Re: Ubuntu on tabets
- Posted by jimcbrown (admin) Mar 01, 2013
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"Tablets" in the following refers to mainly the ARM processor based devices, which are gradually replacing the laptops. Specifically I am not including Windows tablets very recently introduced by Microsoft.
Some of those are ARM-based too, mind you.
You have a Windows and Linux version of Euphoria (and a Mac version).
Tablets came roaring into the picture, with the Android OS.
You created a separate Android version of Euphoria.
Untrue. At least, if a separate Android version of Euphoria exists, I don't know about it .. can you provide a link?
By making that claim, your lack of knowledge in this topic is showing.
As somebody pointed out earlier in this thread, there is a Debian Linux available on tablets, but I doubt if it (i.e. "Debian on tablets")can run Euphoria.
As I pointed out earlier in this thread, I have already tried it, and it works. Again, the fact that you didn't understand this demonstrates that you still have quite a bit to learn...
Coming back to the current statement at the start of this thread, the Ubuntu people have announced a version of Ubuntu on 25-28th February, 2013 which will work on ALL tablets. ... The latter will drop i386 support. It is only announced. If you follow my Url, they are asking you to sign in to be kept informed of the progress.
I followed your URL. (Actually, all of them on this thread.) No mention of this. Closest I could find was that Ubuntu stopped supporting non-i386 PAE cpus and requires i686 or higher now .. back in 2010.
You seem to have misunderstood the contents of your own URLs.
You all have limited amount of time, and instead of spending a lot of time on the older Linuxes based on kernel 3.6 and lower
The kernel version shouldn't matter to userspace. Binaries built for Linux 2.0 will still run on Linux 3.7.9. If I had to choose, I'd rather spend time getting Euphoria out the door than spend it trying to upgrade kernels every couple of weeks with each new release.
Having made a carefully worded statement based on current progress in the Linux kernels and relationship to ARM fired tablets, I did not expect to be talked down with statements like, "We have an Android version of Euphoria" ....
Then I shall talk you down with statements like, "We do not have an Android version of Euphoria yet...so you have to use the Linux/GNU version for now."
This so called Android version will only work on Andriod device x, but not on y, etc etc.
I haven't seem any reports of Euphoria failing to run on a specific Android device. If you have detailed reports of specific examples, please contribute ... but considering the vast ignorance you have shown, I find it unlikely that you'll be able to do so.
For Euphoria implementation, the direction I would suggest is to get a Linux version that works as Linux whether or not the underlying processor is ARM or Intel/AMD. In that context, it would worth keeping an eye on what the Ubuntu people come up with.
Ubuntu has separate images for different archs. They don't have one that'll work independently of the underlying processor type.
A multi-platform binary is an interesting concept. If gcc supported it, then we could added this in easily - but it doesn't. (If you have a patch to implement this, I'll glady take a look, however.)
