On 07/03/12 12:32, Alan Pope wrote: > 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.
Perhaps when there are a good few of these out there this may happen, however it would be easier if there were a few people in one area say where I am (Torbay) who want to do a port, that way face to face meets can be arranged to discuss / look at the issues and collaborate closely on specific issues. > > > 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, > -- -- http://www.zleap.net http://www.ubuntu.com skype : psutton111
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