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The beginning of the end?
Karel:
--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on July 17, 2023, 10:11:27 pm ---Don't complain too much, the RPi could be mainly financed by MS and the RPi boards would come preinstalled with Windows and no right to distribute them with any other OS.
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And with UEFI, TPM 2.0 and secure boot always enabled...
Smokey:
--- Quote from: Karel on July 18, 2023, 06:13:13 am ---
--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on July 17, 2023, 10:11:27 pm ---Don't complain too much, the RPi could be mainly financed by MS and the RPi boards would come preinstalled with Windows and no right to distribute them with any other OS.
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And with UEFI, TPM 2.0 and secure boot always enabled...
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You guys are joking, but there are a lot of things locked down with the RPi being a broadcom based thing and all the issues with getting full datasheets and drivers for all the subsystems like video.
Siwastaja:
--- Quote from: Smokey on July 18, 2023, 09:09:31 pm ---You guys are joking, but there are a lot of things locked down with the RPi being a broadcom based thing and all the issues with getting full datasheets and drivers for all the subsystems like video.
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Yes and actual fucking DRM as used in the camera module for example, to slow people down from interfacing their own camera designs, or doing anything custom really. Raspberry Pi Foundation is pretty much a perfect example of anti-openness.
Karel:
Finally!
https://uk.farnell.com/raspberry-pi/rpi4-modbp-4gb/raspberry-pi-4-model-b-4gb/dp/3051887
SiliconWizard:
--- Quote from: Karel on October 18, 2023, 12:02:10 pm ---Finally!
https://uk.farnell.com/raspberry-pi/rpi4-modbp-4gb/raspberry-pi-4-model-b-4gb/dp/3051887
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Just when the Pi5 is announced. Who would have thought.
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