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Re:Exagear: Run x86 Applications on Raspberry Pi by alerighi on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @11:33AM (#15028300)
50$ to emulate a x86 application on an ARM system ? When you have x86 single boards that are a lot more powerful than a RPI for under 100$ ?
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Re:Exagear: Run x86 Applications on Raspberry Pi by brudgers on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @12:37PM (#15028888)
One important difference is the character of the respective communities. Rpi's community has a distinctly different demographic than those built around x86 single board computers. It also has a distinctly different scale than any one community built around a particular x86 board.

The technology is only part of the story. The context of the larger ecosystem is also relevant to people.

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