Are you suggesting a full port to Raspberry Pi instead? 2016-09-09 3:00 GMT+02:00 Simos Xenitellis <simos.li...@googlemail.com>:
> On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 6:10 PM, Thierry Andriamirado > <thierry.andriamir...@free.fr> wrote: > > > > > > Le 8 septembre 2016 01:35:05 UTC+03:00, John Moser < > john.r.mo...@gmail.com> a écrit : > >> > >>> There are countless very old computers running Ubuntu, in Developing > >>> Countries. > >>> > >> > >>It's not my fault nobody counted. > > > > It's nobody's fault: many of those Ubuntu boxes are used in villages in > the bush, and are not even connected to the Internet. Updated from time to > time via CD-Rom.. > > > > As far as I know, many of the second-hand old PCs that make it to the > developing world, are old computers from companies and universities in > Europe. > A proper disposal in the EU costs money, so they donate them to > intermediaries (so no cost for the companies) that send them to > developing countries. > Those that receive them, end up paying quite some money (50-100€?), > which is good profit to the intermediaries. > > Considering that at least until 2021 we will be fine regarding 32-bit > support, > I think it would be good to gradually get people to switch to > small-board computers. > These are nowdays quite cheap, and you can get a quad-core SBC with > 2GB RAM for under 30€. > > Simos > > -- > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/ > mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss > -- [] Alexandre Strube su...@ubuntu.com
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