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	GeneralAntilles	2008-11-14 , 16:07
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Originally Posted by TA-t3

So what does it mean when they say "porting Ubuntu to ARM"? It doesn't make sense. "Ubuntu contributing to ARM Linux kernel development", or "Ubuntu supporting work on the GNU Compiler Collection" would make some sense. "porting Ubunto to ARMv7" does not.

I think it mostly has to do with people thinking compiling something for ARM automatically makes it a mobile distro. See Deblet—it doesn't.

The conclusions being draw here are really somewhat outlandish for a new CPU target announcement. . . . :\

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