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[โ€“] UpperBroccoli@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

To me, it is mostly a real blocker for using it in some embedded Linux devices due to size constraints, otherwise I personally would be using it extensively.

[โ€“] grue@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I'm having a hard time imagining this Goldilocks embedded device that is simultaneously big enough to run Linux (so not an actual microcontroller), yet too small for a few megabytes worth of statically-linked libraries. Got an example?