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From: Ahem A Rivets Shot
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2018 14:56

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On Sat, 21 Apr 2018 15:35:39 +0100
Gareth's Downstairs Computer
<headstone255.but.n...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> ... by its monopolistic attitude towards the PC now
> that the World and its family are moving en masse to the
> ARM processors?

	There are more Linux kernels running on ARM than there are Windows
installations running on x86. Morten would be giving numbers now were he
still with us.

> Is the PC also dying in the light of the RPi3, a 64
> bit processor available for the price of a few bananas?

	More like the smartphone and the tablet for the mass market, but
yes for those that actually want a computer the RPi3, Odroid, Rock64 et al.
are very viable alternatives to the PC. My next workstation will almost
certainly be ARM based - but this one ain't broke so ...

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