| lvrp16 | hi, is this an official channel or no? | 21:27 |
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| tomreyn | both official and decent, lvrp16 | 21:33 |
| lvrp16 | decent? | 21:34 |
| tomreyn | well the topic says so, so it must be so | 21:34 |
| lvrp16 | tomreyn: I'm the software lead for Libre Computer and we have two platforms with EBBR support. Is Rex Tsai in this channel? | 21:34 |
| tomreyn | anything starting with #ubuntu on this IRC network is an official (in the sense that it's managed by the ubuntu community) channel | 21:35 |
| tomreyn | lvrp16: i would not know. if you're trying to make contact to someone at canonical then you should go through their official channels. | 21:36 |
| lvrp16 | We have pushed/sponsored various open source projects along like lima, linux-meson, u-boot meson, v4l2 and upstream support is pretty good now. Was wondering if Ubuntu has any interest in supporting EFI booting ARM boards for 20.04 | 21:37 |
| tomreyn | that's unless they asked you to contact them on IRC and provided a nickname | 21:37 |
| tomreyn | lvrp16: if you have some ~ 24 hour patience then i guess there's a good chance someone with more of a clue than myself will respond - but nothing is guaranteed. i'm just an ubuntu user / volunteer. | 21:38 |
| lvrp16 | tomreyn: ahh ok, many thanks | 21:39 |
| lvrp16 | tomreyn: "decent" what does that mean? pardon my lack of understanding of the use of the word. | 21:40 |
| tomreyn | i don't understand either :) i just quoted it from the channel /topic | 21:41 |
| tomreyn | i assume it's some inside gag from when the channel topic was last updated, in july 2013 | 21:41 |
| lvrp16 | haha, ok | 21:42 |
| tomreyn | note there is also this generic contact form here for company enquiries directed to Canonical: https://ubuntu.com/contact-us/form?product=generic-contact-us | 21:45 |
| lvrp16 | tomreyn: that goes to a dead end, tried it | 21:57 |
| lvrp16 | we just want to figure out what else ubuntu would like us to sponsor/do for upstream :) | 21:58 |
| lvrp16 | we have a 1GB board that will be available on Amazon for $20 soon so it'd be great if we didn't have to hack the OS | 21:58 |
| tomreyn | lvrp16: there's a chance that #ubuntu-server will be more responsive than this channel (#ubuntu-arm) during British business days + hours. | 22:00 |
| lvrp16 | tomreyn: ok I will give that a go :-) thanks | 22:01 |
| tomreyn | also note that most ubuntu + canonoical developer and engineering folks have a user account and user page on launchpad.net | 22:01 |
| tomreyn | so a web search for a full name, restricted to this site, may reveal a means to contact them directly. | 22:02 |
| tomreyn | lvrp16: ^ | 22:02 |
| tomreyn | good luck (i personally hope you'll succeed!) - i'm AFK for now. | 22:03 |
| rbasak | lvrp16: rather than "hack the OS", you can contribute necessary changes to Ubuntu instead! | 22:11 |
| rbasak | Or, you could pay someone privately to arrange that in Ubuntu if you don't have the in-house time/expertise. | 22:11 |
| rbasak | Or, you could engage Canonical commercially. | 22:11 |
| lvrp16 | rbasak: we sponsor consultancies to do upstream for us. the OS isn't really hacked, just bootstrapped + kernel. looking to engage canonical commercially. | 22:12 |
| rbasak | (I work for Canonical but I cannot speak for Canonical here) | 22:12 |
| rbasak | lvrp16: maybe try https://partners.ubuntu.com/contact-us ? | 22:14 |
| lvrp16 | we worked with others to put most of the infrastructure for generic arm64 distro in place so now just looking to work with distro vendors commercially | 22:14 |
| lvrp16 | tried that, no response | 22:14 |
| lvrp16 | we have commited about 1M to this project so far and the hardware, logistics, and upstream software is in good shape | 22:14 |
| rbasak | Can you send me your details please, and I'll enquire internally as to why you didn't get a response? | 22:15 |
| lvrp16 | sure | 22:16 |
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