Re: : Fwd: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) released

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> On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 03:46:51PM -0400, staticsafe wrote:
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) released
>> Ubuntu 14.04 LTS is the first long-term support release with support
>> for the new "arm64" architecture for 64-bit ARM systems, as well as the
>> "ppc64el" architecture for little-endian 64-bit POWER systems.  This
>> release also includes several subtle but welcome improvements to Unity,
>> AppArmor, and a host of other great software.
>
> Any idea which arm64 systems it currently runs on?

Their likely referring to the ARMv8 Foundation Model which is a
virtualized mv8 (aka arm64, AArch64 *) CPU. This to help boot strap
software validation ahead of silicon availability.

http://www.arm.com/products/processors/instruction-set-architectures/armv8-architecture.php

Qualcomm has their ARMv8 silicon announced. But we're still largely
looking at another year for consumer devices.

http://www.qualcomm.com/snapdragon/processors/810


(*): The distro's are divergent on Architecture naming again *sigh*

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Scott Sullivan

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