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The Ugly State of ARM Support On Linux
jfruhlinger writes "Power-efficient ARM processors are moving up the food chain, to the extent that even Windows will soon see an ARM port. Linux, which has long been cross-platform, should have a long head start in this niche, right? Well, blogger Brian Proffitt explains just how messy the state of Linux support for ARM is right now, partially as a result of mutually conflicting kernel hacks from ARM manufacturers who just wanted to get their products out the door and weren't necessarily abiding by the GPL obligations to release code. Things are improving now, not least because Linus is taking a personal hand in things, but sorting the mess out will take time."
The US is going broke because we are sufficiently technologically advanced not to need 40+ hour work weeks to the age of 60-65 (and could instead aim for 4 day weeks to 70+); because asymmetric tax and worker protections make it favourable to offshore; because the modern education and propaganda/advertising systems breed dependent consuming idiots; and because of the amount of money funneled by government to private corporations - mostly through wars from which those corporations benefit.
Maintaining or increasing poverty among the weak won't solve any problem at all, except that of satisfying sadists and fascists.
The government is going broke because it is spending more than it takes in, period. Giving the incapable more comfortable lives won't fix that at all, it'll just make people like you feel better. You are, of course, free to donate all of your money to that cause. You're just not free to donate mine.