{"id":872,"date":"2009-01-12T23:32:44","date_gmt":"2009-01-13T07:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/multimedia.cx\/eggs\/?p=872"},"modified":"2009-01-13T10:31:04","modified_gmt":"2009-01-13T18:31:04","slug":"more-non-x86-subnotebook-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multimedia.cx\/eggs\/more-non-x86-subnotebook-news\/","title":{"rendered":"More Non-x86 Subnotebook News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Maybe it’s almost time for cheap, non-x86, subnotebooks to hit the mainstream. I just read about the ARM-based Pegatron at Endgadget<\/a>. I wager this won’t be as difficult to compile software for as the MIPS subnotebook is turning out to be.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, those Gdium people<\/a> recently announced a program that they affectionately refer to as One Laptop Per Hacker (OLPH)<\/a>. The idea is to allow interested hackers to obtain pre-release access to Gdium units. I signed up for the program but never bothered to announce it here; hey, anything to reduce potential competition.<\/p>\n

Anyway, I got an email tonight notifying me that I am accepted into the program. I’m getting cold feet, though, especially over the legal agreement I am expected to sign in order to procure the pre-release unit. If I wasn’t already in possession of my other MIPS subnotebook<\/a>, I would jump right on top of this.<\/p>\n

OTOH, this unit will undoubtedly be easier to develop for, since it’s partially designed for that purpose. Plus, it’s 64-bit (though I don’t know if that really means anything in the grand scheme of MIPS chips).<\/p>\n

What do you think? Should I go for it, for the sake of FATE<\/a> and the greater FFmpeg<\/a> project?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ARM netbooks as well as more MIPS netbooks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[130,113,111,125,129],"class_list":["post-872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-arm","tag-gdium","tag-mips","tag-netbook","tag-pegatron"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t