tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post1669450635562952223..comments2024-03-22T12:20:48.920+00:00Comments on open...: ARMed and Dangerous - to MicrosoftGlyn Moodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-75394692149951437742008-11-15T13:52:00.000+00:002008-11-15T13:52:00.000+00:00No, I hadn't - do you have a name/URL for them, pl...No, I hadn't - do you have a name/URL for them, please?Glyn Moodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-5933485707540621512008-11-15T13:43:00.000+00:002008-11-15T13:43:00.000+00:00Yep. Glyn, have you looked at those cheap little M...Yep. Glyn, have you looked at those cheap little MIPS-based netbooks Maplin's selling? x86 may be RISC inside, but the instruction set interpreter on the front still loads the chip down - for a given price point, an ARM or MIPS-based laptop will run cooler and faster. And it's exactly the same GNU/Linux.David Gerardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057086390864018760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-62002452304973144102008-11-15T11:30:00.000+00:002008-11-15T11:30:00.000+00:00Exactly. *This* is the power of GNU/Linux.Exactly. *This* is the power of GNU/Linux.Glyn Moodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-82534171708270700762008-11-15T11:22:00.000+00:002008-11-15T11:22:00.000+00:00I think the important part of this is about a full...I think the important part of this is about a fully supported distribution for the OEMs.<BR/><BR/>And, when you consider a user/company will be able to use *the same* OS on his little ARM thinggy and his Desktop/Laptop/Server/Media PC, you start to get a very compelling story... <BR/><BR/>WinCE is not the same as Windows Mobile is not the same as Windows XP/Vista.The Open Sourcererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16281360741657825989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-69059076383883901102008-11-14T17:22:00.000+00:002008-11-14T17:22:00.000+00:00Yes, I agonised over that verb. I decided it was ...Yes, I agonised over that verb. I decided it was still an addition, even though ARM has been supported before, simply because Ubuntu is being supported for the first time, and so added to the list in a literal sense.<BR/><BR/>But thanks for raising the issue.Glyn Moodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-62208483716650516772008-11-14T17:17:00.000+00:002008-11-14T17:17:00.000+00:00Hi Glyn!It seems that your phrasing that "Here's a...Hi Glyn!<BR/><BR/>It seems that your phrasing that "Here's an interesting <B>addition</B> to the list" is somewhat ambiguous and misleading. The Linux kernel and the GNU/Linux run-time has been able to run on ARM-processors for years now, and there were several available distributions for the ARM.<BR/><BR/>What has changed is that Ubuntu will now be ported to the ARM, but not Linux (or GNU) in general. As desirable as it is, the lion's share of the porting effort was done by other people, a long time before Ubuntu's.Shlomi Fishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03931260511676488069noreply@blogger.com