Re: [gentoo-embedded] A-15 Dev boards

[Mike Frysinger]

On Monday 29 April 2013 11:10:33 wireless wrote:
> On 04/27/13 20:26, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > On Friday 26 April 2013 16:45:45 wireless wrote:
> >> On 04/26/13 16:06, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> >>> depending on your exact needs, i might recommend a Samsung Arm
> >>> Chromebook:
> >>> http://dev.chromium.org/chromium-os/developer-information-for-chrome-os
> >>> - devices/samsung-arm-chromebook
> >>>
> >>> that's my main arm dev platform now, and it's a decent laptop to boot
> >>> :). it's also the same price as that dev board ($250).
> >>
> >> Interesting option. What OS do you run on that laptop?
> >> multiboot?
> >
> > it ships with ChromeOS which is based on Gentoo and runs Linux.  all the
> > source has been released for the u-boot&  linux, and most of it has been
> > merged into the respective mainlines.
>
> I just read the wikipedia history of Chrome (OS). I did not realize
> it was based on portage...nice.
>
> How easy is it to add ebuilds (packages?) Got a wiki or site for this
> sort of shared user activity?

if you build it yourself from source (i.e. ChromiumOS), then it's pretty easy.  
all public docs are at http://dev.chromium.org/.

> > so that's what i run on it ... plain Gentoo.
>
> So it's pretty straight forward to ebuild, even overlays or
> home-rolled ebuilds?

my build is plain Gentoo.  i grabbed an armv7 hardfp stage3 and deployed it.

> Have you ever tried  sci-geosciences/opencpn ?

never heard of it, so no

> I'd be courious how readable the display is in bright sunlight?

it's a normal matte screen finish.  nothing special.  at least it's not a 
glossy screen as then you'd be totally screwed :).

> I'm going to purchase one this week. Best vendor for US customers?

http://www.google.com/chromebooks/ has links to all the vendors
-mike