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This is not entirely on topic for this post, but I wish the website had even a brief paragraph about what this is, or more importantly what the vision is. Even
by justusthane 2y ago
This is not entirely on topic for this post, but I wish the website had even a brief paragraph about what this is, or more importantly what the vision is.
Even the initial “Q&A” post seems to assume some basic existing knowledge of the project.
- bityard 2y agoI got the impression you have to give them your email address to be put on their newsletter mailing list in order to find out.
- mewpmewp2 2y agoAt least have some selling point? I see that it is supposed to be distraction and bloat free, but what would the selling point be over say something like Linux?
- SamBam 2y agoI can't help but think that the idea is very pie-in-the-sky at this point, and the author is bike-shedding by thinking about how to deliver SD cards before having a product. This is probably uncharitable. But it would be an explanation for the hand-wavy copy.
- mewpmewp2 2y agoYeah it is hard to imagine any person not willing to flash the SD themselves to try out an OS like this. I can imagine building a hobby, niche unique OS and then other hobbyists installing it themselves, but not what OP is seemingly trying to do. He is spending time trying to figure out how to send an microSD and all the regulations of selling an electronic device instead of simply building the OS. It seems quite backwards to me. Based on the articles it seems like he has been spending months on this. I don't know... just build the OS and develop selling points...
- actionfromafar 2y agoFrom my own experience some people need this kind of backwards thinking to keep working on stuff and not lose interest. Not saying it’s ideal…
- zkirill 2y agoThe plan is to first figure out how to legally market, distribute, and sell this physical thing. It's more difficult than I imagined as you can read in my blog. Feedback from Hacker News has been invaluable to me during this process. I will replace the placeholder website as soon as I can start accepting payment.
- bityard 2y agoBut you're still not saying what it is you're selling.
- Double_a_92 2y agoIt's a physical thing! /s
- sulandor 2y agogenius!
- web007 2y agoIt's a computer based on BSD, but with no WiFi, no BT, no screen, and no ability to play movies or games or music. And it's all programmed in C - not C++ or Rust anything similarly memory-safe-ish. So RPi, but more vague and vulnerable and less useful. And maybe more expensive?
- justusthane 2y agoIt just seems an odd approach. I’m not that interested in reading your engineering blog if I don’t know what it is you’re trying to build.