Comments on: China Linux PCs: full details and pictures

By: Graziano

Graziano — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:05:32 +0000

Lemote computers run a free as in freedom operating system called GNU or GNU/Linux.
If you talk about Linux then you’re talking only about the kernel and not about the entire operating system.

Here are some informations about the history of the GNU/Linux operating system invented and developed by Richard Stallman during 1983.
Linux Torbalds wrote only the Linux kernel during 1991. Linus never created an os and he never wanted to do so.

http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html

http://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html

Please help us correcting this widespread mistake!
Pass the word and correct this article.

Thank you very much.

By: Adger Linux

Adger Linux — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 11:25:24 +0000

It was only a question of time.
Yet Linux is used quietly and without notice in many household appliances and cell phones.
Oneword without notice .

By: Ace Employment Services

Ace Employment Services — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 04:53:37 +0000

This is news to you ?
Most of the PCs in America are made in China anyways – if not anything else.
Inagine if China cut us off how long we would last.
It is only a name badge change.

By: Sub Genius

Sub Genius — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 23:00:53 +0000

Looks like you were scooped by a few months:

http://techiesfordev.blogspot.com/2006/09/ultra-cheap-pc-from-where-else-china.html

Also, over a year ago. This article addresses the blatant MIPS R10000 rip-off aspects:

http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/08/01/HNgodson2_1.html

Seems some are lusting for novel innovation so much they can’t see past the obvious reverse engineering; technology ‘re-appropriated’ from foreign fabs built in country; and China’s children learning to driving on technological roads built long-ago by overseas adults. Absolutely fine, but try following your Japanese neighbors lead and INNOVATE not IMITATE.

Guarantee: no Loongon will ever be legally exported to America.

Second guarantee: they will dance around the chip being 95% compatible with MIPS architecture for legal reasons apparent to those with at least a remedial intellect.

By: Gareth Powell

Gareth Powell — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 22:56:21 +0000

Hi
You are perfectly correct. The new chip is Loongson and, at a guess, this will be the one that will become available to the public. It does exist, it is being tested, it will probably be the one we see.

By: Linux User

Linux User — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 22:00:55 +0000

The exterior of the box seems quite unattractive. However, it is compact. There appears to be one expansion slot available, wonder if it’s PCI or PCIe.

The actual CPU in the Lemote box seems to be running only at 666Mhz (testers reporting P4 1.5Gz level performance). However, with the 90 nm process technology it shouldn’t be too hard to ramp that up to 1Gz.

Persoanlly, I’d wait for the next iteration of Godson (now called Loongson), with multiple cores, on-die L2 cache, on-die memory controller, and SIMD instructions.