From c08a80bbbe0800a808b7ce36a3a8e34d46fa501d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: balloonatic <101006007+RazielCrowe@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2022 10:49:04 +0500 Subject: [PATCH] Why Brooklyn? --- README | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+) diff --git a/README b/README index 6232457f15..65570a0384 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,3 +1,30 @@ +Why Brooklyn Kernel for Raspberry Pi? + +In order for a layman to understand what is with all this kernel talk, we need to understand the very basics of computing hardware. Your Pi +is a tiny computer and the Operating System (Linux aka the Kernel itself) needs something to view, manage, divert, call, stop, forward, etc +in order for the Pi to operate. That "something" is the kernel. Kernel is Greek for heart, so that makes the kernel the heart of a system, i.e +the Operating Systems. There are kernels in various Operating Systems which are optimised for general purpose use such as watching YouTube +videos while listening to your favourite tracks on SoundCloud or Spotify and then there are kernels which are meant to handle processes in the +background, like intense memory management, running a web server or an email server. A Windows Operating System kernel is focused more towards +multimedia and gaming while Linux Desktop kernel is focused more towards the Graphical User Interface (GUI). In computing, Linux Kernel itself +is Linux and various tools and utilities that run on the kernel are user space tools to just tools. + +Qortal uses certain algorithms and runtime methods to exist which may not be eco friendly for general purpose computing devices (PC, MAC, SBC) +and this causes a serious issue of performance degradation which may result in lockups, issues with peer synchronization, the processor waiting +for resource allocation (I/O wait). As the Qortal Core evolves, the kernel needs to be constantly updated to keep up with the changes in the Core. +On top of that, the kernel needs to be good enough to run the Qortal UI paralell with the Core. That's why Brooklyn Kernel is extremely tuned, +built and customised specifically for Qortal Core and Qortal UI for the Raspberry Pi. Countless hours are spent weekly on Brooklyn development +for performance, security and interoperability. + +The end user may not be aware of what is going on in the background, but Brooklyn performs upto 13 times better than a standard kernel for +Raspberry Pi as we know that these Pi devices make the most of nodes on the Qortal blockchain and they must be solid as a tank. All trolling +aside, this has been quite a journey since 2017 as we see Brooklyn evolve and improve to keep the low powered (14 watts maximum) Pi devices +running smoothly. + +My name is Scare Crowe and I approve this message. + +-_- + Brooklyn Torchie The Cat, Qortal Linux 6.00.11 64bit RPI4 by Scare Crowe ========================================================================= * Kernel 6.0.11 for Qortal with mempow hard crunch handling.