(06-25-2016, 11:08 AM)diofantos Wrote: And back the to fasle advertising .. Right now, these claims are false, cause without proper Mali drivers, its just rubbish..
Let's see. You already get a somewhat low end, but usable Linux desktop system for running office applications and Internet browsing, because this does not need Mali. You also get hardware accelerated video playback in Linux, because it does not need Mali. You get a headless server use case covered too, because it does not need Mali drivers again. You can experiment with the GPIO expansion headers, because Mali drivers are completely unrelated.
But unlike what you have in Android, you don't get 3D accelerated games working at full speed in the Linux X11 desktop yet, because Mali drivers are still not ready (this is being addressed). Also you will not have a good experience with the Kodi application in Linux, because it relies on 3D drivers for rendering a fluffy user interface. You will not get extravagant eye candy effects (such as wobbly windows) in the compositing window manger either. But there are very few other use cases, which really need 3D acceleration in Linux. There are not too many games developed for GNU/Linux anyway.
If you are really into gaming, then it is probably best to use Android, and hope that the games don't rely on the touchscreen too much.
Quote:Im into all kinds of hobby projects, 3d printing, cnc milling, laser cutter is next , then i have few other Arduino projects that im working on and stuff like that, and I look at these boards (both sbcs and microcontrollers) as parts in bigger projects.. I what to spend my time working on the whole project, not fucking about getting the parts to work properly, i expect the to work when i buy them so i dont have to spend the extra time, and thats why I feel like this is false adverising, cause on their page they are basicly just talking shit cause it cant deliver
How many of these hobby projects actually need the Mali driver? It does not look like even a single one of them really depends on it, but feel free to correct me.