RISC-V Week: 7 days only using RISC-V computers

[@ExplainingComputers]

Hi all, a couple of things. Firstly, I was clearly wrong about GIMP Lava test being multi-threaded. My bad. Secondly, it is now possible (just over a day after this video posted) to run the Kdenlive video editing on the Lichee Pi 4A. Yes, we can now video edit on RISC-V hardware! I knew it would happen -- but not that fast. If you've interested, I've done a quick post over in the Community Tab for this channel, and will demosntrate in a video fairly soon.

[@BruceHoult]

And a simple matter of installing a library. The question here was why the library wasn't in the Kdenlive package dependencies to be installed automatically..

[@mercster]

@@BruceHoult Probably because no other nutters are running kdenlive on a Risc-V ;-) But that's the Linux way... things get fixed when someone finds a fault.

[@jediknight2350]

hi im interested in risc-v for monero mining any chance you could try and mine some monero loves to know the hashrate these could be good for stacking and mining the coin thanks.

[@mercster]

@@jediknight2350 shuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuup

[@JohnnyWednesday]

Look foward to it - love your videos :)

[@FrancescoSilvai]

RISC-V represents the future of computing-an open, flexible, and innovative architecture that empowers developers worldwide. The freedom to design, adapt, and improve is what drives progress, and in the end, freedom always prevails! ⭐

[@JeffGeerling]

The real challenge is going flip-phone only, how will we stay in tune with the latest Twitter X dramas every half hour?

[@ExplainingComputers]

Greetings Jeff. And here's a thing -- that is my actual phone. :) I swapped my smartphone for a flip-phone (and a MiFi unit that I use with a tablet or laptop when I travel) in 2016. Some days I go 8+ hours without being online!

[@JeffGeerling]

That's amazing! We can all use a bit more time separated from the Internet, it takes effort these days! Also I think Arm having 32/64 bit for a while was helpful in getting many open source projects to convert from x86 + a separate arm build to "x86, x64, arm7, arm64" style builds, which makes adding on "riscv" to that list that much easier. Especially for things like Docker images (which is my major interest!)

[@sbrazenor2]

I check Twitter/X weekly, sometimes less. I was actually banned from it for over a year. You learn to stop caring faster than you might expect.

[@igordasunddas3377]

What's Twitter/X 😂. Yeah, I am joking, but I visit Twitter perhaps once a month or so. Don't care for it.

[@Praxibetel-Ix]

I deleted my account earlier this year and never looked back. 😎 I do keep up with some X/Twitter/bird app drama whenever it hits the news.

[@DodgyBrothersEngineering]

Any hardware platform that gives us options beyond the monopolies is a winner with me. Looking forward to a RISC-V future.

[@timseguine2]

Pluralizing monopoly is a bit like pluralizing "lone wolf"

[@DodgyBrothersEngineering]

@@timseguine2 very true, beyond the duopoly.

[@RoboNuggie]

I'm having to use a Raspberry Pi 400 on a semi-permanent basis until all my computers etc are taken out of storage, and it's a capable machine.... I can see RISC-V machines along the same vein as the Pi 400 in scope and design also being capable as you say in about 18 months time. We are living in a new mini-golden age of low power-consuming machines, and it's great -) Cheers Chris, thanks for your videos and your dedication.

[@ExplainingComputers]

Thanks for your support. :) The Pi 400 is indeed a capable machine.

[@lucasrem]

what need, ATM machines you run, embattled systems ? Why you see you need RISC now ?

[@rmcdudmk212]

Forcing yourself to use Risc V computers for a week is a great way to show how far the tech has come and where it still needs some work. Great video. 👍

[@BruceHoult]

Bear in mind that until these two boards existed there was no reason to even bother to port this kind of desktop software to RSIC-V - there was simply nothing capable of running it that was in enough people's hands to be worth the effort. The VisionFive 2 has now been out for just over six months (I received mine in the first week of February, as did most other people who preordered in August 2022), and the non-beta version of the Lichee Pi 4A came out in July (I ordered mine on July 7 when orders opened and had it on July 22). These boards are roughly in Pi 4 class, plus or minus. There will be boards coming next year in Rock 5 / Orange Pi 5 class, which is a big step up. For those with a lot more money to spend, there are also boards available for preorder right now, shipping soon, which have the same C910 CPU cores as the Lichee Pi 4A, but sixty four of them in the chip instead of four. And 128 GB RAM in 4 DIMMs on 4 memory controllers, 32 lanes of PCIe, things like that.

