Tow-Boot and Leste
 

https://blog.mobian.org/posts/2022/0...versal-images/
Mobian is moving to tow-boot to standardize images, I wonder what Leste users think of this solution and the ability to jump distros easily.

Re: Tow-Boot and Leste
 

I think tow-boot is mostly useful for ARM64 (where there's the potential for UEFI goodies)
Beyond that, it sounds like a modern, bloated version of u-boot+bootmenu that N900 already has.
Additionally, at least I don't see how it would work on N900, since even vanilla u-boot 'fits tightly' on it afaik.
The other main Leste target device, the Droid 4, doesn't use u-boot to begin with.

Anyway, just my own opinion for now. Maybe I'm just stuck in the past :-)

Re: Tow-Boot and Leste
 

^ At least Tow-boot addresses a big problem for ARM machines, that each installer image has to be tailored to each specific device, unlike GNU/Linux distros that dynamically adapt the installation*.

* that's a simplification - has to do a lot with the pro's of PC BIOS, but also how the Linux kernel works.

Re: Tow-Boot and Leste
 

It would probably make sense to support it for the Pinephone.