[OSGeoLive] Will there be an ARM version of the osgeo live?

[Cameron Shorter]

Something which is getting more-and-more feasible every year is to run
OSGeo-Live as a virtual machine in the cloud.
We actually managed to do this back in 2009
<http://cameronshorter.blogspot.com/2009/10/try-open-source-geospatial-desktop.html>,
but the partners working on it got stuck in the following release.
Someone might want to take another look at this approach?

On Tue, 8 Feb 2022 at 01:47, James Klassen <jklassen at sharedgeo.org> wrote:

> There was discussion awhile back about supporting ARM for Raspberry Pi and
> similar SBCs that came to the same conclusion that it would take more
> developer resources that were available.
>
> OSGeo Live is meant to “just work” to encourage new users explore the
> software without having to first face the learning curve of getting it
> installed and configured correctly.  That is a lot more difficult to
> accomplish when users face to face the variations inherent in running
> different architectures.
>
> Most, but not all of the packages that go into OSGeo Live are available on
> ARM (are in Ubuntu-GIS and Debian-GIS or are platform agnostic and install
> the same files as on x86).  So, technically it isn’t too far fetched.  But,
> if I remember correctly, pain points are testing and documentation.  I’d
> venture a guess that, by far, nearly all of the developer time on OSGeo
> Live is spent on testing and documentation.
>
> Another issue with ARM is that while the user space is the same/similar
> across ARM devices, a bootable image (like we do with x86) would have to be
> tailored to each device.  Maybe there would be a way to just provide a user
> space and have the user provide the matching version of Ubuntu for their
> machine.  Maybe the whole thing could be built into a snap or flatpak or
> appimage.  It would still be a different experience than we’ve
> traditionally had for x86 which raises documentation and ease of use
> concerns.
>
>
> I’m also a bit surprised the M1 Macs can’t run x86 OSes in emulation.
> There were programs that emulated a PC to allow 68k and PowerPC  era Macs
> to run DOS/Windows.
>
> On Sat, Feb 5, 2022 at 04:06 Angelos Tzotsos <gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear Barend,
>>
>> We do not have an ARM version. This would require more developer
>> resources than we currently have, so there is currently no plan to
>> support this architecture.
>>
>> Best,
>> Angelos
>>
>> On 2/2/22 01:24, Kobben, Barend (UT-ITC) wrote:
>> > For installation in the Parallels virtual machine on a new MacPro
>> (running on the Apple silicon architecture), an ARM version instead of an
>> Intel version is needed. Is that available, or will in be...? Or are there
>> alternative ways to get it running on a Mac M1...?
>> >
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Cameron Shorter
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