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| DanMahony | hello everyone | 09:27 |
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| DanMahony | does anyone know if this script will work on ubuntu ARM? | 09:28 |
| DanMahony | http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/11/set-your-screen-resolution-higher-than-you-should-with-newrez/ | 09:28 |
| DanMahony | its called newrez | 09:28 |
| DanMahony | I use it on my notebook to make the resolution higher than it should be | 09:29 |
| lilstevie | is its source available | 09:29 |
| lilstevie | if so you could compile it for arm, no guarentees that it will work though | 09:30 |
| DanMahony | ok cool | 09:31 |
| DanMahony | thanks for that | 09:31 |
| DanMahony | is it worht getting the cortex a9 chip or should i wait for the next big thing? | 09:31 |
| DanMahony | just for use as a desktop computer | 09:32 |
| lilstevie | well cortex-a9 has benefits over the a8 | 09:32 |
| lilstevie | the A9 is the next big thing for arm platform | 09:32 |
| DanMahony | ok cool | 09:32 |
| DanMahony | Im interested in making an ubuntu desktop running on ARM to possibly resell | 09:33 |
| DanMahony | Im not sure if it is legal though | 09:33 |
| lilstevie | but I dont think we will see full uniformity for the arm platform until win8 drops | 09:33 |
| lilstevie | and some standards get set | 09:33 |
| lilstevie | why wouldnt it be legal | 09:33 |
| DanMahony | I thought the beagleboard/pandaboards are only for development purposes | 09:33 |
| DanMahony | Im just interested in getting ARm computers into the market where i live | 09:34 |
| DanMahony | Maybe build a box for the pandaboard and install ubuntu on ity | 09:34 |
| lilstevie | I have been fixated on that task since acorn computers were around :p | 09:34 |
| DanMahony | cooll | 09:34 |
| DanMahony | sorry about the typing | 09:35 |
| DanMahony | Is there a page that can tell me what ubuntu applications work on the arm cortex A9? | 09:35 |
| DanMahony | or is compatability the same for all ARM chips? | 09:35 |
| lilstevie | I am working on porting ubuntu to most of the android tablets to raise awareness :p | 09:35 |
| lilstevie | arm has a backwards compatible rule | 09:36 |
| DanMahony | thats good | 09:36 |
| DanMahony | I cant wait to order a pandaboard | 09:36 |
| DanMahony | I've been obsessing over it since i found out about it | 09:36 |
| DanMahony | whats your favourite ARM board to use ubuntu with? | 09:37 |
| lilstevie | if the package is for armv7 it means it will run on all armv7 cpu's | 09:39 |
| lilstevie | which are cortex-a8 and a9 | 09:39 |
| DanMahony | awesome | 09:39 |
| DanMahony | do you think ubuntu on arm is stable enough for a beginner user? | 09:41 |
| lilstevie | it isnt bad | 09:41 |
| lilstevie | I have been using it on my tab | 09:42 |
| DanMahony | cool | 09:42 |
| DanMahony | I just want to make a low power computer that will do all the standard tasks like web browsing and document editing | 09:42 |
| lilstevie | well then it is perfect :p | 09:42 |
| DanMahony | thats great | 09:42 |
| DanMahony | Im a struggling computer technicain/ salesman so when I found out about ARM for desktop computers I got excited | 09:43 |
| DanMahony | I hope I can resell them | 09:44 |
| lilstevie | heh | 09:45 |
| DanMahony | So is running off the SD card as bad as it sounds? | 09:46 |
| DanMahony | i thought it would wear out fast | 09:46 |
| TheSeven | it seems to me that performance is currently the bigger problem than wear | 09:47 |
| lilstevie | depends on the speed of your SD Card | 09:47 |
| lilstevie | I am running off a class 6 and a class 10 card | 09:47 |
| DanMahony | ok, can you use the usb for your sytem files? | 09:48 |
| TheSeven | yes, you can have the root partition on a usb storage device | 09:48 |
| DanMahony | thats good | 09:48 |
| lilstevie | I cant on my device though | 09:48 |
| TheSeven | in theory you can boot a pandaboard using an otherwise useless 16MB sdcard that was shipped with some camera :) | 09:49 |
| TheSeven | well, on the pandaboard you can | 09:49 |
| DanMahony | 16mb or gb? | 09:49 |
| TheSeven | MB | 09:49 |
| DanMahony | ah cool | 09:49 |
| DanMahony | i have plenty of useless sd cards laying around | 09:49 |
| TheSeven | assuming you have a sufficiently large and fast usb storage device of course | 09:49 |
| DanMahony | ok | 09:50 |
| DanMahony | so will we have to wait for windows 8 to see the full potential of ARM? | 09:50 |
| lilstevie | probably not | 09:51 |
| TheSeven | i think that will be the point when it really takes off, due to public awareness and a much broader variety of devices | 09:51 |
| lilstevie | but it will deff be the best thing to happen to the platform | 09:52 |
| DanMahony | yeah | 09:52 |
| DanMahony | I just read that it isnt coming out until maybe 2014 | 09:52 |
| DanMahony | sucks | 09:52 |
| DanMahony | http://www.windows8update.com/2011/01/12/windows-8-on-arm-could-be-delayed-until-2013-duh/ | 09:52 |
| DanMahony | thanks for answering my questions | 09:53 |
| DanMahony | I have to leave now | 09:54 |
| DanMahony | enjoy your day/night | 09:54 |
| micahg | any arm porters have an interest in chromium? | 09:54 |
| lilstevie | micahg: I use chromium on my tab | 09:57 |
| * TheSeven is using chromium on his pandaboard, but is not actually an arm porter (yet) | 09:57 | |
| robclark | ogra, rsalveti, you here? | 13:31 |
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| rsalveti | robclark: got your monitor already? | 22:26 |
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