[ubuntu-in] Ubuntu MID on Nokia N800

[mallikarjun arjun]

On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 11:51 AM, Onkar Shinde <onkarshinde at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>
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So there is no cheap Internet device which support Ubuntu MID?

mallikarjun
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