That's the Gentoo version that I'm using. But I'm looking for a way to make
it bullet-proof to having the plug pulled.

Frank

On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 1:19 PM Michael Jones <gen...@jonesmz.com> wrote:

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> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 12:16 PM Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> On 2020-05-26, Frank Tarczynski <frank.tarczyn...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> > I'm building a video conference appliance using a Raspberry Pi 4 for
>> > my parents.
>>
>> Sorry, no advice running Gentoo on RPi.  I run OSMC/Kodi on an older
>> RPi, and it works fine, but I don't think there are any video
>> conference apps for Kodi.
>>
>> But...
>>
>> For skype and zoom, I'd probably just buy them a 10" Kindle Fire.
>>
>> There are Zoom and Skype apps available for it.  Main drawback:
>> smallish screen and limited to 4 video windows at a time in
>> zoom. However, it's portable: you can flip to the back camera and walk
>> around the house/yard to show something to people.  It's also nice in
>> that you can just tap on a Zoom invite url in the email app, and it
>> "just works".
>>
>> I haven't trie Skype on Fire.
>>
>> You can add hangounts/duo, but you've got to futz around sideloading
>> the Google App store first.
>>
>> --
>> Grant
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> FYI, this project exists: https://github.com/sakaki-/gentoo-on-rpi-64bit
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