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Ice Cream Sandwich Ported To X86
angry tapir writes "Google's open-source Android 4.0 operating system for smartphones and tablets has been ported to work with x86 processors. The port means that tablets with Android 4.0 based on x86 chips could be on the horizon. Intel is the top x86 chipmaker, and the company has already said it is working with Google to bring Android 4.0 to smartphones and tablets."
It's like Ubuntu's Unity, except that it'll get good reviews!
I vote for a desktop distro. I take back everything I've said about LibreOffice, I shouldn't have judged it by its stupid name. I discovered that it can use .docx the other day, I was somewhat shocked since that was the only reason I was hanging onto MS Orifice, which, as pretty as it is, is getting quite annoying these days. I would definitely try an Android desktop distro! I've been using Mint 12 for a couple of days and I'm still experiencing quirky behavior. It was pretty bad with Gnome 3, and MATE is not much better, oh well, back to Gnome Classic (No Effects). Installing an Android desktop would be like Christmas morn. It would be oh so sweet to see laptops available "like your phone" for consumers....with free Microsoft compatible office software!!
I wonder if one day we'll see MS Office sold with "Compatible with Google Apps" on the box...
Well i guess that settles the question of what a chatbot with ADHD might say after reading the entire history of /.
I am literally 3000 tokens away from the chaotic crossbow --Stephen
Every build of Android since, as I recall, 1.5, has been ported to x86. It's part of Intel's (silly) strategy to put Atoms in cell phones and tablets.
I'd like an Atom in my cellphone. Then I could use it as a hand-warmer in the winter.
Microsoft's strategy in an alternate universe where large swaths of the Windows core are gpl2 or apache, every x86 whiteboxer has their own "Windows Distribution" and their primary leverage consists of the licensing requirements to ship Office out-of-box..
RMS went back in time to stop Microsoft before they could begin, but it went horribly horribly wrong, Microsoft sent their best man back in time to stop him...
Balmer still wasn't good enough.
Calling someone a "hater" only means you can not rationally rebut their argument.