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So you mean SJVN, HN etc. would cheer on a Windows RT laptop if it were THIN and CHEAP and allowed the user to install Ubuntu? Somehow I SERIOUSLY doubt that.

dragonbonheur 14y ago
Windows RT devices won't allow people to install their own Operating Systems dude :) They won't be cheap either.
drivebyacct2 14y ago
>So you mean SJVN, HN etc. would cheer on a Windows RT laptop if it were THIN and CHEAP and allowed the user to install Ubuntu? Uh, hell yes. I'm waiting to place the order button as soon as this http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5018096 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5018096 makes more progress (though it's likely this will be confined to running Windows albeit less restricted). It's also why I'm evaluating grabbing one of these Exynos Chromebooks to install Ubuntu on (possibly in a chroot). It's a cheap laptop that comes with Chrome OS installed. Versus the current market where I buy a cheap laptop and it has Windows installed. (And in this case I get to choose ARM if I want since Linux properly supports it)
- recoiledsnake 14y ago
  You would, but it's a safe bet than even the announcement of such a device would be flagged off the front page of HN.
  - dragonbonheur 14y ago
    In fact, lots of devices with that capability are coming to market: they are all those Allwinner-based netbooks and tablets that can also run some form of pure, multi-tasking Linux. They'll run web servers, interpreters and compilers. They'll run Java SE. They'll run the GAMBAS IDE. Some Arm chipsets like the Allwinner can now be considered as the true spiritual successor to the PC. Although some aspects are closed source, workarounds will be found and even some closed source drivers can't hurt. It's just like the PC era when people were trying to reverse-engineer the PC BIOS.
  - drivebyacct2 14y ago
    Based on the vote count of my comment, I really don't think that's true.
tikhonj 14y ago
Actually, I would be all over the Microsoft Surface if it was thin, cheap and--most importantly--allowed me to run Linux without a hassle. In fact, I was seriously considering getting a Surface until I found out that the ARM version was crippled and the x86 version would have some compromises (like being louder, heavier, thicker and having worse battery life). And I don't think my sentiment is at all unique--I've certainly seen the same idea repeated on HN.

dragonbonheur 14y ago

Windows RT devices won't allow people to install their own Operating Systems dude :) They won't be cheap either.

drivebyacct2 14y ago

>So you mean SJVN, HN etc. would cheer on a Windows RT laptop if it were THIN and CHEAP and allowed the user to install Ubuntu? Uh, hell yes. I'm waiting to place the order button as soon as this http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5018096 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5018096 makes more progress (though it's likely this will be confined to running Windows albeit less restricted). It's also why I'm evaluating grabbing one of these Exynos Chromebooks to install Ubuntu on (possibly in a chroot). It's a cheap laptop that comes with Chrome OS installed. Versus the current market where I buy a cheap laptop and it has Windows installed. (And in this case I get to choose ARM if I want since Linux properly supports it)

recoiledsnake 14y ago
You would, but it's a safe bet than even the announcement of such a device would be flagged off the front page of HN.
- dragonbonheur 14y ago
  In fact, lots of devices with that capability are coming to market: they are all those Allwinner-based netbooks and tablets that can also run some form of pure, multi-tasking Linux. They'll run web servers, interpreters and compilers. They'll run Java SE. They'll run the GAMBAS IDE. Some Arm chipsets like the Allwinner can now be considered as the true spiritual successor to the PC. Although some aspects are closed source, workarounds will be found and even some closed source drivers can't hurt. It's just like the PC era when people were trying to reverse-engineer the PC BIOS.
- drivebyacct2 14y ago
  Based on the vote count of my comment, I really don't think that's true.

tikhonj 14y ago

Actually, I would be all over the Microsoft Surface if it was thin, cheap and--most importantly--allowed me to run Linux without a hassle. In fact, I was seriously considering getting a Surface until I found out that the ARM version was crippled and the x86 version would have some compromises (like being louder, heavier, thicker and having worse battery life). And I don't think my sentiment is at all unique--I've certainly seen the same idea repeated on HN.