JohnAtQNX

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by JohnAtQNX 2y ago
This is what QNX Everywhere is all about -- opening the community, writing piles of examples and samples, and identifying and fixing the issues that add friction. The team and I have a massive backlog of fun directions to take this, and I&#
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by JohnAtQNX 2y ago
Not today, but that would be fascinating to try!
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by JohnAtQNX 2y ago
Hmm, not today, but I love the sentiment! Of the BB10 line, Passport was also my favorite!
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by JohnAtQNX 2y ago
It depends on the machine, I suppose. For example, the Pi 4 quick start image works like this.. But this isn't a desktop environment out of the box. Mr @elahav has a Desktop window manager based on Screen that you can build and run. It
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by JohnAtQNX 2y ago
I wonder if we could get this running again!
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by JohnAtQNX 2y ago
The non-commercial QNX Everywhere license is always free and perpetual -- no renewals. Fully self-service and includes access to the full QNX SDP 8.0 for development & QNX targets.
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by JohnAtQNX 2y ago
You can put it on an SD card and boot from it, if that counts :)
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by JohnAtQNX 2y ago
I hear it loud and clear. We're certainly in the early days of this initiative, but as things progress I'll make sure to bring up source code licensing as a community concern.
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by JohnAtQNX 2y ago
Hiya! We've discussed how to make that work. It's good to hear the same thing from an outside voice. I'll bring it back to the table to inch it along. Thanks!
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by JohnAtQNX 2y ago
Right now, in the Pi family, only the Pi 4 on the BCM2711.
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by JohnAtQNX 2y ago
Wow, I didn't know this! Thanks for sharing!
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by JohnAtQNX 2y ago
This is a good blog post idea. I'll get it on our backlog.
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by JohnAtQNX 2y ago
This is great feedback, thanks! I absolutely want to find ways to provide some support -- a bug portal is a fantastic idea. For now we're accepting issue reports though gitlab.com/qnx.
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by JohnAtQNX 2y ago
Not this time! =). But today's floppy equivalent is a micro-SD card.. Right? Right?
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by JohnAtQNX 2y ago
That's awesome! It's decent, yes. The starter image comes with a graphical app launcher you can check out. I'll poke the team about releasing the source for that launcher soon (I think they wanted to clean it up so it's
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by JohnAtQNX 2y ago
We have a couple of students working on bringing up the hardware in the Pimoroni Trilobot kit on QNX, but adding some ML to the camera for some kind of autonomous steering perhaps. It will be the perfect blend of intensive processing (camer
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by JohnAtQNX 2y ago
I think we're at something like 235 millions cars on the road today with QNX inside. The volume blows my mind. We're also hiding inside lots of healthcare products, industrial control systems, etc. There's lots of interesting
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by JohnAtQNX 2y ago
Don't hold me to timelines, but we're definitely headed in the direction of being more open and transparent. We're hearing that this is important to our customers and the community alike. Stay tuned!
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QNX is now free for anything non-commercial, plus there's an RPi image(blackberry.qnx.com)
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