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[x-post @[email protected]] Do you run anything on a RISC-V processor? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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RISC-V is a non-proprietary instruction set that is an alternative to ARM. I had thought that we were still waiting for a stable Linux distribution on RISC-V devices, but it turns out many RISC-V machines can run Debian already.

Does anyone have a RISC-V device that they use regularly? How has it been working?

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago

I have a Milk-V Mars but it really isn't performant enough for any task I have for an SBC. Distro support seems to be a pain too, as the provided Debian image isn't meant to run on repos aside from a Debian snapshot from 2022.

I really do hope things improve. I'm planning on moving over to an RK3588 ARM board for desktop daily drivering but one day I'm hoping a decently affordable RISC V alternative will turn up.