Re: Foundation Passport (FE) hardware wallet review and walkthrough
That's super cool, don't recall any other hardware wallet vendors providing a simulator before. I'll have to fire up a VM and play around with it sometime soon. I actually have a lot of IT work to do in the next few weeks to make sure I can access all my servers while traveling oversees, so I'm not sure when I'll get around to it. I might just get to set it up so I have something to play with on long flight.
I believe ColdCard has had one for a while, too. https://github.com/Coldcard/firmwareLol, now that you mention it I was aware of that simulator. In fact I played with the Mk3 version about a year and half ago. They say the memory is the first thing to go...
If you have a specific preferred Linux distro for VMs, I can spin one up real quick, install & set everything and dump the history file for you.
Be aware that it can start up fine with missing dependencies and then crash when you try to e.g. open the camera or do something else in the simulator.
That's why I bring it up.
Be aware that it can start up fine with missing dependencies and then crash when you try to e.g. open the camera or do something else in the simulator.
That's why I bring it up.Thanks for the offer! I may take you up on it, but usually I prefer to compile these types of things myself. I learned how to compile binaries from source back when Electrum was implementing Lightning, and I didn't have the patience to wait until they released the new version. I won't say I'm anywhere near an expert on it, but I don't mind fumbling around until I figure it out.
As for distros, I still prefer Ubuntu Minimal for Desktop environments, but lately I've been partial to Debian for my servers.