Comment on Geeksphone launches the first multi OS smartphoneComments−ForHackernews12yIts an Atom processor? Does that mean it can run any x86 OS?−Garmonidas12yIn theory, yes. In practice developers may have to do minor changes. About drivers there is nothing published.Geeksphone hasn't said officially anything, but unofficially, it is working in make the device compatible with Ubuntu Touch and Windows Phone 8.−userbinator12yIt's one of the Atom SoCs which Intel doesn't seem to have a public datasheet on. From what I know they're almost but not quite like a regular PC --- they're missing some bits that wouldn't really be necessary on a phone.−blueskin_12yFor half a second there, I thought you said "almost, but not quite, completely unlike a regular PC" and almost laughed out loud.
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Its an Atom processor? Does that mean it can run any x86 OS?
In theory, yes. In practice developers may have to do minor changes. About drivers there is nothing published.
Geeksphone hasn't said officially anything, but unofficially, it is working in make the device compatible with Ubuntu Touch and Windows Phone 8.
It's one of the Atom SoCs which Intel doesn't seem to have a public datasheet on. From what I know they're almost but not quite like a regular PC --- they're missing some bits that wouldn't really be necessary on a phone.
For half a second there, I thought you said "almost, but not quite, completely unlike a regular PC" and almost laughed out loud.