ARM'ing Linux

Aug 21, 2011, 18:00 (0 Talkback[s])

The ARM chip architecture is emerging to become an extremely popular one for embedded and mobile devices. It's also an architecture that has had some issues when it comes to Linux.

Speaking at the LinuxCon conference this week, Linux creator Linus Torvalds detailed his frustrations with ARM. Coincidentally this week, Canonical, the lead commercial sponsor behind Ubuntu Linux, announced ARM support as part of the upcoming Ubuntu 11.10 release.

"I think that ARM is very promising," Torvalds said. "The problem is that ARM doesn't have a standard platform."

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