Difference between revisions of "Will RPi Run"
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− | | Netflix uses proprietary technology which is not supported for Linux. There is <br> help request against that online. | + | | Netflix uses proprietary technology (Microsoft Silverlight) which is not supported for Linux. There is a<br />help request against that online. |
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| Android | | Android |
Revision as of 08:28, 15 September 2012
Program | Will It Run? | Note |
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A piece of software | ? | First, look below and replace "game" with "my software" . If it is open source , You could try to test it yourself. : Get the development VM , the software source code, |
My favorite PS3/PC game | NO ! |
Minecraft : no, Quake 3 : luckily yes , other games: convince the developer ! |
My favorite Web 2.0 / 1.0 App | ? | As long there is no Flash content , of course. Might be slow. Check out the mobile/HTML5 versions. facebook: yes , Google : yes , hulu : no , youtube: yes. |
Windows | No | Windows runs only on x86 type computers , the Pi is ARM. |
Windows 8 | NO ! |
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WinCE/WinMobile/ WinXYZ |
NO ! |
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WINE | No | Sorry. WINE is x86 only. Anything else is a pipe dream , believe me. |
Netflix | No | Netflix uses proprietary technology (Microsoft Silverlight) which is not supported for Linux. There is a help request against that online. |
Android | ? | Very propable , but NOT Ice Cream Sandwich ! Remember : 256 MB RAM ? |
Java | Yes | Might be *slow* . No idea about browser plugins. The Open JDK has has a slow JIT Oracle are keen to port their JDK. |
Flash | No | You can try gnash (GNU Flash) and many other projects. They are NOT a drop-in replacement for Adobes official thing. |
Apache | Yes apparently | Apache Web server port Page |