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On 03/05/12 00:04, Julian Hall wrote: > > > 'Free of charge, free of viruses and designed to outpace its rivals on > low-end systems - Ubuntu has some obvious advantages. > > The operating system claims 20 million people use it a day. Not an > insignificant number, but still a drop in the ocean compared to > Microsoft's Windows or Apple's OS X.' > > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17916879 > > 2 issues 1. The above implies it is aimed at low end systes, Why ? Low just end systems, Linux (not just ubuntu) is capable of running on anything from these low end right up to top of the market computers, I can see where he is coming from in terms of bring old computers back in to use but some people may interpret that as only low end systems. 2. Raspberry PI ( stripped back PC) as gordon says the Raspberry PI is just another Linux box, what does a computer have that a PC does not have. The raspberry PI is a computer on a chip so why striipped back what does the Raspbery PI lack that a PC has in terms of basic input - > process - > output ok that is a very old model diagram but all computers are essentially following that block model. Or have i mis interpreted what he means by stripped back PC. Nice article, though, it gives Ubuntu some exposure, which is a good thing, people may start looking for info and even find the LUG on there which will be a good thing :) Paul -- -- http://www.zleap.net http://www.ubuntu.com skype : psutton111 http://www.linkedin.com/pub/paul-sutton/36/595/911 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq