| 09:18 | jnettlet> | Exaga: I am here |
| 09:18 | Exaga> | :D |
| 09:18 | jnettlet> | so something weird going on with freenode. Not shocking |
| 09:18 | Exaga> | yes it's been somewhat flakey recently |
| 09:19 | Exaga> | jnettlet: so i'm looking at this page - https://developer.solid-run.com/knowledge-base/clearfog-cx-lx2k/ |
| 09:19 | Exaga> | Cable setup and prerequisites - "Here is what you will need to power up the board:" |
| 09:19 | Exaga> | 1. Linux or Windows PC |
| 09:20 | Exaga> | what does one need the linux/windows pc for? |
| 09:20 | jnettlet> | currently flashing the SDHC card. Once the UEFI firmware is finished that won't be required |
| 09:20 | Exaga> | gotcha |
| 09:21 | Exaga> | so any system would do |
| 09:21 | jnettlet> | yep |
| 09:21 | jnettlet> | Exaga: note that the V2 of the silicon will be available in Q2'ish |
| 09:22 | Exaga> | i'm trying to locate info on the internet regarding end-user experience and there's not much i'm finding |
| 09:22 | jnettlet> | all that chatter is over on discord currently |
| 09:22 | Exaga> | yes i read on reddit that "one needs to wait for the next release" but that wasn't official |
| 09:23 | jnettlet> | well, for full SBSA compliance. Currently PCIe requires a quirk, as does SATA sometimes. But right now we do have it at the point where you can boot any distro from USB and install it to SATA, or another USB out of the box and it will work |
| 09:24 | jnettlet> | We actually have Centos 8, BSD, Windows ARM, and VMware ESXi all booting to userspace |
| 09:36 | jnettlet> | Actually anyone else that is interested. I know I have posted this before, but everyone is welcome to the ARM Developer Ecosystem discord server. We have an dedicated #solidrun channel https://discord.gg/yFnRAWF |
| 09:43 | Exaga> | jnettlet: Slackware will be mine <3 hehe |