On 11/12/2019 03:36, Mike Easter wrote:
> TCW wrote:
>> Just wanted to pass this along for the hobbyists.
>>
>>
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-19.10.1-For-Raspberr
y-Pi
>>
>>
> It is reasonable to consider an RPi4 to be quite capable of being a
> desktop even w/ an OS which is relatively 'inefficient' (bloated?)
> compared to the choices for earlier RPi/s such as 3B.
>
> I think Ubuntu should be congratulated for accepting a role in
> supporting ARM such as RPi4.
>
> However, there is a much bigger picture that involves support for ARM
> devices of much less resources - that would not apply to Ub.
>
> Lighter weight distro/s such as Raspian and others should continue to
> get the most attention from ARM devices.
>

It's not the distro that is lightweight: it is simply the lack of CPU
sucking javascript in a web browser.

Or X-windows.

Ditch a GUI and you can run on a z80.


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