Building CERN ROOT on Arch Linux ARM

Mostly want to document how I'm building ROOT on ARM64 Arch Linux. The process it quite trivial but in case I forgot how to do it in the future. My ARM server runs Arch Linux. Which should come with ROOT in the official repository. But as you guessed, it didn't. Which indicates somehow ROOT builds...

The journey of running Arch Linux as an enterprise production server

So... When my last, recent contract work have reached the deployment phase. We found that our client is the only department in their entire enterprise that runs Windows Servers and Windows Servers only! Yet our code only runs on Linux and FreeBSD (and HaikuOS if you try really hard). We've never expected to have to...

HoneyComb LX2K update 1 – after 2 months

It has been 2 month since my last post about my ARM workstation/server. I think it's time for an update for how thing are going and if there's problems. In sort: no. There's not major issus with the board. NXP and SolidRun have done a very good job building it. Performance Without a doubt, the...

Rocking a 16 core ARM workstation for data analysis and NAS – HoneyComb LX2K

I preordered the HoneyComb LX2K workstation board last October and I has finally arrived and I finally got time to build my ARM workstation. The process is challenging and fun! Building of the machine The LX2K is a very capable 16-core ARM workstation board selling at 750$ (550$ when I ordered, early access price). Providing...