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Ubuntu Ports To ARM

Posted by timothy on from the arm-y-of-warmth dept.

nerdyH writes "Canonical will port Ubuntu Desktop Linux to the ARMv7 architecture. The announcement sets the stage for Intel to lose the traditional 'software advantage' that has enabled x86 to shrug off attacks from other architectures for the last 30 years. How long can it be before Microsoft responds with a Windows 7 port? I mean, x86 just can't do 'idle power' like ARM ... Nokia's N810 tablets can standby for several weeks, just like a cell phone, keeping you 'present' on IM, behind IPv4 NAT the whole time. The first Atom MIDs are standing by for 6-7 hours."

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  1. Re:Is the OP serious? by QuantumRiff · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    How do you use the features of an ARM processor with debian? I mean cmon, the CPU will never, ever go idle, it will always be compiling!

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  2. Re:sounds to me... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I just want to know, can you run Linux on it?

  3. Re:sounds to me...Up in ARMs. by kesuki · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    to further extend the humor, almost every arm has a hand, and many protocols involve hand shaking, so when ubuntu arm7 gets virused can we say they're shaking with an unclean hand?

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