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Russell King - ARM Linux Admin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 2. From time to time, I have been asking a certain well-known magazine
> publisher in the old Acorn market about their interest in Linux. It
> appears that they do not see ARM Linux as something that is worthy
> of their magazine. They said that Linux was just "a small minority
> of people making a lot of noise." Does the ARM Linux (Acorn)
> community have any reaction to that?
Assuming the publisher in question was talking about ARM Linux, then I
would take severe issue with 'a lot of noise', and suggest 'an occasional
squeak' would be a better description. Very few people are talking about
ARM Linux, and those that are are in general not talking about it on
currently produced RISC OS-based machines. And I should know, because I'm
one of the few people who's doing the talking in the 'mainstream' Acorn
market.
> The reaction should take into account whether you think that there
> should be some sort of magazine article about Linux, and if so, who
> should write it up. I'll say "Not Me" now, before anyone gets any
> ideas. ;)
Been there, done that. Offered it to Acorn User, Steve Turnbull said 'no':
offered it to Risc User, Mark Moxon said 'yes'.
Ten issues later I'm now getting out of my depth. I simply don't have the
time to learn ARM Linux well enough to write interesting and useful
articles about the details of it. Which is a pity, as I'm just starting up
a CD-ROM-based magazine with David Holden of APDL which I'd like to
include an ARM Linux column. If anyone - and I'm possibly looking in
Chris's direction here - would like to do a technical series on ARM Linux
(for an audience of Risc PC owners, not EBSA boards) I'd love to hear from
you.
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