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Absolutely. One step at a time. It might seem very foolish at the moment but I see that RISC-V based mobile devices to become a reality some day with a Linux OS
by wg0 1y ago
Absolutely. One step at a time. It might seem very foolish at the moment but I see that RISC-V based mobile devices to become a reality some day with a Linux OS on top.
Might sound absurd but tell someone on 1st January 2000 on Linux kernel mailing list that one day, half of the world population would be holding Linux operating system in their hands and here we are - excluding Apple, every single device is running a Linux kernel.
- rjsw 1y agoDEC/Compaq/HP had working handheld systems running Linux in 2000, starting with the Itsy [1] and moving on to versions of the Compaq iPaq and HP Jornada 720. The kdrive X server was written for these machines. I was running the same software stack on a ruggedized tablet that we manufactured. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itsy_Pocket_Computer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itsy_Pocket_Computer