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Distros – R.I.P. Mandriva..

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Sad to hear that Mandriva has finally shut up shop…   I remember some years ago (1998?) trying one of the original Mandrake distros – which was derived at that time from Red Hat..     Mandrake (France) later merged with Conectiva (Brazil) to become Mandriva..     As they were still using the RPM format for packaging, I was able to … Continue reading →

Pi Preparation.. An appropriate kernel cross-compiler toolchain

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The Fedora armv5tel / x86_64 cross-compiler toolchain is a bit ancient (GCC 4.1.2!), and the Pi is armv6..  So.. I needed a more up-to-date and architecture-friendly substitute.. After some abortive attempts (some of the other armv7 cross-compilers were just as old!)   I found a set of armv7 / x86_64 cross-compiler rpms – including gcc version 4.6.1 – … Continue reading →