[Freedombox-discuss] c.h.i.p.

[Jack Wilborn]

I pre-ordered one, how could you go wrong?  I've lost more then 10 bucks
before, so it might work for many things.  As soon as we get Linux up on it.

Jack


On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 12:55 PM, Jonas Smedegaard <dr at jones.dk> wrote:

> Quoting Rodrigo Campos (2015-11-26 19:10:38)
> > On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 05:10:11PM +0000, Jonathan Wilkes wrote:
> >> Hi,Anyone had a look at
> >> this:
> https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1598272670/chip-the-worlds-first-9-computer
> >
> > The new raspberry pi zero (for 5 USD) might be interesting, too. It's
> > 1ghz arm11, 512mb ram, micro SD, micro-USB, mini-HDMI.
> >
> > Here there's more info:
> > https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-zero/
>
> In the context of openness I highly doubt it is interesting at all: It
> uses same SoC as a previous model which as I understand it implies it
> cannot even boot without a non-DFSG-compliant blob.
>
> Additionally it contains no ethernet and has no builtin USB hub.  So
> even disregarding the aspect of openness, in the aspect of features it
> is not comparable to previous Raspberry Pi models or the OLinuXino
> boards, but insted comparable to the breed of devices popularized by the
> Rikomagic mk802 (except the zero comes with zero casing).
>
>
>  - Jonas
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