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#324 [Talk-25]: But it's all "upstream" why doesn't it "work" on Fedora?!?!
Closed: Talk Scheduled by riecatnor. Opened by pbrobinson.

Closed: Talk Scheduled
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= Proposal:

== But it's all "upstream" why doesn't it "work" on Fedora?!?!

A tail of making the Pinebook Pro, and other hardware, work in Fedora.

The inital enablement of the the Raspberry Pi In Fedora wasn't bad but it wasn't perfect, we had accelerated graphics and WiFi, it wasn't fast but it mostly worked at it was $25! Then comes the Pinebook Pro, it was a massive $200 but an entire laptop!

So when I set out to enable the Pinebook Pro, and due to my experience from the former I decided it need to have a certain level of working capabilities before we'd "support" it. I spent a lot of time I didn't have to cross that line in Fedora 34! It was by no means perfect but the hate I've got, and continue to have, will likely mean I'll never so something like this again, and it's nearly made me walk away from any device enablement at all...... But I am a bit of a perfectionist, and the Pinebook Pro was far from perect, so I feel I should document why I compromised, why the wider community were wrong when they stated "But it's all upstream" and the hurt and pain and struggles of hardware enablement where people expect a champagne experience of a $2000+ Macbook for a beer budget experience of a $200 Pinebook Pro!

= Who:
pbrobinson
All my details and TZ are in FAS
I'll do it live!
Might need 50 mins to fit in rants and questions (not sure if you want that!)

I, for one, am in favor of rants and questions.

As a happy Pinebook Pro user, me too! My offer to buy you copious amounts of $favourite_beverage still stands.

Hi @pbrobinson - Thank you for your submission! The session in Hopin will be open for 2 hours so if you go over and folks want to hang out for more rants & questions, go ahead :)

Your session has been accepted for Nest with Fedora. Please review the following Wiki link and advise ASAP if there are any conflicts. The schedule will be locked by Friday July 30th. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Nest_with_Fedora_2021_Schedule

Please register for Nest with Fedora on Hopin at the following link. I will need to add you as a speaker for your session in the Hopin admin dashboard.
https://hopin.com/events/nest-with-fedora-2021

If you have further questions or need assistance, feel free to email mnordin@redhat.com or drop those inquiries on this ticket. Thanks!

Metadata Update from @riecatnor:
- Issue close_status updated to: Talk Scheduled
- Issue status updated to: Closed (was: Open)
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