> > > Well there is the raspberry PI, which is an arm based system, I wonder if > canonical can work with broadcom / rasp PI foundation and come up with > something that way, as in build a specific tablet device for this, In > fact the raspberry Pi (type motherboard) + suitable case + screen should > do the trick, let MS do their secure boot thing, we don't need it, we > certainly don't need the restrictions this will come with, oh specific > hardware, fully closed linux can't run, its not just the secure boot we > need to contend with. Offer a REAL alternative, that is designed FOR > ubuntu / LInux and we should be far better off. >
That's a great idea, but it's actually missing the point about what Canonical wants to do, if I understand their intentions. They are about putting Linux on desktops and commercial devices, which is potentially now where the company can make a difference and a profit. For that matter there is now a tablet that run Linux on ARM, although it's KDE and Mer, s/ > > -- Twitter: @sfgreenwood "more of a stain than a globule"
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