[malexw]

So this is a bit off-topic, but I pulled out my Novena this past weekend to work on an SDR project and after updating the installed packages I started wondering about the process of keeping these devices running up-to-date software and the community around it.

Are you able to offer any insight about how I, a developer with only a little embedded experience, could learn enough about the process to meaningfully contribute to keeping the Novena up-to-date? Is there still a community around the Novena?

[kop316]

Sure! Look at my github:

https://github.com/chris4795

I tried to document what I did as much as possible for others to look at it. I recall I was able to update it to Stretch (with linux 4.4, not linux 4.9) and I was able to make the whole boot process/update process more debian friendly.

u-boot-novena is where I put all of the scripts needed in order to get the whole process to work with Debian Mainline.

The forums:

https://kosagi.com/forums/

Also have most of the good bits of nuggets to figure it out too (that's how I figured out most of what I did). I don't know how much of a community around it there is anymore though (I really haven't looked in years).

EDIT: It looks like jookia actually did a lot of work and upgraded the Novena to Buster:

https://www.kosagi.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=542

I may try it sometime.

[malexw]

Thanks! I'm not sure how I overlooked the forums. It looks like there is someone there who has ported everything to Buster, so it looks like there is at least enough of a community to see some new software releases and hopefully offer some more pointers in how to contribute.