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Running Modern Linux On The CompuLab Trim-Slice

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At the beginning of last year I tested the CompuLab Trim-Slice, which was a great ARM-based Linux desktop for the time. While the hardware now shows its signs of aging in the fast-paced ARM world, modern Linux distributions can still be loaded up on the platform...

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Jeff91 ·
AFAIK this company promised hardware accelerated video playback on this hardware under Linux and then failed to deliver.

I looked into getting Bodhi/Debian ARM builds booting on it at one point, but threw in the flag due to issues with the hardware and a genera lack of interest in the over priced, under-powered hardware.

~Jeff

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