Yes it's not open HW or Maker, but it does address what the original Pi idea was putting a "PC" in the hands of a kid. It's a 4-core ARM based system that runs Android 4.2, so it would have access to the full catalog of Android apps.
The new "tablet" version of Ubuntu will run Android apps so you get your Netflix etc. http://www.ubuntu.com/tablet On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 2:49 PM, Michael Muller <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't really see this as an improvement on the RPi, though. It doesn't > meet > the price point and it doesn't target hardware hacking. Its main > distinction > seems to be that it allows parental controls. > > James E. LaBarre wrote: > > On 06/05/2013 02:18 PM, Joseph Apuzzo wrote: > > > http://www.miipc.com/ > > > > > > I would prefer to run Ubuntu on this thought... > > > > > > -- > > > /** > > > ** Joseph Apuzzo > > > **/ > > > > But Ubuntu wouldn't run Netflix (I'm presuming it's not an x86 > processor). > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College > > Jun 5 - Adventures in Debian Packaging > > Jul 10 - Mad Science Fair - Open Hardware Expo > > Oct 2 - OpenFlow: Open Standard for Networking Hardware > > > > > > ============================================================================= > michaelMuller = [email protected] | http://www.mindhog.net/~mmuller > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > you and I are only different in our minds, the universe makes no such > distinction > > ============================================================================= > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College > Jun 5 - Adventures in Debian Packaging > Jul 10 - Mad Science Fair - Open Hardware Expo > Oct 2 - OpenFlow: Open Standard for Networking Hardware > -- /** ** Joseph Apuzzo **/
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