I believe the question was 'why not smart phones' not we can run them in virtual environments? I don't get the connection as it doesn't seem related to me? Just asking... Don't worry about a reply, if I don't get it, it's not worth it, I guess...
Since it doesn't address the end product, which I think he was driving at.. Jack On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 6:12 AM, P S <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jul 13, 2013, at 8:35, Jack Wilborn <[email protected]> wrote: > > Qualcomm is one of the people that will not accept that open source > doctrine, so yes we have to blame capitalism, which goes back to the > semiconductor manufacturers who are the one that will not give us the > inside information on the chips. Have you ever had a machine that all you > need to do to make it useful is to get the wifi adapter to work and then > you find our that it's not supported by any version of Linux, so you have > to go some other route, but you don't have another route? > > Yes that's what I mean... > > Jack > > > While PCs (thanks to IBM PC legacy of relative openness) still exist, they > can be used with virtualization software to perform multiple functions, > including running FreedomBox/Debian. > > One can run VMware ESXi (free server) or XCP (open-source Xen server) on > low-power home servers like Mac Mini or Lenovo M92p Tiny, which use laptop > chipsets to reduce power consumption. For a home desktop, you can use > CentOS with KVM, Debian with XCP or Qubes Xen with a Debian guest VM. > > While this is more expensive than ARM plug servers, it's also more > versatile, open and performant. Many people have old laptops which can be > repurposed. VMs can later be migrated to newer x86 hardware as needed. > > > http://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2012/12/running-esxi-50-51-on-2012-mac-mini-62.html > http://www.plainlystated.com/2013/04/xcp-xen-on-a-mac-mini/ > > _______________________________________________ > Freedombox-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss >
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