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nOStahlhi guys00:35
nOStahlso this arm stuff... it will be full featured ubuntu?00:41
infinitys/will be/is/00:42
nOStahlhttp://www.geek.com/articles/chips/cubox-is-a-sexy-ice-cube-sized-arm-computer-20111221/00:43
GrueMasterWe have full Ubuntu desktop and Server images now.00:43
nOStahlso something like that could be a decent computer for a web developer?00:43
GrueMasterMight.  Looking.00:44
infinityYeah.00:44
infinityAnd that article is wrong.00:44
GrueMaster1G ddr3, Armv7.  Not bad.00:44
infinityIt claims "ARM7" where they meant "ARMv7"00:45
nOStahlinteresting00:45
infinitynOStahl: But, yes, other than the part where we don't ship a kernel in the archive for that box, it will run Ubuntu just fine.00:45
GrueMasterHrm.  Marvell Armada 510.  could be arm7.00:45
infinityGrueMaster: No, the 510 is v7.00:46
GrueMasterok00:46
nOStahlubuntu arm needs to be marketed to the Off grid crowd00:46
nOStahlpeople that live on solar and wind power systems00:46
nOStahlthey are very interested in low wattage computers :)00:46
infinityBut this article makes it sound like the Pi is "better" since 11 is a bigger number than 7.00:47
infinityThey really need to fix that. :P00:47
nOStahlPi is cheaper :)00:47
infinityYeah, but Ubuntu won't run on the Pi.00:47
GrueMasternOStahl: If you get one of these and can get a working image assembled, I think we can add it to the community supported list.00:48
infinityThe Pi is also fairly crippled.  Fun toy device, likely frustrating to people who want to run a general purpose OS.00:48
nOStahlthe Pi shipped with an ubuntu image00:48
nOStahlI read in an article on the PI00:48
infinitynOStahl: Err.  Shipped to who?00:48
nOStahllet me find it.00:49
nOStahlthey auctioned off 10 demo boards00:49
infinityYeah.  They've only barely started shipping, AFAIK.  And there's no way they're running Ubuntu, since it would have to be an ancient release (karmic or earlier).00:49
nOStahlhttp://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/05/raspberry-pi-the-25-usb-sized-ubuntu-pc/00:49
nOStahl9.10 I think it said00:50
GrueMaster9.04.00:50
GrueMasterYuck00:50
infinityThat's just plain not true.00:50
GrueMasterWe were barely dabbling in arm back then.  And that was armv5.00:51
infinityUnless they did a scorched earth rebuild.  Which seems unlikely.00:51
infinityOh, wait.00:51
infinityI'm getting my years mixed up.00:51
infinity9.04 would run on it, yeah.00:51
infinityI still can't see them shipping with it, though.00:51
infinitySince they even amended their own FAQ to point out that Ubuntu isn't compatible...00:51
nOStahlit would be great for running video displays in public restrooms :)00:52
GrueMaster9.04 - armv5.  9.10 - armv6+vfp.  10.04-11.10 - armv7 soft float.00:52
GrueMasterHeh.00:52
infinityAnyhow.  Way far afield.  If you want a Pi, run Debian.  Beats running an ancient and unsupported Ubuntu.00:53
infinityBut that other box should run Ubuntu great.00:53
infinityAnd if someone wants to send me one...00:53
infinity*shifty look*00:53
nOStahlwhat kind of options are there for netbooks00:53
infinityNetbook selection is woefully crap still, which is sad.00:53
GrueMasterWell, funny you should ask.  Currently, we have a release for the Toshiba AC100.00:54
nOStahlgoogling00:54
infinityBut the Tranfsormer Prime (ie: tablet + keyboard dock) can pretend to be a Netbook quite well.  And with recent announcements of a bootloader unlocker from ASUS, I expect we'll ramp up support for them "soon".00:54
GrueMasterI hear there is work being done in the community to get running on the Asus Prime, but I don't know the status of that endeavor.00:54
infinity(And I'd rather have a Prime than an only-available-on-eBay AC100)00:54
