Intel talks Linux, netbooks and rivalry with ARM | Linux Today

Intel talks Linux, netbooks and rivalry with ARM

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 17, 2009

“Q: There seems to be some confusion over what Moblin entails
— it appears to be a full Linux distribution, but we have
seen Suse and Linpus flavours, and Canonical are about to release
an Ubuntu flavour. What is Moblin?

“A: What Moblin really is, in technical terms, is a community
distribution, much like Fedora or Debian, that people tend to use
in different ways. There are certain operating-system vendors who
take Moblin completely as-is and use it, and add customisation and
provide support, and there are those who take various technologies
from Moblin and incorporate them into their own operating systems
— although, when people do that, they tend to focus on the
user experience.”

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