Correct.if i understand you, it has no important impact in battery life if you use the pira intensely but a more important impact in battery life if you dont use it intensely. is that the idea?
Yes, the best bit hearing the ED is taking some vacation (from his day job I assume, as he's still running tests for the kernel devs).Just read https://www.pyra-handheld.com/pipermail/kernel/2017-September/thread.html plenty of stuff being done... And it's a nice read as well. Maybe even join in if you have ideas.
Don't know why so many people hate the keyboard so much, just use controller companion and set the Right bumper as Shift, and the left bumper as Control.Well, I´ve got a GPD and while it´s a neat and powerful little device, it suffers quite many problems:
- standby-resume issues with the occasional reboot while in standby
- driver problems
- mass-storage performance
- the keyboard
- NO KEYBOARD BACKLIGHT!
- display back-light - too dimm at day, too bright in the night
- the OS (Windows: after every service-pack some problems go away and new problems arise, the drivers and hardware support of GPD is crappy)
- hard to open (to get to the internals)
For me, it´s a really nice Steam-Boy and Youtube-machine but really not suitable for work.
That´s why I wait for the Pyra in the hope for a stable, real-work suitable machine.
The devices will both be used by me, one for playing and one for working, guess which one will do what
But that´s of course just my opinion and maybe others won´t feel the problems of the GPD as that much of a dealbraker for being a work-tool.
The lack of progress is worrying, it seems like the RAM turns out to be a hard hurdle to tackle.
@fantomid is the french event manager.
He's currently in talks for the TGS.
This year, we were supposed to share a booth with a geeky association, but the TGS refused the asso, so I suppose we are gonna get a stand alone.
A sad state of affairs to be sure. I tried enabling the acceleration on my PI3 twice, about half a year between attempts (therefore with a couple of different kernel releases) both times I got artefacts in the "regular" apt-getted Oolite and had to allocate a disproportionate amount of memory for the GPU because there was no dynamic allocation... or actually there was, but that one is even more busted than the GPU driver and therefore very unstable. I had better (more rewarding ) things to tinker with. So I quickly gave up and forgot about the PI3 as a GL platform. At least until the PI has so much RAM I don't need dynamic allocation. Which is not going to happen, because by then I'll probably need more RAM - I don't think the PI4 is going to be released all that soon ;-).
Do share if you've had more success with the GPU of a PI3!
As far as OpenGL goes, the Pandora had a far better out of box experience (it just worked) than the PI, but of course I've managed to break that experience too when tinkering with Slackware (something to do with my WM?).
hm time for zombies or memes crying for news?
First, 4Gb is important, and 1.5ghz is also important.
Said Brian O'Conner."A V8 engine is important."
Said Ronald McDonald."Cheeseburgers are important."
Said Barbara Rose."Well-groomed dachsunds are important."
Said Professor Xavier."Ph-balanced shampoo is important."
Why would anyone take these assertions seriously when you haven't given any reasons to back your claims?
Particularly when coming on the heels of thoughtful debate about advantages/disadvantages of aiming for 2 vs 4 GB at this point.
I get where you are coming from with this and it must seem rather odd, especially given the rather febrile nature of most internet communities, that the vast majority of Pyra community are not up in arms about unacceptable delays and lack of progress reports.By the time Pyra is released OMAP 5 will be EOL.
It will take another 4 years for hns to design test and troubleshoot a new CPU board.
It is strange how there isnt any criticism on this project at all.
If someone dare to criticise, he is labled as a troll right on the spot.
Everything is hearts, rainbows, and ponies.
"A V8 engine is important." "Cheeseburgers are important." "Well-groomed dachsunds are important." "Ph-balanced shampoo is important."
This is definitely the reason. I have absolute faith in ED, and will wait patiently with total confidence that he will eventually deliver a solid and well-tested and -designed product.@EvilDragon worked incredibly hard, going far beyond the call of duty, to ensure all his pre orders were fulfilled.