
  yea and especially because we are closer to the hardware we can use the special ARM neon instruction set, at least i think the AMLogic chip supports them
  - xxqs 15y ago
    any idea when they plan to start shipping the hardware? I couldn't find much information
    - peterpeters 15y ago
      as far as i know in about a month or so, there is a post Aaron did on his blog that said i think early may or something like that, but dont quote me on that, it was with the post about the preorder distribution
      - peterpeters 15y ago
        here is the post http://aseigo.blogspot.com/2012/02/spark-pre-orders-closed.html http://aseigo.blogspot.com/2012/02/spark-pre-orders-closed.h...
        xxqs 15y ago
        I'd say mid-Summer at best that you can order one and get it within reasonable time
        madmaze 15y ago
        perhaps, they also announced a 10" version
Shitflaps 15y ago
Yay mobile linux!
xxqs 15y ago
Yay finally a multi-user tablet!

17 points by madmaze 15y ago

skippy311 15y ago

Can't wait to see this tablet arrive at my door ^^

madmaze 15y ago
im very interested in trying the images out on mine, also there is a work-in-progress kernel on github: https://github.com/hillbeast/Kyorakernel.git https://github.com/hillbeast/Kyorakernel.git
- skippy311 15y ago
  Heh you know its gonna be big, all sorts of work being done for a tablet that doesnt have an official release date yet :D

peterpeters 15y ago

I hope this succeeds for the well being of the linux community. It seems like currently there are alot of different arm linux things popping up, linux on arm is really gaining momentum. Of course I also wish this on the other devices as well, such as the raspberryPi. I hope this year will be the beginning of linux, real linux not andorid, in the main stream!

madmaze 15y ago
Well that would be very nice, but I think we are a far way away from actually having non-technically users choose linux over andorid/ios or windows/osx

xxqs 15y ago

great, this could be useful for mobile applications which require more control on graphics access performance. Like Augmented Reality and such. Also might be useful for app-dedicated installations. For example, a set of educational games for little kids, leaving no option for misuse :)

peterpeters 15y ago
yea and especially because we are closer to the hardware we can use the special ARM neon instruction set, at least i think the AMLogic chip supports them
- xxqs 15y ago
  any idea when they plan to start shipping the hardware? I couldn't find much information
  - peterpeters 15y ago
    as far as i know in about a month or so, there is a post Aaron did on his blog that said i think early may or something like that, but dont quote me on that, it was with the post about the preorder distribution
    - peterpeters 15y ago
      here is the post http://aseigo.blogspot.com/2012/02/spark-pre-orders-closed.html http://aseigo.blogspot.com/2012/02/spark-pre-orders-closed.h...
      - xxqs 15y ago
        I'd say mid-Summer at best that you can order one and get it within reasonable time
        madmaze 15y ago
        perhaps, they also announced a 10" version

Shitflaps 15y ago

Yay mobile linux!

xxqs 15y ago

Yay finally a multi-user tablet!