On 24/09/11 14:12, Peter Czanik wrote:
Hello,
On 09/23/2011 09:16 PM, Jan-Simon Möller wrote:
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Well cool - why did it take us ~ 1.5 years to notice ;) . I guess, I was a bit ahead of time when I wrote https://features.opensuse.org/310070 :-)
So let get a crew together - we have the knowledge and the tools. I'm willing to do my part on the weekends and continue what I did back then. I ready to help with packaging. As I learned with PPC, it's often not coding but packaging work, and that's something I can also do.
Time to wipe android from the transformer ?! ;) Or Ubuntu from my EFIKA MX :) Well, that's Linux, but that the one I prefer...
Personally I'd prefer porting to the EFIKA MX. Not only because I already have it, but because it's both an end user device and a developer machine with serial port access& Co. Most of the other ARM based machines are either too developer centric or too much end user. A notable exception is the trimslice, but that's not available in a portable format, like the EFIKA smartbook. Bye, CzP This is the first I heard of the EFIKA, seems more of an end user/developer device.
The bulk of ARM is used in embedded solutions like smart phones and process control - not necessarily for development, surfing the internet or email. The intended use I have is for SDR (Software Defined Radio) where a small portable amateur radio station could be packaged and I would also have a development platform into the bargain. That eliminates having to carry around a separate radio and a laptop with interconnecting cables and depending on radio architecture, an outboard USB sound card. See http://www.rarcpio.net/beaglebrick/pics/ for an illustration, a Softrock SDR radio is packaged with a Beagleboard and a nice 7" touch screen, all fitting in a package the size of a small notebook. Besides my specific needs, there is a multiplicity of other deployments that are ARM based. Ubuntu runs on it which means access to ARM repositories that supply everything that's available for X86 based systems. There is also Android and Fedora (hardly ever mentioned) available, with Angstrom predominating, but lacking the wide range of apps available on Ubuntu. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Licensed Private Pilot Emeritus IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu Servers Tech Support Senior Staff Specialist, Cricket Coach Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org