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ARM netbooks may lack hardware-accelerated graphics

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“Intel turned the Moblin project over to the Linux
Foundation earlier this year, but continues to invest heavily in
Moblin technology development, and Moblin software can be licensed
by anyone willing to abide by the terms of its open source license.
But if people use Moblin technology on ARM, won’t they be eating
Intel’s launch, as at least one journalist predicted back in April?

“Yes, but as usual with GPL-licensed open source technology,
it’s a two-way street. Intel actually stands to gain something
significant from any serious effort to port Moblin technology to
ARM.”


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