#milkvmars — Public Fediverse posts

After dusting off the #sbc this weekend and tinkering with them, I have some sad news. Both of my #MangoPi (pro and quad) are being put out to the pasture. The MP pro (D1 Allwinner risc) wont post regardless the supported OS I put on it. The quad is no longer supported and I cannot find an image to flash on it; scubbing the internet has not been fortuitous.

As for the rest the jury is out. The #OrangePi Zero 2W and RV are working fine; they are just not exciting anymore.  The #MilkVMars seems too limited and lacks support from the maker but is up and running. The #RPi Z2W is chugging along just fine.

Unless I find something exciting and well supported, I think I’m kind of done with SBCs at this time.

After much trial and tribulation (failed updates, lack of support, ect.), a few more #SBC have been regulated to collecting dust today ... They will most likely not be remembered fondly or at all:

#MangoPiQuad
#OrangePiZero2W
#RaspberryPiZero2W
#MilkVMars

I saw there's a #qrv64 kernel for #Plan9 #riscv #riscv64 from a master's thesis I'm reading

Has anyone tried #RISC #9Front ? I'm curious if the #MilkV #MilkVMars could run everything either natively or under #QEMU; I just flashed the board I'm using with #Debian from #StarFive to make sure it boots and functions

It might be unstable, but it might also outperform my #RaspberryPi "9Pi3B"

So far the #RockPro64 and the #MangoPi MqPro have been a blast to tinker around with and to set up in their final forms/use case.

The #OrangePi Zero 2w has been a fine addition and has a promising future.

Both RPi zeros have steady and running well for their respective use cases (pi-hole and mini nas).

The #MilkVMars has kind of been a disappointment since day one and not much has improved since then. Maybe it needs more time, but I just get more meh as it goes on.

Back to tinkering with the #MilkVMars again today. So far the following app/packages failed to download due to dependency issues or “handshake” issues:
- #GnomeSoftware
- @Minetest
- #SuperTux
- #SúperTuxKart
- #PlasmaDiscover

On a positive note, I was able ssh into my media/file server and play some music with no issue using #VLC (#TinyWin ). Video is a different story 😭