On 10/25/18 7:27 PM, Johnny Hughes wrote: > On 10/25/2018 05:57 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: >> >> On 10/25/18 6:30 PM, Johnny Hughes wrote: >>> One thing to keep in mind is our armhfp distro is designed for the hobby >>> type boards .. BUT our aarch64 distro is designed to run on large 64bit >>> UEFI arm servers, but hobby boards that don't follow the UEFI standard >>> and have limited RAM (that board as 3GB), etc. >> In the for-what-it-is-worth column,,,, >> >> I am beginning to see that at least the odroid HC1 is targeted beyond >> the hobby board. >> >> And Itron has a board that they market to partners for smartgrid >> applications. >> >> https://www.itron.com/na/partners/developer/products/boards >> >> But I dropped working with my colleagues at Itron over a year ago. >> >> > > Let me be more clear .. I am not using the word hobby to mean anything > negative. I could have also used embedded or non server or any number > of terms. > > Those boards have lots of uses (in cars for driving their video screens > and bluetooth interfaces, embedded in several industrial systems, use on > ships and planes to do things on the electronics systems, etc. They can > be very important. > > But that is just not really the focus of what aarch64 from CentOS is .. > it is for big iron servers with many gigs if RAM and many cores and > UEFI, etc. Johnny, I have been a long time Centos user. Like since its predecessor (whitehat? whitebox? So long ago) folded. When I was RIFed from Verizon the end of '14, I took a serious look at what I could assemble, sell, support, and live off from. But I really could not monetize (term I had to live with while with Verizon) nor effectively build a box to support. So I got some consulting contracts to keep me solvent and plugged along. Now I am approaching 'retirement age' (70 in 2 years), I am seeing the potential here to build, sell, and support something that will supplement my Soc income. I allocate 1/4 my time to it and am looking forward to having something I can live from. I am really appreciative of all the work you and others do to build the pieces that I hope to make into something marketable. With a sticker: "Centos inside"! Or maybe it will just be a retirement 'hobby'. Time will tell.