[@hiredgun7186]

its great some things "work" but far from efficient or expedient yet , this is at a level of 286 or 386 ( in comparative relative viewing) great that it sorta works , but needs a LOT of refining to make it truly productive or efficient yet. Kudos to all the work that has gone into this research and encouragement to future research

[@BruceHoult]

@@hiredgun7186 no, they are around late Pentium 3 to Pentium M / Centrino, but with far better GPU than was ever on a machine like that. And of course massively smaller, cheaper, and lower energy use. They are something like 500 to 1000 times faster than a 286 or early 386. Per core, and they have four of them. There was also no GPU on 286 or 386 computers, every pixel was drawn by the CPU. These boards could run your 386 software in QEMU or others at least 10 times faster than any 386 that was ever made.

[@NoX-512]

@@hiredgun7186286 and 386? That’s going way too far back. Those processors were 32-bit, single core and not anywhere near 1.5 GHz. What’s holding back SBC’s the most are the GPU’s and low power budgets.

[@web3wizard381]

tbh most desktop facing apps are architecture independent@@BruceHoult

[@syrus3k]

The fact the desktop environment works at all shows that things are going well. The gnome desktop is built on top of hundreds of packages

[@KiraSlith]

Not just that, it has all the basic life tools. Other than the obvious "getting used to linux" difficulties, it's already doing basic daily tasks normal people need a computer for and a few more advanced jobs, the first board (the LP4A) I daresay is already grandma-ready after installation. Would be nice if these chips were generally faster though, but that's just a problem for the 1st generation of any SBC type.

[@markdonnelly1913]

It would certainly be interesting to revisit this test in 12 -18 months from now, and do a direct comparison.

[@cavemaneca]

​@@wotzinator6282 I'd imagine that in 12-18 months there's a good chance of seeing both.

[@marcomoreno6748]

​@@wotzinator6282Why not both?

[@terrydaktyllus1320]

@@wotzinator6282 I think that for me, I'd want to see better software optimisation, particularly around the graphics drivers - because ultimately its the ability to handle multimedia and some games well that allows it to metamorphose from a development board to a consumer one (not that I am unhappy messing around with dev boards). To be fair, Linux on ARM has had a huge amount of investment and drive from Google because Android is ultimately a "Linux variant" whereas Linux on RISC V has not had that head start.

[@NoX-512]

@@terrydaktyllus1320Google is working on Android for RISC-V. Should be ready in 2024.

[@LivingLinux]

That's not even a challenge, assuming the MILK-V Pioneer will be released at the end of this year. A 64 core RISC-V system that uses an AMD GFX-card.

[@jaffarbh]

I think it's important to keep in mind that any hardware "accelerated" graphics is unrelated to the ISA (RISC-V in this case) but rather whatever GPU the manufacturer of the board has decided to incorporate, and of course the display driver. Nevertheless, mature ISAs today took many years to improve. RISC-V is certainly maturing at a much faster rate :)

[@lucasrem]

Why you need IBM System bus on RISC V, what you run on them ??? most RICS C systems are embattled only, no I/O needed ! uu make a gaming machine on it ? why that ????

[@daveamies5031]

Much more worked than I expected, seems to be about where the ARM SBC's were only a few years ago, and it seems that RISCV is progressing faster, very impressive 👍

[@hermanwooster8944]

Many governments around the world have an incentive to accelerate development, but this is truly astounding and nice to see. Hoping this will produce new software paradigms and OS's to go with it!.

[@shivanSpS]

Considering it is faster than a RPI4 it is already faster than most of the ARM SBC out there, the only exception being the RK3588 ones, thats really impressive considering RISC-V is just starting.

[@DigitalJedi]

@@shivanSpSIt's super impressive. I could see the right combination of CPU, GPU, RAM, and software support rivaling the Celeron / Intel N-series boards we have seen in not a whole lot of time.

