Jdsbose wrote: Sun Jun 29, 2025 7:03 pm
I received my G2 Ultra this week, it was working fine.
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I’m probably a little more persistent than most people and wasn’t stopping until I got it figured out but there is no reason for it to be this convoluted. Good luck if you buy one, cause you’re on your own basically.
While I agree with you 1000% that there is no reason for it to be that convoluted, you are certainly not on your own. It's possible that, had you posted some questions and requested some help on the forum here a bit earlier in your journey, it might have gone a somewhat easier. Nevertheless, well done on getting it all sorted on your own, particularly as you wrote that you are not familiar with Linux.
At any rate, I have to agree that it would be a lot better if:
1. The products left the factory with the latest and greatest on them. If they don't, this is on Apache.
2. The documentation was better. Alas, all documentation is produced by volunteers in the open source community, not Apache, so they are what they are.
3. Update procedures were supported by scripts or, even better, by the software itself. Alas and again, all software, firmware and middleware is produced by volunteers in the open source community, not Apache.
4. There was an image file that could simply wipe the entire SD card and put anyone at the latest and greatest configuration.
I continue to be surprised that nobody in the community has produced a slick and easy set of scripts to update a G2. I don't have one, so it's not something I could do, but if I did have a G2 I would have developed such scripts on my own as a matter of convenience and then shared them here on the forum.
If you are looking to brush up on your Linux skills, there is a handy guide to what topics you might study here:
viewtopic.php?t=4724
Bottom line: when you bought from Apache all you paid for was hardware. They do you a little favor by putting some software on there, but all the software, firmware, middleware and documentation comes from open source developers, not Apache.