felix86 is a new open source Linux emulator to run x86-64 Linux programs on RISC-V processors https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/felix86-is-a-new-open-source-linux-emulator-to-run-x86-64-linux-programs-on-risc-v-processors/
@jbz >It was Intel grant money, Patterson happily admits, that paid for the Berkeley architects to invent RISC-V in the first place. Without closed source, proprietary Big Tech, there’s no open source, free-for-all Little Tech. Don’t listen to the techno-hippies who claim otherwise; that’s always been the case.
Perhaps. But it doesn't *have* to be that way :) There are alternatives to finance capital. And even it traces much of its sustenance to generous state backing, something China seems to have learned and that the USA seems to have forgotten (if the anemic CHIPS act in the US is anything to go by).
Angelina Jolie Was Right About Computers | WIRED
｢ China’s top scientists have heralded RISC-V as a path to silicon independence. India just used RISC-V to make its first homemade microprocessor. Name a country; it’s probably experimenting with RISC-V. Brazil sent a record 25 delegates to the RISC-V summit ｣
https://www.wired.com/story/angelina-jolie-was-right-about-risc-architecture/
Orange Pi RV2 Benchmarks: The Most Performant RISC-V Board For Less Than $100 With 8 Cores + 8GB RAM Review
｢ The pricing is much better than what we've seen out of RISC-V boards in the past. And with them being available via Amazon and even Amazon Prime for some models, you can get it in a matter of days -- this isn't any pre-ordering / crowdfunding, ordering out of China, etc ｣
A new RISC-V SBC. 
Here is the desktop set up on the Mango Pi Pro #RISCV #SBC. As mentioned earlier it is running minimal #LXDE on top of a vanilla install of #Ubuntu server 24.10.
I have peeled back a few things, such as audio since the basic Ubuntu install does not have the stuff to run #HDMI #audio (I could do look into this more but eh). I will do some more tinkering with the ISO from the official Mango Pi website. Lets see how that goes 
#riscv mobile selfhosting ;)
i am really excited to be able to teach "digital literacy" inside our program about "future skills" inside @haufegroup
we will build a gemini capsule using pi picos, and iterate incremental until full yunohosting a piece of the fediverse at home. all while touching solarpunk ethics and free software.
#DigitalLiteracy #FutureSkills #noAI #selfhosting #solarpunk #freesoftware @librescrum
I don’t plan on buying more x86 CPUs, but I will if necessary. Hopefully, I can keep using the ones I already have. My goal is for my next daily-driver CPU to be RISC-V. My Ky-X1 is for development; it’s not quite ready to be a daily driver yet, I suppose.
Linus Åkessons new project is absolutely brilliant!
He's using the #RaspberryPi #pico 2 - in #RISCV mode no less - to create a VGA demo with generated graphics pwm generated sound and everything.
Check the video. And if you like it, there's a lot of detail on how he does it in the post.
I'm really confused by the world of #RISCV, it looks like the instruction set keeps changing and it's hard to know which machine supports which instruction set.
To put it simply: #Ubuntu is dropping support for RVA20, presumably to move to RVA22 instead. The problem is, the only RVA22 board I can seem to find (Milk-V Jupiter) isn't supported by Ubuntu.
New PCBs from #jlcpcb . First time doing hot plate soldering, only had to fix one solder bridge! so much easier than using an iron on these 0.5mm pin pitch parts.
Of course it doesn't work 
I got the connector pins backwards... Luckily they make a reversed connector so these boards don't go into trash, just have to wait for new parts!
#QEMU 10.0 #OpenSource #Linux #Virtualization Software Released, Here’s What’s New
This release promises to boost #x86, #ARM64, #RISCV, #HPPA, #s390x, and #LoongArch #emulation with new features and many improvements.
https://9to5linux.com/qemu-10-0-open-source-virtualization-software-released-heres-whats-new
#wennIchZeitHätte würde ich ja gerne mal nen Haufen recht minimale #riscv cores 2-3 Dimensional anordnen & auf die Kanten schnelle Dual Port RAM packen ... In der Praxis vermutlich ne 2-D FPGA Matrix in die das sinnvoll rein synthetisiert ist. Also so ein bischen wie die #transputer... Ohne konkretes Ziel einfach um dann den Design Space zu erforschen.... Ok doch ein Design Ziel wäre das sich Software dafür aus ner dependently typed Sprache sinnvoll erzeugen lässt :) ... Wenn ich Zeit hätte.
Yay, finally all the pieces have come together and I have finally been able to compile Qt 6.9 and @kde Plasma development version (what is to be released as 6.4 in June) for my @bananapi BPI-F3, a RISC-V single-board (mini) computer. Plasma does start and run, but looks like QML/QtQuick applications (which includes the desktop itself) have rendering problems 
Qt Widget apps render/run just fine. Now to figure out where the problem is…
RISC-V as a #demoscene platform is becoming reality.
Here is Kaleidoscopico, a demo running on #raspberrypi Pico 2, presented at Revision Party last weekend.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhhLoVBpg48
#riscv #revision2025
I have the most important part of my RISC-V emulator done: I’ve picked a silly but apt name.
