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by ForHackernews 4496 days ago
Its an Atom processor? Does that mean it can run any x86 OS?
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Garmonidas 4496 days ago
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.

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userbinator 4495 days ago
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.
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blueskin_ 4495 days ago
For 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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