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Why Brooklyn Kernel for Raspberry Pi? |
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In order for a layman to understand what is with all this kernel talk, we need to understand the very basics of computing hardware. Your Pi is a tiny |
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computer and the Operating System (Linux aka the Kernel itself) needs something to view, manage, divert, call, stop, forward, etc |
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in order for the Pi to operate. That "something" is the kernel. Kernel is Greek for heart, so that makes the kernel the heart of a system, i.e |
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the Operating Systems. There are kernels in various Operating Systems which are optimised for general purpose use such as watching YouTube |
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videos while listening to your favourite tracks on SoundCloud or Spotify and then there are kernels which are meant to handle processes in the |
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background, like intense memory management, running a web server or an email server. A Windows Operating System kernel is focused more towards |
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multimedia and gaming while Linux Desktop kernel is focused more towards the Graphical User Interface (GUI). In computing, Linux Kernel itself |
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is Linux and various tools and utilities that run on the kernel are user space tools to just tools. |
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Qortal uses certain algorithms and runtime methods to exist which may not be eco friendly for general purpose computing devices (PC, MAC, SBC) |
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and this causes a serious issue of performance degradation which may result in lockups, issues with peer synchronization, the processor waiting |
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for resource allocation (I/O wait). As the Qortal Core evolves, the kernel needs to be constantly updated to keep up with the changes in the Core. |
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On top of that, the kernel needs to be good enough to run the Qortal UI paralell with the Core. That's why Brooklyn Kernel is extremely tuned, |
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built and customised specifically for Qortal Core and Qortal UI for the Raspberry Pi. Countless hours are spent weekly on Brooklyn development |
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for performance, security and interoperability. |
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The end user may not be aware of what is going on in the background, but Brooklyn performs upto 13 times better than a standard kernel for |
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Raspberry Pi as we know that these Pi devices make the most of nodes on the Qortal blockchain and they must be solid as a tank. All trolling |
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aside, this has been quite a journey since 2017 as we see Brooklyn evolve and improve to keep the low powered (14 watts maximum) Pi devices |
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running smoothly. |
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In order for a layman to understand what is with all this kernel talk, we need to understand the very basics of |
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computing hardware. Your Pi is a tiny computer and the Operating System (Linux aka the Kernel itself) needs something |
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to view, manage, divert, call, stop, forward, etc in order for the Pi to operate. That "something" is the kernel. |
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Kernel is Greek for heart, so that makes the kernel the heart of a system, i.e the Operating Systems. There are |
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kernels in various Operating Systems which are optimised for general purpose use such as watching YouTube videos while |
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listening to your favourite tracks on SoundCloud or Spotify and then there are kernels which are meant to handle processes |
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in the background, like intense memory management, running a web server or an email server. A Windows Operating System |
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kernel is focused more towards multimedia and gaming while Linux Desktop kernel is focused more towards the Graphical |
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User Interface (GUI). In computing, Linux Kernel itself is Linux and various tools and utilities that run on the kernel |
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are user space tools to just tools. |
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Qortal uses certain algorithms and runtime methods to exist which may not be eco friendly for general purpose computing |
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devices (PC, MAC, SBC) and this causes a serious issue of performance degradation which may result in lockups, issues |
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with peer synchronization, the processor waiting for resource allocation (I/O wait). As the Qortal Core evolves, the kernel |
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needs to be constantly updated to keep up with the changes in the Core. On top of that, the kernel needs to be good enough |
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to run the Qortal UI paralell with the Core. That's why Brooklyn Kernel is extremely tuned, built and customised specifically |
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for Qortal Core and Qortal UI for the Raspberry Pi. Countless hours are spent weekly on Brooklyn development for performance, |
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security and interoperability. |
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The end user may not be aware of what is going on in the background, but Brooklyn performs upto 13 times better than a |
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standard kernel for Raspberry Pi as we know that these Pi devices make the most of nodes on the Qortal blockchain and they |
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must be solid as a tank. All trolling aside, this has been quite a journey since 2017 as we see Brooklyn evolve and improve |
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to keep the low powered (14 watts maximum) Pi devices running smoothly. |
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My name is Scare Crowe and I approve this message. |
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