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I recently switched to using an NVIDIA Spark as my primary workstation and lack of Chrome binaries for it are what finally pushed me to completely sever my rela

I recently switched to using an NVIDIA Spark as my primary workstation and lack of Chrome binaries for it are what finally pushed me to completely sever my relationship with Chrome and switch to Firefox. Sorry, Google. Too late! (Bonus: ad blocking properly works).

xupybd 8mo ago
What is it like using a Spark as a workstation?
- cmrdporcupine 8mo ago
  Just like any other Ubuntu machine, really. Just lots (128GB) of RAM and relatively lots of cores (10 efficiency, 10 performance). It's not screaming fast, but it's absolutely fast enough for anything I need to do and it's got insanely fast networking options if I need them. I like it, and the local AI options make it fun enough, too. Apart from a few hassles. No pre-packaged Discord or Slack or Chromium or Spotify are the only things I've run into really.
  - seba_dos1 8mo ago
    Chromium has been pre-packaged for ARM in Ubuntu for more than a decade now. Did they throw it away with Snaps?
    - jbritton 8mo ago
      I’m developing on an Nvidia Orin which requires Ubuntu 22.04. Snaps are broken on this platform. I used an alternative ppa that provided a chromium.deb.
- swisniewski 8mo ago
  I use a DGX spark, with Cosmic as my DE, and it's super awesome. This is a bit of a franekin-distro, as it's ubuntu + nvdia packgages + system 76 packages, but it works pretty well. I've been using Flatpack chromium, which is ok for most things. It performs a bit better than Firefox does. Having access to official Chrome will be nice though, as it should come with Widevine support. Chromium doesn't support DRM, so some things like Netflix don't work.