Ubuntu ported to ARM (Apr. 18, 2008) - Linux

http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2097004728.html

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A Nokia-sponsored project is porting Ubuntu Linux to the ARM architecture.
The "Handheld Mojo" team has completed ARM builds of Feisty Fawn (dubbed
"Frisky Firedrake") and Gutsy Gibbon ("Grumpy Griffin"), with Hardy Heron
compilation starting soon.

Nokia贊助了一個名為"Handheld Mojo"的專案，它將Ubuntu移植到了ARM平台，
目前(今年四月)，Feisty Fawn與Gutsy Gibbon的移植已經完成，Hardy Heron
則是正在進行中。

Mojo's Ubuntu port for ARM can be tested in QEMU, an open source emulator
that supports various ARM architectures. Or, it can be run in a chrooted
environment from an SD flash memory card installed on Nokia's Linux-based
N8xx series Internet tablets. Since the ports are built for ARM Ltd.'s
ARMv5EL and ARMv6EL-VFP architectures, they should also run on lots of other
devices with ARM9 and ARM11 cores.

可以在X86平台上用QEMU測試這個專案，也可以用Nokia's Linux-based N8xx series
Internet tablets進行測試，它是為ARMv5EL與ARMv6EL-VFP而做的，但是應該也可以在
ARM9與ARM11上執行。

Nokia has long been a pioneer in the application of desktop software on
embedded devices. For example, its Linux based Internet tablets run
full-blown X11 and GTK+, instead of a lightweight "embedded" development
framework like Qt/Embedded. And, rather than an embedded browser like Opera,
Nokia's newest TabletOSes include a "MicroB" browser derived from Firefox.
Desktop software is better tested, more familiar to users, and more
compatible, Nokia's director of open source, Dr. Ari Jaaksi, is fond of
observing.

Nokia一直都是將desktop software移植到embedded devices的先鋒，比如說：他們的
Linux based Internet tablets所使用的就是full-blown X11 and GTK+，而不是
Qt/Embedded，他們使用Firefox的分支("MicroB")，而不是embedded browser like
Opera。Desktop software被較充分地測試過，對使用者而言也比較容易上手。



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