On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 4:56 PM, Peter Robinson <pbrobinson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I see that this discussion has gone from ARM as a primary architecture >> for Fedora to a general Tablets vs PC market discussion. IMHO, While >> there is no doubt that the tablet/mobile market is growing rapidly, >> The desktop and laptops are there to stay. >> >> Considering ARM as a primary architecture for Fedora is not a bad >> idea. But Sorry, why is this proposed? Do you intend to run Fedora on >> your smartphones or tablets? > > It's got nothing to do with smart phones and tablets. We don't intend > on supporting Fedora on smart phones (not to say a third party group > can't though), we're reviewing tablets and it will certainly be > possible to run it on tablets, the level of support out of the box is > undecided. The thing it does have to do with it ARM > netbooks/laptops/smarttops as well as dev boards and servers. There's > 100s of ARM devices out there that aren't tablets or smartphones. > >> I think that making ARM as a primary architecture for Fedora is a lot >> of work, I have no idea of the resources available in terms of >> developers, machines (in case of native builds),testers etc. > > Don't you think that the ARM SIG that has been working on ARM on > Fedora for close to 2 years might be aware of this? > >> And what will Fedora have achieved after putting in so much work? A >> few users (read geeks) who will be willing to install Fedora on their >> android tablets or ipads? Are there any ARM boards out in the market >> that are waiting to get Fedora installed on them? > > Yes, there's lots of devices. HP/Calxeda servers [1], Dell has > announced intention to do ARM servers[2], the XO 1.75 [3] and XO-3 [4] > devices, the Spark Tablet [5] and around a dozen different smartbooks, > nettops, development boards to name but a few. > >> Where is the hardware? Do you see signs of ARM boards coming in the >> near future (next 1 year or so) on which users can install operating >> systems of their choice? If the answer is yes, I would recommend >> considering ARM as a primary architecture for Fedora. >> If the answer is no, I think it is probably too early to consider ARM >> as a primary architecture for Fedora. > > The answer is already yes, and is going to increase substantially in > the coming months/year. > > Peter > > [1] http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9221370/Calxeda_s_chip_boosts_ARM_s_server_fight_with_Intel > [2] http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/21/dell-wants-in-on-arm-server-field-says-software-still-has-some/ > [3] http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XO-1.75 > [4] http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XO-3 > [5] http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Spark-tablet-announced/?kc=rss Accepted. Thank you for taking the trouble to clarify. Best Regards, Elison Niven -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
