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Old 01-14-2012, 04:50 PM   #1
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LXer: Genesi MX Smartbook Review


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Genesi currently offers two products with the EFIKA mx51 ARM board. They are the SmartTop and the SmartBook. I own one of their SmartBook models and today I would like to do a comprehensive overview of the device.

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They also do a cute little desktop computer:

https://www.genesi-usa.com/store/details/11
http://www.genesi-europe.com/store/eu/

Wonder if ARMedslack would go on that?
EDIT
No, uses a different ARM cpu.

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They also do a cute little desktop computer:

https://www.genesi-usa.com/store/details/11
http://www.genesi-europe.com/store/eu/

Wonder if ARMedslack would go on that?
EDIT
No, uses a different ARM cpu.
Yes it would work - ARMedslack runs on anything greater than armv5, but it won't be tuned to the hardware - like i486 Slackware isn't tuned for higher spec x86 machines.
But as usual with ARM, you will need to build your own Kernel for it.
 
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Thanks, Stuart.
 
  


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