• SirLotsaLocks [he/him]
    hexagon
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    edit-2
    4 years ago

    also for a more recent update

    https://www.techradar.com/news/china-to-ditch-all-windows-pcs-by-2022-could-this-be-linuxs-time-to-shine

      • post_trains [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        It’s a government-sponsored version of Deepin (which is fundamentally Debian Stable) with a goal of running on a bunch of architectures, but primarily the Zhaoxin SOCs they’re going to start deploying as part of their indigenous tech initiative.

          • post_trains [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            System On a Chip. An SOC puts a bunch of components like RAM, graphics, or storage controllers together on the same physical chip. Your traditional PC has those broken out into different physical pieces of silicon and plastic.

            They’re common in mobile devices like your phone. The KX-6000 we’re talking about here is fairly common in Chinese laptops, iirc, and is basically on par with an older Core i5 for certain tasks.