Re: [Arm-netbook] The dream of Ara

2017-01-12 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-01-13 4:56 GMT+01:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > --- > crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68 > > > On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 8:13 PM, Wolfgang Romey > wrote: > > I think my FairPhone 2, which I own for a month, is

Re: [Arm-netbook] The dream of Ara

2017-01-12 Thread Allan Mwenda
With a little ingenuity you could probably make a EOMA50 phablet size smartphone On January 12, 2017 2:47:31 PM GMT+03:00, David Boddie wrote: >A bit off-topic, perhaps, but this article illustrates the difficulties >that >large corporations have with long term visions,

Re: [Arm-netbook] Another laptop project: PINEBOOK

2017-01-12 Thread Russell Hyer
Wow, that's cheap, thanks David :) On 12 January 2017 at 13:09, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > --- > crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68 > > > On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 1:02 PM, David Boddie wrote: >> Since I'm

Re: [Arm-netbook] Another laptop project: PINEBOOK

2017-01-12 Thread Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
--- crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68 On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 1:02 PM, David Boddie wrote: > Since I'm posting links to random things, here's another upcoming laptop > product: > > https://www.pine64.org/?page_id=3707 well... this

[Arm-netbook] Another laptop project: PINEBOOK

2017-01-12 Thread David Boddie
Since I'm posting links to random things, here's another upcoming laptop product: https://www.pine64.org/?page_id=3707 It's clearly not comparable to the EOMA68 laptop because it lacks the modularity, and is obviously not as flexible as a result, and it's fairly limited in terms of the

Re: [Arm-netbook] The dream of Ara

2017-01-12 Thread Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 11:47 AM, David Boddie wrote: > A bit off-topic, perhaps, but this article illustrates the difficulties that > large corporations have with long term visions, especially in cases where > sustainability has to compete with profitability: > >

[Arm-netbook] The dream of Ara

2017-01-12 Thread David Boddie
A bit off-topic, perhaps, but this article illustrates the difficulties that large corporations have with long term visions, especially in cases where sustainability has to compete with profitability: http://venturebeat.com/2017/01/10/inside-project-ara-googles-revolutionary- modular-phone/

Re: [Arm-netbook] EOMA68 In A Intel Card World?

2017-01-12 Thread Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
--- crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68 On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 9:55 AM, Alain Williams wrote: > On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 09:39:06AM +, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > >> so there's lots of flexibility: any one SoC needs to comply

Re: [Arm-netbook] EOMA68 In A Intel Card World?

2017-01-12 Thread Alain Williams
On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 09:39:06AM +, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > so there's lots of flexibility: any one SoC needs to comply with the > absolute bare minimum, so that if people *really want* to pay only $11 > for a Card they can, and if they want better they can pay $150 for an >

Re: [Arm-netbook] EOMA68 In A Intel Card World?

2017-01-12 Thread Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
--- crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68 On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 8:50 AM, Tor, the Marqueteur wrote: > EOMA50 would be better for it, but something like a digital audio player > might like an OS tailored to understand its

Re: [Arm-netbook] EOMA68 In A Intel Card World?

2017-01-12 Thread Tor, the Marqueteur
On 11/01/17 21:11, Allan Mwenda wrote: > A proper clone [of an EOMA68 card] to me would > 1. Be up to standard hardware wise Looks good > 2. Run the same software as the Libre Tea/Numero Uno variants (or a > perhaps a Chinese distro like Deep in) but hopefully not some pirated > windows IoT My