<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra">On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 2:59 PM, Chuck Cole <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cncole@earthlink.net" target="_blank">cncole@earthlink.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote">
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Yaron told him on 6/8 that the ARM version of Ubuntu uses a
small memory model and that didn't sink in at all.</blockquote></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div>One interesting thing I noticed on this:</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">On the Parallela website, they state in their FAQ that they're shipping a CLI-only version of Ubuntu. Given the intended use case for this, that seems completely reasonable. If I were purchasing a piece of hardware intended to enable parallel computing software developement, I certainly wouldn't want a GUI sitting around sucking resources.</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">However, in their kickstarter video, they highlight its use as a HTPC/browsing machine, which obviously requires X.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">
They likely included the GUI bits in their video to hook more backers on kickstarter, which I think is a bit disingenuous for the expresses goal of the board.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra" style>
-Erik<br><br></div></div>