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Ubuntu Heads To Smartphones, and Tablets

Posted by samzenpus on Monday October 31, 2011 @02:50AM from the have-another-option dept.

First time accepted submitter GuerillaRadio writes "Mark Shuttleworth is to announce that Canonical will be taking Ubuntu Linux to smartphones, tablets, and smart TVs at the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Orlando, FL starting today. Shuttleworth said, 'This is a natural expansion of our idea as Ubuntu as Linux for human beings. As people have moved from desktop to new form factors for computing, it's important for us to reach out to our community on these platforms. So, we'll embrace the challenge of how to use Ubuntu on smartphones, tablets and smart-screens.'"

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Re:Good news - Android minus Google's crippleware. by plunderscratch · 2011-10-31 03:06 · Score: 5, Funny

Don't worry, it wasn't the real Linus, they forked him first.

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Re:This is clearly what he was always planning... by AdamJS · 2011-10-31 03:12 · Score: 5, Informative

I want a desktop environment that plays well with multiple monitors and several open applications (each of which having multiple windows that I will want on screen at the same time, and selectable from a central location in the fewest clicks possible, with the task of exact identification handled without needing a click on most instances). You know, what Gnome 2 did quite well and what MS/Explorer has handled fine enough for over a decade.