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From: Frank Tarczynski <frank.tarczynski@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo RPi boot to ram or read-only FS?
Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 17:29:29
Message-Id: CACnOH0WsScofo+tkhx7mztFa6nY3Ou9VsJG_GNnZGFvbVYfvHQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo RPi boot to ram or read-only FS? by Michael Jones
1 That's the Gentoo version that I'm using. But I'm looking for a way to make
2 it bullet-proof to having the plug pulled.
3
4 Frank
5
6 On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 1:19 PM Michael Jones <gentoo@×××××××.com> wrote:
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10 > On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 12:16 PM Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@×××××.com>
11 > wrote:
12 >
13 >> On 2020-05-26, Frank Tarczynski <frank.tarczynski@×××××.com> wrote:
14 >>
15 >> > I'm building a video conference appliance using a Raspberry Pi 4 for
16 >> > my parents.
17 >>
18 >> Sorry, no advice running Gentoo on RPi. I run OSMC/Kodi on an older
19 >> RPi, and it works fine, but I don't think there are any video
20 >> conference apps for Kodi.
21 >>
22 >> But...
23 >>
24 >> For skype and zoom, I'd probably just buy them a 10" Kindle Fire.
25 >>
26 >> There are Zoom and Skype apps available for it. Main drawback:
27 >> smallish screen and limited to 4 video windows at a time in
28 >> zoom. However, it's portable: you can flip to the back camera and walk
29 >> around the house/yard to show something to people. It's also nice in
30 >> that you can just tap on a Zoom invite url in the email app, and it
31 >> "just works".
32 >>
33 >> I haven't trie Skype on Fire.
34 >>
35 >> You can add hangounts/duo, but you've got to futz around sideloading
36 >> the Google App store first.
37 >>
38 >> --
39 >> Grant
40 >
41 >
42 >
43 > FYI, this project exists: https://github.com/sakaki-/gentoo-on-rpi-64bit
44 >

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