RISC-V, ARM, AI and general tech.

Banana P BPI-F3 RISC-V SBC received.

Testing several Linux distros on the Radxa Rock 5B.

Playing around with a Mekotronics R58 Rockchip RK3588!

Star Lite Mk III received.

Started playing around with a Raspberry Pi 4 and Pi 5.
Excited that Fedora is running on the Pi 4.

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 with Good Lock and MultiStar plugin.

Logo: Tux Crystal 2nd revision by Maxo.
Banner is a screenshot from Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tux_(mascot)


LivingLinux

Playing The Ur-Quan Masters (Star Control II) on RISC-V.
The Pistol Shrimp Games team is also working on a sequel: Free Stars: Children of Infinity.
pistolshrimpgames.com/uqm/

2 days ago | [YT] | 2

LivingLinux

GemRB is a portable open-source implementation of Bioware’s Infinity Engine. You can use it for games like Baldur's Gate.
I built it from source on my Radxa Rock 5B ARM Rockchip RK3588 SBC.
gemrb.org/

4 days ago | [YT] | 5

LivingLinux

Playing Fallout on Android.
You can install the apk through sideloading, but you need the game files from a legal copy.
github.com/alexbatalov/fallout1-ce

1 week ago | [YT] | 3

LivingLinux

I want to thank the felix86 team again for buying Fallout for me.
youtube.com/@Test-iz5ox/videos
I tested it with Fallout Community Edition, and it works better with felix86, than building it from source on my Muse Pi Pro RISC-V SBC.
github.com/alexbatalov/fallout1-ce

1 week ago | [YT] | 4

LivingLinux

Disclosure: SpacemiT has reviewed the video and promised me a free SpacemiT K3 board.

I have remote access to a SpacemiT K3 board. I tested Whisper.cpp, and the K3, running on 8 X100 general purpose RISC-V cores, is three times faster than the K1.
github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp

1 week ago | [YT] | 4

LivingLinux

It's now possible to get OpenGL ES3 working on the iGPU of the Orange Pi RV2 RISC-V SBC with Armbian. It's experimental, and I had some issues to install the dependencies for Yamagi Quake 2. I build it on the Muse Pi Pro and copied it. Performance is now as expected.
forum.armbian.com/topic/56846-orange-pi-rv2/#findC…

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 3

LivingLinux

Testing the Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind on Android. You can install an apk with sideloading, or try with GameNative or similar emulators.
gitlab.com/cavebros/openmw-android-docker/-/releas…

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 4

LivingLinux

Testing The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind with OpenMW on an ARM Rockchip RK3588 SBC. I needed to use Zink (OpenGL on Vulkan). I installed OpenMW from the daily build PPA.
launchpad.net/~openmw/+archive/ubuntu/openmw-daily

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 6

LivingLinux

Want to use a wired headphone on a USB-C port and still be able to charge your device? There are adapters that have connectors for a 3.5mm headphone jack and an additional USB-C connector.
Get one with a DAC for the best audio quality.

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 2

LivingLinux

You can start testing Armbian on the Orange Pi RV2 RISC-V SBC. They are still working on the GPU driver.
forum.armbian.com/topic/56846-orange-pi-rv2/page/4…

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 3