[@ExplainingComputers]

@@shivanSpS And this is before we have final, well-optimized software. :)

[@BruceHoult]

​@@shivanSpS expect RK3588-class RISC-V boards mid 2024. They might not meet RK3588S prices, but full-on RK3588 boards aren't cheap and seem a realistic target.

[@Clark-Mills]

Thanks, great work as usual! :)

[@ExplainingComputers]

Thanks for your support.

[@jinty83]

Outstanding video Chris. Getting through your week at a slower pace isn't always a bad thing. My internet is quite slow as I live in the countryside but it definitely makes you more patient. I'm amazed at how well the hardware/software worked for most of your tasks, even if a few things didn't. Early days and exciting times ahead for RISC-V 😁

[@michaelschneider603]

An important video, and an eye opener. I've been informing myself about what's going on about RISC-V for a number of years now, but only very occasionally. I was able to see some progress here and there but would have been entirely unable to tell how RISC-V currently compares to the established competition - and would have tended to believe that it's very far behind. I certainly wouldn't have expected what I saw in this video and I have to say that I am very positively surprised!

[@srtcsb]

Always good to know what's on the bleeding edge of tech. Hopefully there's someone(s?) out there already working to improve the multimedia capabilities of RISC-V systems. Thanks for another great video Chris.

[@feliksszyszka]

Great video as always, chris! Its really fascinating to see how open source ISA processors are getting more and more capable.

[@lucasrem]

capable ? Why you need it ? What systems u use ?

[@Antti_Nannimus]

Very nicely done, Dr. Barnatt. In a previous century you would probably have been our bravest and most reliable wilderness scout, leading us through the unknown dangers and hostile forces toward safety in our wonderful new homes. I find it highly admirable, sir, that (mixing my metaphors) for our sake, and to maintain your leadership credibility, you are willing to eat your own dogfood for an entire week. As you so honestly advised us, it is clearly too early for embarking on the RISC-V journey for most of us pilgrims, but the future looks very bright now and we will soon be able to uncircle our wagons and proceed to our destiny. Thank you, sir!

[@davey820051]

Thanks for your commitment. Somehow your experience got me reminiscing about the pace of work using my Compaq Deskpro 386 three short decades ago (which, in all fairness, sped up considerably after my dear wife purchased a math co-processor for me).

[@rigorobles3991]

Dear Chris, I am writing to express my sincere gratitude for your amazing video on using RISC-V for a week. I have learned so much from your informative and entertaining content, and I always look forward to your new uploads. Your video has inspired me to try out RISC-V for myself and to see how it compares to other architectures. You have also helped me to understand the benefits and challenges of using RISC-V, such as its openness, modularity, efficiency, compatibility, and versatility. You are a great teacher and a role model for me and many others who share your enthusiasm for technology. I appreciate your dedication, creativity, and generosity in sharing your experience and insights with us. Thank you for making technology fun and accessible for everyone. You are the best! Sincerely, Rigo Robles

[@ExplainingComputers]

Thanks for your kind feedback, appreciated. :)

[@abucketofelves]

Which LLM was used to generate this comment do you think? The style suggests either Bing chat or chatgpt. If I had to guess I'd say Bing based on the way it groups adjectives in sets.

[@GertBoers]

I'm somewhat amazed that the Gnome desktop is used. Don't get me wrong, it's my favorite desktop. But, it's not known for being the best in using system resources. XFCE (used on the first board) is way more efficient. But nowadays, KDE Plasma is also very efficient on system resources, which would make it a better option than Gnome, IMHO. But cool to see that RISC-V, although in development, is already usable. Very nice!

[@ExplainingComputers]

It is certainly an interesting choice given the resources it uses.

[@WalterW]

Christopher is living the computer life I want. 10/10 video!

[@poepflater]

I was expecting him to rock an old amber monitor from 1988

[@richjamjam]

Great video. Loving RISC-V. We need to see the bloopers/behind the scenes frustrations!

[@lamamainstr]

They would probably in bash ;-)

[@MohsinExperiments]

I am very excited about this open source processor since I watched the Linus video about it. And now they are in people's hands.

[@jpwillm5252]

Thank you for these different tests with hardware under RISC-V. This is very promising !

