Pegatron's Ubuntu-equipped netbook spotted in the wild
By Darren Murph 
posted November 22nd 2009 2:08PM
posted November 22nd 2009 2:08PM
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Look at the article: it's ARM-based. It won't be running Windows 7.
unfortunately you're telling this to the author... sigh
Windows doesn't run on ARM, yo.
MS, would have to port it, and they're the reason we're all on AMD64 rather than IA64.
They don't want to port _shit_,
This makes me very happy. Hardware manufacturers choosing to not let people that sell... nothing(software doesn't actually exist, y'all) tell them what they can and can't put in their products.
They want to make it work better? Have some of their programmers write some code to implement the behaviour they desire.
I'm not a big fan of Ubuntu, but it's a step in the right direction.
Wat?
Precisely.
Perhaps not smoking a bowl before posting would allow you to recognise proper English.
I'm curious, How far did you guys get into the post? I got to "nothing(software doesn't actually exist, y'all) " before my brain needed to reboot.
It doesn't...
While it may not exist in a physical sense, it most definitely is something, even if it is just tiny little grooves on a shiny platter. What you have just said is akin to saying that our beloved gadget blog doesn't exist, I have wasted enough time here to say that it damn well does exist.
It doesn't exist.
It's just ideas.
It's all theory and implementation. A word doesn't exist, the pencil marks on the paper exist, the paper exists. The word is an idea.
Software is an idea.
I don't get the idea of charging money for permission to use an idea.
what's the difference between the pencil marks on the paper and the laser marks on the dvd?
if you don't want to buy a book (paper, pencil marks), you're welcome to write it for yourself (not paying for the idea), just like you're free to write the software (idea) for yourself if you don't want to pay for the dvd
*facepalm*
There isn't a difference. That was the point.
The word is not the pencil marks, nor is software the flipped bits on a platter or pits in an optical disc.
Software is ideas. Math.
"2" doesn't exist. It's a description of a situation.
Windows 7 is not going to happen to these machines since they are based on ARM, not x86. At least not very soon.
If Ubuntu gets properly customized for this machine, it will run just fine.
For netbook purposes like browsing, emailing, note taking Ubuntu (with Firefox and OpenOffice) will be very good. Hopefully, it will run Ubuntu Netbook Remix, that is more appropriate for this screen size.
umm, dude I hope you realize that open office is HUGE and takes forever to load. where as there are a bunch of lightweight alternatives (abiword for one of them) that boot up alot faster. because in my honest opinion if I have an instant on computer then I will want an instant on program. but thats just me.
I just use Emacs.
Windows 7 on what is probably an ARM machine?
It's funny that I know Pegatron is an offshoot of Asus (Each draw their name from Pegasus)
I also know Pegatron is going to mainly use ARM chips for their netbooks/tablets/laptops and focus on Linux and Android.
How do I know this ? Because I read it on Engadget months ago !
To be honest, I was imagining a Pegasus/Megatron hyrbid.
MEGASUS!
When you combine Pegatron and Asus you get Pegasus...but then you're left over with Asstron.
or just atron
There is a basic Gnome desktop on the screen, which means no for Netbook Remix edition by default. Not that it is hard to install.
The Remix is actually more resource-heavy.
Ubuntu: Doing it Wrong.
Yeah damn you "Ubuntu Corporation!"
They're only in the OS game for the money...
Stop trolling, you're not very good at it.
I forsee a great future for both ARM aswell as Linux, Ubuntu/Debian in particular.
Hopefully more ARM applications/daemons are available from the repositories at the time ARM smartbooks are getting widespread.
looks like Darren Murph needs to RTFA...
don't ban me please
I was much more excited when I thought the title of the article was Pentagon's Ubuntu-equipped netbook spotted in the wild
I was much more excited when I thought the title of the article was Pegasus spotted in the wild
I'm always excited to hear about Ubuntu in manufacturers computers. I've been running it solely for a while now, and I can't imagine ANYONE preferring XP over this (except for gaming of course).
They'll be closer to being a viable alternative once they stop shoehorning PulseAudio in and refusing to let you pull it out without breaking everything.
Debian. Less by default, slightly harder to install, but it actually works if you change things.
What's wrong with PulseAudio? I've had no trouble with it. Also, you aren't understanding the intended customer if you're saying that- most people don't want all that difficulty, especially when they could have everything working out of the box.
Amen. This weekend I installed Ubuntu on my pc (previously running Fedora 11) and Windows 7 on my girlfriend's pc. Both computers are modern but well-established, so the drivers should be very common. The results?
Ubuntu 9.10 needed to add one driver after installation for my nVidia graphics card, which the OS did automatically for me upon my first boot of the freshly-installed OS.
Windows 7 installed with NO drivers of any useful nature, providing me with a 16-colour, 800x600 display (on my 1440x900 monitor). I had to use another computer to find windows drivers for my LAN chip so that I could get the computer online to find the numerous drivers required to make it run normally.
In other words, Windows was frustrating to install because of driver issues, while Linux just worked. Oh how the tables have turned.
You could have at least acknowledged you deleted a chunk of the article. Strike though the incorrect bit, or add an amendment, but don't just delete it to cover up.
I was much more excited when I thought the title of the article was new Decepticon, Pegatron, spotted in the wild.
I was under the impression that an ARM chip meant that it was a smartbook, this seems like the definition of what was thrown around for the term 'smartbook'.
Stop saying 'a hot minute'
Even if Win 7 could be shoehorned to run on ARM, you would definitely not want it. This is an 800Mhz chip. Ubuntu on the other hand will be awesome - tons of desktop power and apps running on what is basically a souped up smartphone chip. I guess you could ask why not XP, but Ubuntu is way better than XP and the Linux kernel can be tuned to run so much better on an ARM chip than any flavor of Windows. This would be as slick as a comparable Win netbook but for half as much money and having twice the battery life. If they've done a halfway decent job of implementing this, for $200 I would pick one up in a heartbeat.
"... If they've done a halfway decent job of implementing this ..."
That´s the key. Most of the magic is in optimizing the configuration for hardware like this.
Aha, you know the chip? I'm guessing it's still a Cortex A8, right? And thus 'not really fast enough', imo (whatever the OS).
The dual-core A9s should close the gap with Atom, especially if some of the embedded graphics processors that are usually included in ARM-based chips get supported by Flash for video acceleration. Anyone know if that's feasible? Sounds to me like something those video chip manufacturers should be paying Adobe to implement...
Fat chance of flash supporting a "new" (as in really old) architecture.
Interesting hardware but the OS is as normal as it gets. Certainly nothing to be surprised in that department.
Still should be interesting to see how much performance one can get out of what is basically smartphone technology on steroids.
Only one question remains: Is Pegatron an autobot or decepticon?
Windows runs on IA64, dumbass. It has ever since Merced.
The hell? This was supposed to be a response to (unverified) above, the dude complaining about Microsoft.
Only Windows Server, yo.
No one cares about Windows Server.
Please relax.
>Ubuntu
>adventurous
Lol wat.
I am using Ubuntu solely for a while .Looking for a dual core ARM with ubuntu in it :) ...This is a great step..but it all depends who they sell
Totally looks like he has wild Tatoos
Nice Tats man!