Milk-V Pioneer Flathub update

[Jackson Huff]

It's been a couple months since I got my Milk-V Pioneer, so it's time to share an update. As it turns out, enabling Flathub RISC-V support depends on support from an underlying component, freedesktop-sdk. Right now, I'm working with the GNOME team to create automated RISC-V builds for freedesktop-sdk so that we can later support Flathub.

Here are a few tips in case you've got a Pioneer too:

- Dump the bundled Fedora 38 and install an updated OS such as revyOS like we're using for freedesktop-sdk.

- If you use the microSD card slot, make sure to use a card that's compatible. I don't know exactly which ones are compatible, but the overall story is similar to Raspberry Pi's.

- I've seen reports of the front USB serial port needing a special dongle to work. There is actually no special dongle because the USB port is the special dongle itself, so all you need is a simple USB-C cable.

I hope this helps! :)

[Jehan]

Hi!

On 11/8/24 06:04, Jackson Huff wrote:
> It's been a couple months since I got my Milk-V Pioneer, so it's time
> to share an update. As it turns out, enabling Flathub RISC-V support
> depends on support from an underlying component, freedesktop-sdk.
> Right now, I'm working with the GNOME team to create automated RISC-V
> builds for freedesktop-sdk so that we can later support Flathub.

Thanks for the work. I also wanted to use this machine to build a RISC-V
flatpak for GIMP. Not necessarily on Flathub, because as you point out
they don't have such runners yet, but at least a test standalone flatpak
which could be distributed.

I started trying to compile base SDK for RISC-V, one brick at a time,
but got side-tracked, mostly because we are in the middle of releasing
our third major version in 30 years (GIMP 3). Too bad I hadn't received
this machine earlier! I might have found the time to go further then!

In any case, I am very interested in your work. Do not hesitate to post
more news here, and if you are able to get RISC-V support in Flathub,
that would be very cool! 👍

Jehan

>
> Here are a few tips in case you've got a Pioneer too:
> - Dump the bundled Fedora 38 and install an updated OS such as revyOS
> like we're using for freedesktop-sdk.
> - If you use the microSD card slot, make sure to use a card that's
> compatible. I don't know exactly which ones are compatible, but the
> overall story is similar to Raspberry Pi's.
> - I've seen reports of the front USB serial port needing a special
> dongle to work. There is actually no special dongle because the USB
> port is the special dongle itself, so all you need is a simple USB-C
> cable.
>
> I hope this helps! :)

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