GrueMasterVery true.00:55
GrueMasterIt's sad that M$ pretty much killed the netbook market.00:55
infinityIt's sad that the hardware vendors let them.00:55
nOStahlI Have an asus eeepc 90100:55
nOStahlI get 8 hours on a charge easy with it. little atom guy00:56
infinityIf that insane artificial 1GB RAM limit hadn't been enforced, netbooks would have been great.00:56
nOStahlwhat kind of battery lengths will arm platforms give me00:56
GrueMasterI have an Acer Aspire One 532h.  64 bit and with an ssd, boots Ubuntu in ~12 seconds.00:56
infinitynOStahl: My AC100 will run under heavy load all day.  The difference is that it's less than half the weight of your Atom netbook.00:56
GrueMasterMy AC100 lasted for well over 5 hours while flying across the US.00:56
GrueMasterrecompiling & testing banshee the whole way.00:57
infinityMy Lenovo S10-3 (Atom N450) and AC100 (Tegra2) last around the same under similar loads.  But the former burns my lap, while the latter doesn't get warm.  And the former is heavy as heck.  The latter is pretty much the weight of a pad of paper.00:58
GrueMasterYea, the AC100 is a lot smaller.  I can fit two in the same sleave I use for my Acer.00:58
GrueMasterSmaller meaning thinner.00:58
nOStahlya my 901 has two ssd's in it.01:00
nOStahlthe new one I bought for it is dead now though01:00
nOStahlkernel paniced randomly tried a diff installation on it and it cant finish installing now heh01:01
nOStahlso ubuntu -arm can watch youtube videos and everything? (flash support)01:04
GrueMasterI had similar issues on my first Acer Aspire One with the proprietary Intel SSD.  Har to rma it twice (first time Acer just dumped Windows back on it and moved the partition table).01:04
nOStahlits going to be a neat world in 5 years01:08
nOStahlI can see myself with a little arm media server hooked up to the tv01:11
GrueMasterYou can pretty much do that now with a panda board.01:16
GrueMasterI haven't tried it, but it should work well as a mythtv client system.01:16
nOStahlall of my viewing online comes from hulu.com or crackle.com etc.01:20
nOStahloccasional redbox01:20
nOStahlkeeps me from having to buy hard drives all the time :P01:20
infinitynOStahl: Flash on ARM is usually a non-starter, unless you hack and slash binaries from Android devices.01:34
infinitynOStahl: But youtube has an html5 option now.01:34
nOStahlah01:46
nOStahlI was just reading article of speculation of apple moving from intel to arm processors01:46
nOStahlbrb01:46
nOStahlrebooting01:46
twb"speculation"?  What do you think their iOS kit runs on01:53
zcleiubuntu-oneiric let me trouble,when i draw non-texture geometry12:49
zcleiwhen i draw three triangles ,only show two12:51
ndecogra_: hi. does any recent 'precise' image work on Panda ES?13:06
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cmaginaK9tdsE4aMz14:32
LetoThe2ndcmagina: i'd suggest changing that password now.14:36
cmaginaLetoThe2nd: yeah, hate when that happens. its only a local password14:37
LetoThe2nd:)14:37
GrueMasterndec: Pick one.  I'm running precise armhf now.14:55
ndecGrueMaster: i didn't try myself but someone reported it was not working...14:57
GrueMasterndec: I asked yesterday if the kernel mods had made it in because I haven't been testing it.  But yesterday's daily ran just fine.14:58
ndechas kernel changed since yesterday?14:59
GrueMasterI doubt it.15:01
GrueMasterMy point is that I hadn't tested the 4460 since Oneiric release  (I have several other pandas).  I knew then that there were kernel mods to correctly set voltages.  Yesterday, I asked if they had made it in and was told they were there for a while.15:03
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