Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news.albasani.net!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Melzzzzz Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.embedded Subject: Re: Ubuntu 14.10 released - 30 million PCs shipped with Ubuntu Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 23:54:46 +0100 Organization: albasani.net Lines: 40 Message-ID: <20141026235446.736fdbfc@maxa-pc> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.albasani.net PBCTpNyDzGGKBFGP1DeE3BF/c4i3AneBfGd4JEi+pKbUNdlVjxWdKm2CPuqOiwzfuUZTml8KratACmShQQojuw== NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 22:54:47 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: news.albasani.net; logging-data="Xj6yYR+wbcJoMPbB0q5M4AOutex9qUwmwOfRjEpC3pKBfpU34Xqa8XJHMBJA093+D/qa0paNLCkoJrlvtbgaPDZJnpOCgMEG7rglbzIA4sT4Cj2SR4zQki9BSwqnKiMN"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@albasani.net" X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 3.10.1 (GTK+ 2.24.24; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Cancel-Lock: sha1:RVqZc4bLL3gLsYttsPFWxgPsC74= Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.advocacy:264769 comp.os.linux.embedded:706 On Sun, 26 Oct 2014 22:13:37 +0000 7 wrote: > Ubuntu 14.10 released - 30 million PCs shipped with Ubuntu > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > https://insights.ubuntu.com/2014/10/23/ubuntu-14-10-desktop-security-for-global-users/ > > > Manufacturers of PCs have recommend Ubuntu Linux for their > PCs 30 million times over the last two years. > > Ubuntu has seen amazing turn around of fortunes in the last two years. Slimer should try this one, kernel 3.16 is massive improvement over 3.13 ... > > Ubuntu 14.10 released with the same Linux kernel that can > run on ARM64 CPUs. > > A lot of ARM64 are decloaking - expect massively powerful > computers out soon with minimal power requirements. > And Ubuntu will be there to run on them all :) I don't think that ARM's will reach desktop any time soon. Problem is that on desktop you need performance, not power saving ... On laptops, yes, perhaps... > > Even China now recommends Ubuntu Linux and 7 million copies > so far have been distributed. Ubuntu all the way? ;) -- Manjaro all the way! http://manjaro.org/