Joseph Apuzzo wrote: > Yes it's not open HW or Maker, but it does address what the original Pi > idea was putting a "PC" in the hands of a kid.
Well, not exactly: the Pi foundations goal was to provide an educational computer - specifically something where kids could hack hardware and software. > It's a 4-core ARM based system that runs Android 4.2, so it would have > access to the full catalog of Android apps. > > The new "tablet" version of Ubuntu will run Android apps so you get your > Netflix etc. > http://www.ubuntu.com/tablet > > > On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 2:49 PM, Michael Muller <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I don't really see this as an improvement on the RPi, though. It doesn't > > meet > > the price point and it doesn't target hardware hacking. Its main > > distinction > > seems to be that it allows parental controls. > > > > James E. LaBarre wrote: > > > On 06/05/2013 02:18 PM, Joseph Apuzzo wrote: > > > > http://www.miipc.com/ > > > > > > > > I would prefer to run Ubuntu on this thought... > > > > > > > > -- > > > > /** > > > > ** Joseph Apuzzo > > > > **/ > > > > > > But Ubuntu wouldn't run Netflix (I'm presuming it's not an x86 > > processor). > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > > > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > > > > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College > > > Jun 5 - Adventures in Debian Packaging > > > Jul 10 - Mad Science Fair - Open Hardware Expo > > > Oct 2 - OpenFlow: Open Standard for Networking Hardware > > > > > > > > > > > ============================================================================= > > michaelMuller = [email protected] | http://www.mindhog.net/~mmuller > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > you and I are only different in our minds, the universe makes no such > > distinction > > > > ============================================================================= > > _______________________________________________ > > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College > > Jun 5 - Adventures in Debian Packaging > > Jul 10 - Mad Science Fair - Open Hardware Expo > > Oct 2 - OpenFlow: Open Standard for Networking Hardware > > > > > > -- > /** > ** Joseph Apuzzo > **/ > ============================================================================= michaelMuller = [email protected] | http://www.mindhog.net/~mmuller ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you are not willing to control your own mind, there are plenty of other people who are willing to do it for you. ============================================================================= _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College Jun 5 - Adventures in Debian Packaging Jul 10 - Mad Science Fair - Open Hardware Expo Oct 2 - OpenFlow: Open Standard for Networking Hardware
