From: "Ethan Gardener" <eekee57@fastmail.fm>
To: 9fans <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] GSoC 2021 project ideas
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 10:25:10 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2bcfe643-74fb-4ed9-9a30-c5ec77e32dc0@www.fastmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ac7e4f8a-addd-4110-922f-1217effd3958@sirjofri.de>
On Mon, Sep 20, 2021, at 12:05 PM, sirjofri wrote:
> 9front on pinephone is actually a project I'm interested in. I checked
> out some details:
>
> The pinephone boot loader can boot from ext4 partition, so it seems
> possible. We'd have to use some ext4 filesystem (eg the one made by
> sigrid) and add it to the boot filesystem.
>
> With a bit of luck (and proper arm compatibility) we can then get a
> 9front pinephone booting, maybe even with some screen. I expect many
> things to not work (networking, touchscreen, WAN and lots of other phone
> hardware stuff), but if we get the base system running and some
> networking we already have something usable.
It'll be interesting to see how it goes. :) The pinephone's docking bar supports wired ethernet which will likely ease development.
> The most complex task is designing a proper plan 9-worthy touchscreen
> interface and developing apps for that.
What do you think of p9p's support for multitouch as an alternative to chords? I recall it was well-received.
Ooh! Pine64 have announced they're developing a keyboard inspired by the Psion series 4. I was just thinking a keyboard would reduce the need for a clever interface.
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2021-01-29 19:23 [9fans] Plan 9 Applying to GSoC 2021 Anthony Sorace
2021-02-01 0:31 ` ~vidak
2021-02-01 9:35 ` sirjofri
2021-02-01 11:07 ` svaderaa
2021-02-01 11:26 ` Bakul Shah
2021-02-02 1:15 ` raingloom
2021-02-01 7:16 ` [9fans] GSoC 2021 project ideas (WAS: Re: Plan 9 Applying to GSoC 2021) cigar562hfsp952fans
2021-02-01 20:46 ` Steve Simon
2021-02-03 14:14 ` Ethan Gardener
2021-02-01 21:47 ` [9fans] GSoC 2021 project ideas sirjofri
2021-02-03 14:07 ` Ethan Gardener
2021-08-06 16:25 ` Jack Johnson
2021-08-19 21:06 ` unobe
2021-09-20 4:52 ` [9fans] " cigar562hfsp952fans
2021-09-20 5:08 ` Conor Williams
2021-09-20 5:11 ` vidak
2021-09-20 15:02 ` ori
2021-09-20 5:43 ` [9fans] " Dave Eckhardt
2021-09-20 7:51 ` Ethan Gardener
2021-09-20 8:23 ` hiro
2021-09-20 8:37 ` Conor Williams
2021-09-20 8:39 ` Conor Williams
2021-09-20 8:45 ` Conor Williams
2021-09-20 8:52 ` Conor Williams
2021-09-20 8:58 ` Conor Williams
2021-09-20 11:06 ` Conor Williams
2021-09-21 9:01 ` Ethan Gardener
2021-09-20 11:05 ` sirjofri
2021-09-20 11:08 ` Conor Williams
2021-09-20 14:01 ` sirjofri
2021-09-21 9:25 ` Ethan Gardener [this message]
2021-02-02 8:29 ` [9fans] GSoC 2021 project ideas (WAS: Re: Plan 9 Applying to GSoC 2021) tlaronde
2021-02-03 15:07 ` Ethan Gardener
2021-01-19 11:08 ` pouya+lists.9fans
2021-02-03 18:58 ` Ethan Gardener
2021-02-06 2:17 ` David Arroyo
2021-02-03 18:26 ` ori
2021-02-03 23:31 ` Skip Tavakkolian
2021-02-05 16:42 ` Ethan Gardener
2021-02-07 22:59 ` [9fans] Re: GSoC 2021 project ideas cigar562hfsp952fans
2021-02-09 0:26 ` Steve Simon
2021-02-09 1:59 ` [9fans] " Jeff Sickel
2021-02-09 0:34 ` [9fans] " Ethan Gardener
2021-02-02 5:30 ` [9fans] Plan 9 Applying to GSoC 2021 ori
2021-02-02 10:40 ` [9fans] Project idea (was: Plan 9 Applying to GSoC 2021) sirjofri
2021-02-02 16:07 ` [9fans] Re: Plan 9 Applying to GSoC 2021 Jeff Sickel
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