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Ubuntu Linux Eyes Gadget Apps

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the squeezing-to-fit dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Three developers have launched a project to turn Ubuntu into an embedded Linux distribution, according to a story on LinuxDevices.com. The resulting "EmbeddedUbuntu" OS aims to simplify the creation of embedded software for gadgets such as mobile phones, PDAs, and web tablets, and provide their owners with easier access to sophisticated open source desktop applications, such as multimedia streaming software. What do you think: will they call the mobile version Mobuntu?"

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  1. Huh? by Brandybuck · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Maybe I've been asleep too long and missed the news... but haven't they had embedded Linux for a decade now? What makes this one newsworthy?

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  2. Hopefully it's not brown by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Is it racist to say that a brown desktop looks like shit? Ubuntu is OK but why on EARTH would they make that the default color?

  3. Ubuntu vs. Debian by Directrix1 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Call me crazy, but wasn't the premise of Ubuntu to concentrate on making a great desktop OS on a select few platforms, with the argument that Debian is more for having universal portability across a wide array of platforms? I know there is already embedded Debian, not that I mind there being embedded Ubuntu. I just hope they don't spread themselves too thin. And secondly, instead of making another Linux that runs embedded, why don't they make a small handheld platform with touchscreen and USB host support so we can cheaply and easily make our own embedded projects easily from commodity parts?

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