[@sbc_soc_tinkerer]

Blessed Sunday greetings all! Thank you for this fine video sir! It looks like RISC-V has come a long way with much more to go but nice progress. An open alternative would be most welcome in today's closed off world. I do hope to get some time soon to start tinkering with these fine boards. Looking forward to the availability of that LP4A cluster board to run alongside my Pi3B cluster and my soon to be up and running Pi4 cluster. But now that's it for another comment and I hope to talk to you all again, very soon! (Sorry for the plagiarism. It just works so well.)

[@ExplainingComputers]

I can imagine you running the cluster board! :) That could be a lot of parallel RISC-V processing.

[@jonathanleach3914]

Really well done. I can really imagine the hours behind the scenes getting things to work. Clearly not ready for mainstream use, but likely in a few years it will be. Thank you.

[@kriskelvin64]

Great update on the implementation of RISC-5 . Future looks interesting for this technology.

[@RGVZGM]

Thank you for investigating this new exciting architecture!

[@wanyman]

Great video! I don’t know much about RISC V so I’ve appreciated your coverage.

[@Goman1244]

Thank you so much for your excellent presentations on the current status of SBCs and other related areas.. It helps me keep up to date as I watch each week.

[@ExplainingComputers]

Thanks for watchin. :)

[@ratikanta_rath]

Thank you for supporting open source and taking painstaking efforts by using these hardware primarily.

[@BarnokRetro]

Thank you for another interesting video. It will be fun to follow this over the next 2 to 3 years and see how it all progresses.

[@briccimn]

Really exciting perspectives for the future! Thanks Christopher, it is very interesting as you made us used to expect from you! 👍👍👍

[@lavafree]

Very interesting…and important! to have open source architecture with good performance. Thanks for the review

[@peterd3125]

Thanks

[@ExplainingComputers]

Thanks for your support. :)

[@jeraldgooch6438]

Chris, thanks for yet another excellent video. Since I am here, I will say that during this last week I was (yet again) looking through your videos to help figure something out. I was ( yet again) reminded of the breadth and depth of the topics covered. Well done and please keep it up! Cheers!

[@Ghennesph]

Anyone remember when a 733mhz pentium 3 could load rich text documents faster than this? It wasn't a faster cpu, but it sure ran faster software. I miss high performance/low overhead software.

[@SuperDavidEF]

Developers have gotten lazy and/or greedy for resources.

[@ashleymiller7439]

I remember that, I also remember 3 minute boot up times and OS crashes on the regular.

[@ernestoditerribile]

He should’ve done it on a IBM Mainframe or server with an IBM Power Processor running AIX. RISC Processors from IBM are really powerful. Why would you use such a low powered device as shown in the video.

[@lucasrem]

@@ernestoditerribile Why is he using it, what is the need? Always weird content here !

[@BruceHoult]

@@ernestoditerribile because the Lichee Pi 4A (and BeagleBoard Ahead with the same SoC) is the fastest RISC-V computer on sale as at August 2023. It's likely to hold that title no more than two to three months, but it will probably remain the fastest RISC-V under $200 for 6-12 months until the VisionFive 3 (presumably) with JH8100 SoC comes out. The IBMs (and Talos) are not only a completely different ISA with completely different software, but also at least 20 times more expensive.

[@volvo09]

I really enjoyed this episode, for you to be able to run on this hardware for a week without crippling issues shows just how much the architecture has evolved.

[@alanthornton3530]

Thanks Chris for an interesting video on Risc V, it's admirable how you managed to use both boards for a whole week! It'll be interesting to see how this matures over the next 12 to 18 months, hopefully a credible desktop replacement will appear. Another happy Sunday :)

[@ExplainingComputers]

Greetings Alan!

[@BrekNe-bz2fu]

Thank you for updating us on RISC-V state.

[@PS_Tube]

Greetings. It's a great experiment with RISC - V. The outlook seems promising for the open architecture.

[@owethumsomi7260]

I appreciate this video and it demonstrating that RISC-V is far more advanced then what people thought and that open source can also be applied to the hardware space Computing is a combination of hardware and software so this is a good thing overall

[@N0WYO1]

I remember seeing your first video on RISC V boards and it's amazing how far they've come. It still has a long way to go, but This is really interesting. Great analysis and another great video, Chris.

[@avejst]

impressive week to overcome. Thanks for sharing your experience with all of ud 👍😀

[@jauntyfox]

Great video! Thank you for the great content

[@anthonymccarthy4164]

I love it when you do these, I learned so much from the earlier ones on Raspberry Pie computers.

