(non-Android) ARM Laptop

[doodab]

At the moment it's probably only of interest to those wishing to get involved in porting stuff.

I would be more interested in having an ARM dev board TBH.

[Addanc]

So what? iOS and MacOSX share some code but they are not the same OS.

Would that be the bit nicked from the BSD kernel, must be something about the BSD license.

. "Based on" doesn't mean they are the same, or have the same capabilities.

Most linux distro have distro specific patches in the kernel, but they are still considered to be linux kernel based with pretty much the same ******* capabilities.

[petergriffin]

Classic chicken and egg scenario - I won't use it until my software runs on it, no one will port hte software because no one is using ARM.

I am sure you can download porn on ARM

[yasockie]

Classic chicken and egg scenario - I won't use it until my software runs on it, no one will port hte software because no one is using ARM.

[Sysman]

I wouldn't bother with an ARM based laptop at the moment as it's only going to run a small fraction of the software I want & need to use, regardless of which OS is installed.

At the moment it's probably only of interest to those wishing to get involved in porting stuff.

[doodab]

I wouldn't bother with an ARM based laptop at the moment as it's only going to run a small fraction of the software I want & need to use, regardless of which OS is installed.

[eek]

I'm sure there are a fair few Linux people on any techy site though!

I doubt many are interested in arm based laptops.

[d000hg]

I don't think anyone knows. most of the people on here will want a windows laptop or mac of some kind.

I'm sure there are a fair few Linux people on any techy site though!

[eek]

What about this one:
Genesi - EFIKA MX Smartbook

It's sold at 189 euros including free shipping to the UK:
Genesi Europe

I don't think anyone knows. most of the people on here will want a windows laptop or mac of some kind.

[petergriffin]

What about this one:
Genesi - EFIKA MX Smartbook

It's sold at 189 euros including free shipping to the UK:
Genesi Europe

[petergriffin]

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Android's kernel is derived from the Linux kernel. Google contributed code to the Linux kernel as part of their Android effort, but certain features, notably a power management feature called wakelocks, were rejected by mainline kernel developers, so the Android kernel is now a separate version or fork of the Linux kernel

[d000hg]

So what? iOS and MacOSX share some code but they are not the same OS. "Based on" doesn't mean they are the same, or have the same capabilities.

[Addanc]

Android is based on Linux kernel.

[petergriffin]

Does anybody here use an ARM-based Laptop and replaced Android with something else, for example Linux, and if so did you regret it?