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The kernel isn't the only thing. What about drivers? Getting random hardware peripherals to work with a single-board computer is not always straightforward. A l
by zhemao 12y ago
The kernel isn't the only thing. What about drivers? Getting random hardware peripherals to work with a single-board computer is not always straightforward. A larger community means there is more documentation out there on how to get things working.
- Nursie 12y agoBut once it's a peripheral the drivers are loaded as modules and it doesn't matter what the board is ... ? Sorry, just don't really get it. Been running debian on (mostly headless) ARM boards for about a decade now and I don't really grok why a community around a particular board is that useful. Once you have a system you have a system...