Re: Re : Re: Blind vs. mainstream distros

[Linux for blind general discussion]

  "... That said, there is a machine coming that may be even better in 
the future, as there is talk of RISC-V, which is a fully free and open 
processor architecture that has the potential to be more powerful than 
anything we've seen up to now. I'm watching this very closely."

I'd like to check that out.  Can you point me in the right direction? 
Thanks!

Al
sent from my approaching wedding anniversary




On 04/27/2017 07:20 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> The computers I use are ARM-based. One is based around an ARMv7 8-core
> 32-bit processor, and the other is based around an aarch64, (ARMv8)
> 64-bit quad-core processor. Both run from removable eMMC flash storage
> has a capacity of 64GB on the 32-bit machine and 128GB on the 64-bit
> machine. Either is capable of running a full MATE desktop with Firefox,
> Thunderbird, Firefox, Pidgin and LibreOffice all running at the same
> time. In fact, I'm using the 64-bit machine to write this message, and
> it's my primary computer for now, although I tend to alternate between
> this one and the 32-bit 8-core machine. Both are very small; you can
> hold them in one hand. I can give exact specs if you wish for both of
> these. That said, there is a machine coming that may be even better in
> the future, as there is talk of RISC-V, which is a fully free and open
> processor architecture that has the potential to be more powerful than
> anything we've seen up to now. I'm watching this very closely.
> ~Kyle
>
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