Ubuntu For Phones To Arrive Next Week On Nexus 4

Posted by Soulskill on Friday February 15, 2013 @07:44AM from the year-of-linux-on-the-nexus4top dept.

nk497 writes "Canonical has revealed that a developer preview of Ubuntu for phones will arrive next week, on the 21st of February. The touch preview will initially only be available for the Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 4 smartphones, but Canonical plans to support more devices. The release is designed to let developers create apps — and to give 'enthusiasts' a sneak peek — ahead of the smartphone side of Ubuntu arriving in version 13.10 in October. Canonical suggested that the OS will initially only support low-end smartphones, but the group plans to also support higher-end models, too, and the OS will work across mobile devices, PCs and TVs."

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Oh, the stupidity! by plover · 2013-02-15 07:55 · Score: 0, Troll

Few features on the iPhone are as unwanted or un-Appley as the stupid 'search' feature. And here's Canonical, the guys who made Linux's GUI suck harder by porting it to their platform, about to inflict their GPLed brand of user-hostility on some unsuspecting phone users?
Here's a tip to all cell phone vendors: prepare a thick stack of RMA forms for the onslaught of unhappy customers.

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John