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Ubuntu Linux Eyes Gadget Apps
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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I whole heartedly agree. Nothing was more irritating to me than to install Kubuntu ( the 'Breezy Badger' distro ) than to find out that I couldn't graphically interface as root, even though it would prompt me with the *psudeo*-root password. It was annoying more than anything, but when you cripple the way root ought to interact even through the CLI, you got some problems. I think that before they start getting into mission critical applications of the Penguin (ie an embedded distro for a cash register), they need to iron out some fatal flaws with their distro. Nothing would be more incommodious than a puking embedded machine manned by 16-year old McDonald's employee.
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