-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 07/03/12 12:20, paul sutton wrote: > I am also guessing here, that with the raspberry PI the exposure > that Linux will get should really help drive the fact there ARE > real alternatives.,
Or people will say "Linux, hmm, that's the thing that runs on those really slow, cheap things that come without a case?". I'd like to hope that's not the general view and that "we" can use the positive characteristics to help promote Linux in general. It's a massive bummer that the RPi won't ship with Ubuntu. I'd love for some community people to get together and make that happen, but it doesn't seem to have yet. > Especially if local user groups and the loco teams Ubuntu local > teams up their game, then the support structure will be out there > and people will know about it. > We've heard this before :) When the OLPC came out Intel and Microsoft made the Classmate which ran XP (badly) which somewhat scuppered the OLPC launch. When netbooks came out we crowed about how they ran Linux better than Windows. Microsoft came along and dictated (via the terms for Windows Starter Edition) that netbooks be hobbled to a very specific hardware profile, one which suits their OS. I wouldn't put it past Microsoft to do something unexpected to screw with the RPi. I remain optimistic though. Cheers, - -- Alan Pope Engineering Manager Canonical - Product Strategy +44 (0) 7973 620 164 alan.p...@canonical.com http://ubuntu.com/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJPV1VLAAoJEMx6UFtfvV4wEBwH/iEEFasA4j52J0zweqjd4WNQ KCvby2FAA8NFxIAxHabEgi1iKk44ObXC7Fd4r3Nn/G2Zr9lwpJHA6FPN05e7nmK4 gKb4TYJdEfEr4MIj9ShZwqxU/htoS2OKXEdQbodSSrbGue50q7qzPV+PZJupstHM d8p+UA+432cEWBjggsvw1hoy/AqaczP4iW8nkCdeoA7yg37ATjZXyGSUPO6/1Q1L 6aQ1amh1M8Pa6lUF2qirHkkXCrj41AXzJJBss9GqtS6+PqKBQm3c/SxrtxOXWuRp A4poVPfrJc5vQttEFuqlD/D1A+YRjoLjTV7+GhZfZPN3BaeDuLeR/Y6Hob8dFNg= =POkr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
