>A simple Parabola / ARM port should >open the doors of Free Internet of >Things
I don't find parabola that active. I think that Trisquel is more active and would be more appropriate for an ARM port. Or you could just fork Debian or Fedora on ARM On Dec 15, 2014 8:36 AM, "Aurélien DESBRIÈRES" <[email protected]> wrote: > Omar Radwan <[email protected]> writes: > > >> > >> Yes and most of that stuff from smartphone to internet of things and > >> robotics run on ARM architecture ... One of the reason FS need fully > >> free distro on that port. > >> > >> One of the reason why Parabola is trying to port it ... > > > > I think ARM is one of the most open architectures. Mainly because anyone > > can an ARM processor, given that he has the right equipment and > resources. > > Well, you have to get a license from ARM holdings. But much better than > the > > x86 market. Only 2 companies are allowed produce x86 processors: amd and > > Intel, and Intel is almost a monopoly in the market. Its the giant. The > FSF > > should have encouraged ARM architecture since the beginning. > > FSF does its best, maybe as you says they "should have encouraged ARM > architecture" > > But the need of free distro is also important to do the job. > > We have now free distro like Trisquel, gNewSense and Parabola that are > stable enough to support that sort of project technically, but, as RMS > told me one day approximatively like that (and he was right) :: idea are > great but who will do the hack? > > And that point is really right, at this time we are doing our best in > that way, but we need hackers and material to realize that. > > Some have already BeagleBone Black, but hackers ... we need more > hackers! > > So if you or anybody here want to realease an ARM port ASAP our servers > and stuff are available to won that challenge! > > A simple Parabola / ARM port should open the doors of Free Internet of > Things > > A Parabola / ARM port + a Free ROS open the doors of Free Robotics. > > Hackers of the World, unit! > > <#secure method=pgpmime mode=sign> > > -- > Aurelien Desbrieres > http://www.hackers.camp >
