[LAU] [LAD] Linux Audio 2012: Is Linux Audio moving forward?

Chris Bannister cbannister at slingshot.co.nz
Sat Oct 20 18:59:26 UTC 2012


On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 01:37:09PM +1100, Patrick Shirkey wrote:
> 
> Writing off the Linux Audio platform because some companies are making
> money out of the tablet boom is a poor decision. It is inevitable that the
> Linux desktop is going to run natively on mobile hardware. Look at the
> progress that GTK3 and QT developers are making. ARM support has just been
> streamlined for the new 3.6 kernel. AMD's HSA platform and Intels medfield
> both support Linux and x86 natively.
> 
> Sure Android and iOS have a headstart on market penetration but that is
> going to change rapidly.


Linux *IS* the platform for Android.

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