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rajtakhar - 2008-09-19 4:35 PM
In theory if the Pandora can be flashed then you should be able to run any os onto to - i've ordered one and am currently tinkering with either using windows xp off a 16GB SD HC fast speed card or use ubuntu mobile on it
Both Pandora and the GP2X WIZ use ARM CPUs, so you can't just load any OS you want onto it. XP is an OS for x86 and x64 processors, and "Ubuntu Mobile" is mainly focused on running on the x86-based Intel MID platform
(at least initially, but I wouldn't hold my breath on waiting for a decent ARM port
). You could possibly try something like Angstrom or maybe Debian, but as far as the Pandora goes, why would you want to replace the setup that it comes with? The initial Linux OS installation it would come with would have optimizations and such for the hardware inside, something you wouldn't have out-of-the-box with a vanilla ARM distribution.
Personally, I'm looking forward more towards the Pandora because it was created "by the users, for the users." So almost all of the important things that it would be used for would work pretty much flawlessly as one would expect out of the box
(speed of applications such as firefox, emulators, videos, etc
).
That's my two cents.
Edited by mscdex 2008-09-19 4:54 PM