[@johncundiff7075]

what a week! GO FOR IT Mr. Barnatt!!

[@rogerkoh1979]

Look promising. It has improved over the months. Hopefully as time goes by, things would work well.

[@ltlk937]

Nice to see this becoming more and more supported.

[@andymouse]

It's good to see RISCV gaining traction faster and faster, you suffered so we don't have to ! And it played Startrek TOS your family album !!! lol !....cheers.

[@dang48]

Definitely a lot of work put into this. Thank you and very well done.

[@voneschenbachmusic]

Risc V is getting to be a viable solution for general computing - looking forward to more mature hardware and OS options!

[@lucasrem]

voneschenbachmusic Germans need it ? General Computing ? This is not that, only Germans need it for general computing, Merkel boycott crap solutions you need ?

[@MrPufins]

you know i figured out why i stil love your videos. its very 90's / early 2000's style but done in high def and modern.

[@crom29a]

Very enjoyable video. I look forward to the future of RISC-V computers.

[@andy.3407]

So close to being totally functional…. Well done for lasting the week in risc-land.. great adventure

[@HungarianDerrickRose]

And yet so far. This reminds me the old joke about the year of the Linux desktop. Don't get me wrong, I use Linux daily but just can't see these boards (given the price and everything) replacing full fledged desktop PCs anytime soon.

[@Razor_Burn]

Thanks for sharing Chris as it's been exciting seeing the new RISC-V SBCs progressing along nicely. The future is bright so please keep us updated with future videos as software continues to improve for these board's 🎉

[@glucosefructose]

Thanks for showing us the good and the bad.

[@SiliconPrairie]

I'm most intrigued by the "race to the bottom" that's going to come. I want to see SBCs not just in the "you can play real media on this" space, but also the "look what I can do with a single button cell battery" space as well. Emulation/FPGA hybridization intrigues me as well. It would be fascinating to see what hackers might be able to come up with in the future with RV being as open and accessible as it is. To think that the first ~30 years of video gaming could be relived on potentially a single highly optimized SBC with fair pricing is exciting. The MISTer has been a game changer, and imagining a community-driven design that doesn't rely on a hard-to-get board with tons of bloat like the DE-10 makes the future of emulation very bright.

[@fn0rd-f5o]

Wonderful, informative video as always. Thanks

[@c3048073]

Great video as always 😀

[@WaltBankes]

Chris thank you so much for pursuing the morphing of single board computers into desktop computers. I will be looking forward to your next step in this process. Keep up the good work.

[@kiri101]

Nice little exploration, thanks for that

[@timstevens3361]

watched your video on power supply (psu) excellent job !!! could not have been done better.

[@ExplainingComputers]

Thanks. :)

[@seguramlk]

Go Linux, Go Go 🐧 Your SBC videos are addictive, Chris. Keep'em coming

[@horseradishpower9947]

This was a big insight. This technology has really advanced. Thanks for this experiment.

[@edwarddolezal559]

Im looking forward to seeing the day when we get risk v based routers and wifi access points, as well as thin clients. I wouldn't mind building a nas with a risk v board when they are more widely available. But seeing how far they have come gives me hope for the future.

[@boydpukalo8980]

It is pretty impressive how RISC-V has progressed. I was looking to the Horse Trail P550 board, but its looking to be vaporware. SBC's are nice, but I want a proper board with PCI-E, discrete GPU, and hopefully someday soon the death of device tree.

[@leskaighin8903]

A work in progress, but what progress. Many thanks.

[@LeeZhiWei8219]

I totally remembered the last installment! The raspberry pi one! Very cool to see another installment of this. EDIT:I mean the original pi week video from 7 yrs back. I haven't watched the 2nd newest installment yet 😢

[@ExplainingComputers]

I cannot believe that video was 7 years ago. How time flies!

[@floydlooney6837]

That was more interesting than I expected. I do think they will improve a lot in the next couple of years.

[@kurtweber162]

As always, highly interesting and educational. This looks like a great time o learn new things. Keep up your great work. Evin boneheads like myself find this of great interest.

