(09-08-2020, 03:58 PM)KC9UDX Wrote: ARM is a brand of processor and has nothing to do with the "full fledgedness" of the software you can run on it.
ARM is not x86, x64, PowerPC, 68k, etc compatible. So you have to run ARM software on an ARM processor, except in emulation.
The PineTab is a "normal computer" unless you only consider computers that run Windows to be "normal". In fact, Windows X will probably run on the PineTab eventually.
You *do* download and install the operating system of your choice on the PineTab. But you're limited to what's available, or what you can make the on it, like any other computer.
Thanks for your explanation. Some more noob questions if you don't mind:
- Should the PineBook and Rock(Pro)64 operating systems then work on the PineTab?
- There must be more OS's out there already designed for ARM than currently on this forum, so is it a driver and software issue that limits what OS's can currently be installed? Is it because ARM requires more software to operate than a x86/x64 processor that I'm used to?
