Lup Yuen Lee 李立源 @lupyuen@qoto.org

@blacklight @lupyuen
Hey, if this decade old software is working, I'm happy :)
It's still being maintained by a very dedicated community, and it runs really well on the PinePhone.

@worldsendless @lupyuen I don't use CI/CD personally but skimming the docs seems to indicate that it currently doesn't

There appears to be external way of doing it
https://itnext.io/explore-gitea-drone-ci-cd-on-k3s-4a9e99f8b938

@lupyuen Yes universe I get hint, maybe I should seriously look into https://gitea.io/en-us/

Especially since they are working on federation if I recall correctly

@niclas @blacklight @thisisthebreath @carbonatedcaffeine @lupyuen that's using Mediatek 800 as stated on the page. I'm not sure what the current status for mainlining the SoC is (let alone the device) but my educated guess is - not even close.
I don't have anything against Planet Computers but be prepared to be stuck with what they release. Usually distro builds with their BSP kernel.

It's not bad per-se and I'm sure the k-b is awesome. There are limitations to be aware of tho

@lupyuen This is interesting because it is a down to earth statement that they really tried and realized that the user base for legal transactions is small. Additionally the amount of problems they encountered for so few transactions is mindblowing.
So still no use case for crypto.

@blacklight

Love to have a keyboard again...and eyeing this one; https://store.planetcom.co.uk/products/astro-slide (a tad pricey)

Had a chance to "feel it" at Embedded World a few weeks ago, and feels very solid.

Apparently running Ubuntu (boss in booth said that) or Android...so should be possible to get a proper FOSS working.

@thisisthebreath @carbonatedcaffeine @lupyuen

@thisisthebreath @carbonatedcaffeine @lupyuen I used to have an N800 too, and even an ancient N770, but those two devices already failed badly a couple of years ago because of inexplicable hardware issues. So far the N900 has really stood the test of time though.

@thisisthebreath @carbonatedcaffeine @lupyuen my #N900 with #PostmarketOS is still doing a decent job as a pocket-sized SSH client - especially useful to control media on my Raspberry Pis when I'm around the house, or for small system administration tasks.

Besides that, and occasionally showing it off to some geek friends (or maybe use it as a small in-house server), I struggled to find many practical uses - I may have really stretched its lifetime more than the NASA team did with the Voyager probes.

Another problem I have is with PostmarketOS. It's built around Busybox and OpenRC instead of the GNU environment + systemd. It means that most of my existing configuration files, services etc. won't work without modifications. This is something I hoped Ubuntu Touch could fix, but Ubuntu Touch eventually preferred to follow the path of the locked+containerized school that made the tinkering experience worse. Since I loved Maemo a decade ago, I could give Leste a try, but I also have my concerns about a project still based on Debian oldstable that is likely to ship software that is at least a couple of years old...