[@ChrispyNut]

Good to see the software development coming along. For shirts and giggles, tried the lava render on 4790K. Initially using conservative scheduler (my default), sub 5 seconds, then spotted the scheduler as I looked for core usage, ran again with performance and ... sub 4 seconds. However, I'm mostly looking forward to getting one for HTPC usage because of the dramatically reduced power consumption and therefore heat/noise.

[@Krithalith]

At 21:15 htop clearly shows the process is single-threaded, since it uses about "100%" CPU. If it used 4 threads it would be closer to 400%. Looking at the core utilization in the top left you can also see that in total the CPU is running at maybe 40%, again very consistent with an intense single thread process plus some background tasks.

[@ExplainingComputers]

My bad.

[@Krithalith]

@@ExplainingComputers No big deal, love your content!

[@anothergoogleuser]

Very exciting! Thank you for sharing,

[@natanielfuentes6914]

Wow, that was brave, I don't think I could do it for a week without x86-64.

[@illustriouschin]

Only using RISC V sounds like a great way to appreciate time away from the computer!

[@ExplainingComputers]

This is very true. A week not using a mobile computing device was very relaxing.

[@terrydaktyllus1320]

Sorry, am I missing something here? Isn't a RISC V SBC still a computer?

[@Jossandoval]

​@@terrydaktyllus1320yes, just like a diet soda is still a soda.

[@terrydaktyllus1320]

@@Jossandoval If you say so, though I was talking about computers, not fizzy drinks.

[@hermanwooster8944]

@@terrydaktyllus1320 They mean less computing.

[@aeaeaeaeoaeaeaeaeae]

As soon as some more software gains support, im definitely switching to risc-v on my laptop. Ive gutted an old thinkpad w520, and i was gonna put a pi 4 in there but i just dont wanna do that yet when i can feel a risc-v system being so close to possible! Absolutely excellent video, i hope to see more progress on risc-v in the future and i greatly appreciate the attention your channel brings to the architecture!

[@Matt_The_Hugenot]

It's certainly getting there. Better passive cooling on the faster boards is important, I haven't used active cooling on a desktop PC in years and my hearing appreciates it.

[@andic6676]

Really great video Chris! I use Debian Stable as a daily driver, finding it reliable but the type of OS that doesn't like being messed with at times. I am amazed that they've managed to get Debian to do what they have across so many applications, but the problems with multimedia once updates and other packages were installed was sadly predictable. If they can get Snaps or Flatpaks working (it may already work!) then this may help.

[@ScottPlude]

I know it's an older video but I found it really enjoyable. I always assumed yubikeys would just work but I learned something new today! Thanks!

[@nicolaswolf6045]

Thankyou for all the great content!

[@perrymcclusky4695]

One could claim that you were taking risk, spending a week using only RISC-V SBCs. It’s fascinating just how far RISC-V has progressed. Looking forward to your next video!

[@ExplainingComputers]

Greetings!

[@perrymcclusky4695]

@@ExplainingComputers It is always great to be greeted by you. I have enjoyed each one of your "week with an SBC" videos. I enjoyed this one also. I do hope you get around to making the follow up video of "a week with RISC-V", when some of the software issues are resolved.

[@kamertonaudiophileplayer847]

It's a very useful video. It saved me time and money to do not buy risc-v board yet. I will keep eye on videos like that and perhaps in year or two I can rethink risc-v purchase.

[@quarteratom]

You can edit videos with ffmpeg: ffmpeg -i input -map 0 -c copy -ss 00:01:00 -to 00:02:00 output.mkv See? Easy.

[@ExplainingComputers]

Thanks -- editing to some degree! :) Single track.

[@tubegor]

Hello Chris! As always very informative and interesting. Such 7 days with new hardware can also be dangerous, because a harmless attempt turns into something serious. My test with RPI 4 started in 2019 and is still running without interruption. That's over 4 years and I see absolutely no reason to end it. Wait a minute! RPI 5 should come next year.🤔

[@ExplainingComputers]

Cool.

[@lucasrem]

nobody is willing to update the systems, only for some newly released chips. if it runs, it's good enough ! What system u use that it needs to be updates for RPI 4 ?

[@peterbeer8657]

Definitely interesting to learn about this! Seems it's on it's way to becoming something good.

