[ubuntu-uk] Good news for Linux promotion?

[Bruno Girin]

On Wed, 2010-02-03 at 19:34 +0000, Alan Pope wrote:
> 2010/2/3 Dianne Reuby <pramclub at yahoo.co.uk>:
> > In the PC Pro newsletter today, these two items caught my attention.
> > http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/355246/arm-our-netbooks-will-fly-with-or-without-windows
> > One significant barrier to ARM CPUs in netbooks is Windows' lack of
> > support for the company's processors. East admits it's a problem. "If we
> > were to wake up tomorrow and find Windows support for ARM it would
> > certainly accelerate ARM penetration in that space," he said.
> >
> 
> I had a play with a few ARM based computers at the last UDS and on the
> podcast we interviewed very nice man from Freescale (who manufacture
> ARM-based chips). There's certainly an opportunity for ARM to take
> over somewhat this year I hope there are plenty of brave manufacturers
> willing to take the leap away from x86. The prospect of many tens of
> hours of battery life coupled with HD video playback and a familiar
> (to me) interface means I'm somewhat holding back on buying a new
> laptop until much later in the year.

Well, I have to say I absolutely love my ARM-based Nokia N900 and I'm
definitely considering getting a Touch Book:
http://www.alwaysinnovating.com/touchbook/

In terms of games, the Pandora looks great too:
http://www.open-pandora.org/

So yes, I think a lot of good things may come from ARM in 2010.

Bruno