New generation netbooks with *ubuntu?

Matthew Flaschen matthew.flaschen at gatech.edu
Mon Mar 23 15:06:11 UTC 2009


Derek Broughton wrote:
> Matthew Flaschen wrote:
> 
>> Nigel Ridley wrote:
>>> The interesting thing is that Freescale will be using the Arm processor
>>> which is not x86 - which means that they cannot runs Windows! They will
>>> be offering Ubuntu....
>> From what I understand, Ubuntu ARM is experimental, and not yet
>> supported
>>
> (https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/installation-guide/i386/hardware-supported.html).
> 
> Sure, but the 64-bit Ubuntu was experimental once too.

Only if by "once" you mean before there /was/ an Ubuntu...

> Arm is already supported by Debian, I believe, so it's really a matter of testing.

Ubuntu's standards for a official architecture are significantly more
demanding then Debian's.  That's why for instance PowerPC is no longer
supported in Ubuntu.

Matt Flaschen




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