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stingraze - 2022-03-16 9:08 AM
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"There's no graphics processor, though video output is possible via software rendering, and 1GB of DDR3 memory."
Hmmmm. Very vague. Looks to me that they're waiting for the community to make an OS for it. Meanwhile, the photo on their website misleadingly shows the R-01 unit with a Desktop Enviroment
(DE
) running
(
CDE if I'm not mistaken
). However, I highly doubt this thing runs anything yet at all, let alone a DE. I can't find
any info on the DevTerm on their website's FAQ. And I can't find any useful info on an OS for this R-01 model.
This topic seems to imply that there's no OS for the R-01 yet.
In
this topic on the ClockworkPi forum about the DevTerm a user named
adcockm on March 10 2022 summarized the problems in a very good way in my opinion:
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[...]
I have mixed feelings about ClockworkPi. I appreciate their hardware designs, and have not felt let down in terms of hardware for both the Gameshell and the DevTerm. The software they provide is minimal and barely functional though, and although it has been enough to bootstrap enthusiastic people in the community to contribute something more stable/useful, it’s not really what is advertised on their website. I think a lot of the issues people complain about here are the result of poor communication. What is being offered is poorly communicated on the website – it would be more honest to say these are hardware designs, in kit form (and the build process is quite beautiful!), with basic software that will require effort and customization from their users to actually be useful and have a purpose. It’s kind of like a model kit, but instead of painting the model afterward, there is software creation, customization, and reverse engineering required.
[...]
having someone like that who can keep up with and respond to issues publicly goes a long way to making customers feel like they are being heard. For DevTerm, @AlexDuan stepped into that role for a bit, and it he helpful to keep people apprised of the shipping issues, but I got the feeling he was doing that in his spare time, and it might have gotten to be too overwhelming.
This also clears up why they are discussing "Duan Linux" or something like that. It appears a version of Linux or ClockworkOS for the DevTerm, made by Alex Duan, not by the ClockworkPi company.
When ClockworkPi has solved the issue of having an operating system then I might consider buying one. I don't understand why some Youtubers are so positive about the A06 DevTerm version that they got for free. The A06 last even shorter on the batteries than the A04.
Edited by Jornada+Linux 2022-03-17 12:01 PM