[@gloiloidn5752]

I was eagerly waiting for this vid and you did not disappoint 😊

[@ExplainingComputers]

Thanks. :)

[@davidunwin7868]

Wow what a challenge having to plan ahead and disrupt your normal computing. Well done.

[@parrotraiser6541]

An heroic episode of dog-food -eating to test environments. The software's well advanced for development boards. The 2FA failure is probably because the key uses a compiled (for speed) module to do some calculations. That is obviously CPU specific, and the developers probably lack a few tuits they need to recompile for Risc-V. The performance of audio relative to the browsers is interesting. The Chrome sound was likely a phasing problem, with two channels of audio and a video to synchronise, the results likely represent different orders of processing between Firefox and Chrome, possibly Chrome not taking advantage of multiple CPUs?

[@christlschmid7904]

Great show. Very informative.

[@joeg3950]

great video! I’m intrigued. I want to see where RISC V develops. Thanks!

[@zacmitchell_1984]

I agree, it will be indeed interesting to see risc v in a years time!

[@DodgyBrothersEngineering]

I edit all my videos now with Kdenlive, and I still have it close on me quite frequently. I am using a Intel based laptop with Linux Mint. The good thing is that it has a recovery mode that works very well. Composite and Transform seems to be the biggest cause of the crashes.

[@TradieTrev]

Fancy seeing you here mate! The "COPPER" song I made was totally made on kdenlive. There's even a few bugs on my final render with timing.

[@DodgyBrothersEngineering]

@@TradieTrev beats Windows Movie Maker hands down. I have probably reduced my editing time by 400%.

[@JOELwindows7]

Hey here's an idea. Try *MPV.* This plays media very fast and more efficient than complex VLC. I hope it's compiled to RISC V already. Double click to MPV opens the media, and once the media finished playing, it closes automatically! You might like this way. Very great to quickly examine some lots of medias.

[@renobodyrenobody]

Thanks a lot for your video. From my part, I am waiting the tools for coding: vscode (maybe already here), python and all the libraries, Docker, Harbor (not even ok for AMR) and all the stuff like prometheus, loki, cadvisor etc... At the moment pro tools will be here, it will be viable to use this ISA! Yhanks again for sharing your experience across the months, we can have an idea without our time consumed by the techno.

[@radiosnmore]

Man ive been out of town without internet. Man have i mised that ch man. Dig it. Mr mr barnett😊

[@ExplainingComputers]

Glad you are back! :)

[@KomradeMikhail]

Wouldn't it be easier to use the LUKS disk encryption built into most distros by default, rather than VeraCrypt as an app ?

[@ExplainingComputers]

No, because I work across platforms, so I'm certainly not going to encrypt anything with a Linux only technology. And clearly here I want to access existing encrypted drives! :) I'm not interested in "what technology could I use if I wanted to start again and encrypt drives?". LUKS is also volume only (whilst VeraCrypt also works with containers). And you are assuming that LUKS is included and works in the developmental Debian image for these RISC-V board, which is a very big assumption. RISC-V is NEW to the desktop, and we cannot assume that ANYTHING works,

[@KomradeMikhail]

Logical points. LUKS does actually support container files, it just rarely gets used that way. The command line cryptsetup controls are a bit esoteric, and nobody has created a reasonable GUI app to streamline the process yet. It is also theoretically platform independant... Though the only Windows app, LibreCrypt hasn't seen any work in a while. So again usually relegated to command line in WSL to open containers in Windows. It is odd that such a versatile system, included in nearly every distro, is somehow so lacking in adoption and support.

[@Auraxium]

I look forward to the solitaire week, where any computers are used only for solitaire. 😁

[@ExplainingComputers]

An excellent idea!

[@lorderectus1849]

Chris is being quite risc-Kay! Flaunting risc five!

[@allmac7504]

Definitely need revisiting this , who knows how much progress will be made in even 3/6 months…

[@iblackfeathers]

i have been seeing the lichee 4a pop up more often in the recent months in videos and in sales. they also are being sold as a umpc in aliexpress in a form factor which looks like the gpd micro pc. ebay has the same formfactor but with different internal boards.

[@ExplainingComputers]

They have a Lichee Console (aka netbook) launching soon, along with a tablet and cluster unit -- all based on the same RISC-V SoM. Exciting times.