Ubuntu Optimizes its OS for ARM CPUs

"An ARM-based netbook running Ubuntu could be in your future with the newest version of Ubuntu Netbook Edition. Much like Windows, the popular Linux distro did not previously have support for ARM processors. This meant you'd only see Ubuntu on Atom-based netbooks, a category dominated by Windows. With the anticipated flood of ARM packing "smartbooks" expected to materialize, the devs got to work rewriting Ubuntu."

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