[ubuntu-in] Ubuntu MID on Nokia N800

[Onkar Shinde]

On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 7:17 PM, Raseel Bhagat <raseelbhagat at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 12:16 PM, Onkar Shinde <onkarshinde at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 11:18 AM, mallikarjun arjun
>> <mallik.v.arjun at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Dear all,
>> > Does Nokia N800 support Ubuntu mobile internet device. Or which other
>> > hardware support well with UMID.
>>
>> Aren't you asking question in reverse direction? How can hardware
>> decide which software to support?
>> You should be asking "does Ubuntu MID support N800?". And the answer
>> is "NO". Ubuntu MID is for x84 architecture only as of now.
>>
>
> x84 architecture ? Is that the architecture of the Samsung Ultra Q1 which is
> the primary development device for Ubuntu MID ?

Ubuntu MID is mainly targeted at devices using Intel Atom processor.
So it is x86 or a subset of it.
If I remember correctly Nokia N8xx devices use ARM processor. And
Ubuntu does not have an ARM port, even unofficial one.

Please correct me if I am wrong.


Onkar