Interesting announcement
Mel Wilson
mwilson-4YeSL8/OYKRWk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org
Wed Jan 26 23:03:02 UTC 2011
On 11-01-26 04:43 PM, William Park wrote:
> This brings up one of my pet peeves... I can download .iso files for ARM or
> MIPS. Then, what? I don't have motherboard that I can play with. Eg. For the
> longest time, I want to try Slackware version for ARM processor. The only ARM
> hardware I can buy is "pogoplug" computer which has only USB and RJ45 port.
> Pretty much useless as desktop computer.
That tends to be the story. The processors also seem to be
underpowered compared to multi-GHz desktop machines. It would be
pretty credible, though, to run an ARM9 board as a local file server
or GIT hub or LAN web server or whatever, without blowing up your
personal carbon footprint.
Mel.
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