Program
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Will It Run?
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Note
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Windows
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No
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Windows runs only on x86 type cumputers , the Pi is ARM.
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Windows 8
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NO !
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Needs more RAM and will only run on Cortex/Tegra ("better" processors).
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WinCE/WinMobile/WinXYZ
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Useless ?
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Oh well, you are really clever. You have loads of money (license + man-hours and more man-hours of work) , or what ?. I assure you: You won't be able to run Win32 .exes ! Don't forget the primary aim is education - embedded apps (conformity+ testing) come later.
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Netflix
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No
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Netflix Runs on Silver Light which is not supported for Linux. There is a petition against that online.
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Android
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?
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Very propable , but NOT Ice Cream Sandwich ! Remember : 256 MB RAM ?
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Minecraft
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No
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RAM usage is too demanding for the RPi
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Hulu
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?
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Flash Based
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Java
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Yes
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Flash
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No
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Flash is unsupported on Linux by Adobe
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YouTube
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Yes
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You can use the HTML 5 version of YouTube
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