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   rbowman to Joel   
   Re: Dimdows-on-ARM Hitting Headwinds?   
   24 Jul 25 05:23:45   
   
   XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Wed, 23 Jul 2025 22:53:21 -0400, Joel wrote:   
      
   > Your obsession with hating Microsoft leads you to say inaccurate things.   
   >  Windows is portable.  It does work on ARM.  Is it as comprehensive as   
   > IntelAMD Windows' support, probably not, but some people are willing to   
   > sacrifice a little compatibility for a better hardware platform.  All   
   > that being said, I'd like to run Linux on ARM.   
      
   Is there a better hardware platform yet?   
      
   https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/07/surface-pro-11-and-laptop-7-   
   review-an-apple-silicon-moment-for-windows/   
      
   I detected several damning with faint praise moments.   
      
      
      
   I currently have two ARM boards running Linux. Both are Debian 12   
   (Bookworm). The RPi 3+ is dedicated to a robotic dog but the RPi 5 is a   
   general purpose box. It's not a powerhouse but it's usable.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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