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Alex wrote: > Yes, it's a different cpu architecture and could require some > changes to ensure compilation. Debian maintains an ARM build but I > think QGIS or GRASS fails to build on that arch. GRASS builds fine on ARM (it's ANSI C / C89 so pretty much lowest common denominator dependency-wise & should build on any hardware or OS from the last 20+ years). Debian's QA system reports no errors building QGIS 1.7.4 on the armel platform: http://packages.qa.debian.org/g/grass.html http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=grass http://grass.osgeo.org/images/zaurus_grass.jpg http://grass.osgeo.org/images/ipaq_grass.jpg http://packages.qa.debian.org/q/qgis.html http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=qgis And the new "armhf" (ArmHardFloatPort) ARM7+ port seems to be going well too. Ubuntu's armel port seems a bit thin on packages by comparison, but I think that will be Ubuntu HQ's issue and not the specific packages. http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?arch=armel&keywords=<package name here> (currently just seems to be platform="all" doc & data pkgs getting through) > As far as osgeolive goes it would be a special VM or emulator of an arm > chip or an ARM based machine that we'd do a special ARM build on. (i.e. Qemu+KVM: actually Google's Android SDK VM is really just a stripped down, repackaged, and tuned Qemu bundle) > Long term yes, I think a RasberryPi could be used for teaching > geospatial. Seems to me better suited for field datalogger/data entry use, rather than desktop GIS where you might want 2 monitors on a grunty workstation. As always, it depends on the specific task I guess. > OLPC would probably happen sooner since that x86 based > (could likely happen now). I'm pretty sure it already has. I've got a vague recollection of someone showing me QGIS/GRASS running on one. Valuable if for no other reason than the daylight readable Pixel Qi screen. The current crop of consumer laptops all have the high-contrast-arms-race reflective screens which are unusable out in the field on a sunny day, even with cardboard, black garbage bag, and duct tape visors assembled. The only big players still shipping matte finish displays seem to be ToughBook, but they are ~6x as expensive. :-( but I digress.. :-) best, Hamish _______________________________________________ Live-demo mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demo http://live.osgeo.org http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc
