Star Ubuntu-on-ARM to Target Handhelds
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 13th Nov 2008 18:12 UTC, submitted by DeviceGuru
Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu Canonical Ltd., commercial sponsor of Ubuntu Linux, says it's porting Ubuntu to the ARM RISC processor architecture. Ubuntu on ARM will target netbooks and other emerging device categories requiring a "rich, always-connected, mobile computing experience, without compromising battery life." The ARM version of Ubuntu, due next April, initially will support the ARMv7 RISC architecture, including SoCs (system-on-chip processors) based on ARM Ltd's Cortex-A8 and Cortex-A9 cores.
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Nice
by Parry Hotter on Thu 13th Nov 2008 19:19 UTC
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2007-07-20

Perhaps this stuff will finally breath some life into my basically useless Neo Freerunner.

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RE: Nice
by l3v1 on Thu 13th Nov 2008 19:42 in reply to "Nice"
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RE: Nice
by hobgoblin on Fri 14th Nov 2008 08:37 in reply to "Nice"
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2005-07-06

more likely, this could have interesting effects on the use of ARM in things like netbooks.

and it could also mean that one can run full blown ubuntu on the pandora!

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RE: Nice
by Ithamar on Sat 15th Nov 2008 18:52 in reply to "Nice"
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2006-03-20

Heh, RTFA, they are targeting the ARM Cortex based SoCs, so that excludes the ARM9 that's in the FreeRunner ;)

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