F13/F14 on an iPad ?

Zhang zz zhydebian at gmail.com
Fri Oct 22 14:18:51 UTC 2010


I did not make my words clear. I installed an app on my iphone which  
is a virtual machine for win 31 & 95.... True, it sounds impossible to  
install linux on A4.
在 2010-10-22,下午10:10, Michael Cronenworth 写道:

> Zhang zz wrote:
>> I hears of Windows 3.1 and windows 95 running on
>> iPhone/touch, and I heard of android running on iPhone/touch. I  
>> wonder
>> how hard it is to install linux on iPad?
>
> It would be *impossible* to run Windows 3.1 or 95 on an iPad.
>
> Why?
>
> Because an iPad uses an ARM/RISC architecture CPU. Windows 3.1 and 95
> have binaries meant for a x86/CISC architecture CPU. Whatever you  
> saw on
> the internet was faked.
>
> That being said, running a different OS on the device is unlikely  
> unless
> the flashing tools are reverse engineered. I would have little  
> interest
> in it anyway as the device is overpriced. Typical of a Mac product.
>
> You're better off buying a tablet laptop and installing Fedora on  
> that.
> Example: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834110420
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