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Report: First Ubuntu Tablet To Be Unveiled At MWC 2016 (softpedia.com)

Posted by Soulskill on from the no-word-on-Ubuntu-Glass dept.

prisoninmate writes: Canonical has been working on expanding the capabilities of Ubuntu Touch for a long time now, and it appears the company will reportedly unveil the first dedicated Ubuntu tablet device this year, during the upcoming Mobile World Congress 2016 event. Canonical has been working on implementing support for X11 apps on its Ubuntu mobile operating system, allowing users to run any graphical software that is currently in the Ubuntu repositories, such as GIMP or Firefox.

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  1. YAWN by binarylarry · · Score: 3, Interesting

    More vaporware.

    I use Ubuntu but jesus this shit is getting old.

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  2. Re:how does it in any way an improvement? by youngone · · Score: 3, Insightful
    I don't really see how it is better. My question is why would I want to run GIMP in a touch interface.

    That's the same confused mistake Microsoft made with Windows 8, is it a touch interface, should I use a mouse, what the hell are these great big tiles for?

  3. Sounds great by FunkSoulBrother · · Score: 2

    This actually might get me to look into tablets. My requirements are basically being able to run adblock, and access to the filesystem. Oh and not being produced by a literal advertising firm.

    1. Re:Sounds great by Lunix+Nutcase · · Score: 2

      You wouldn't classify Google based on its core product? Why?

  4. sub $100? sub $50....bought a new one for $35 by turkeydance · · Score: 3, Funny

    next, they'll be free in a box of Cheerios.

  5. I would love an Ubuntu tablet by LichtSpektren · · Score: 2

    I would get an iPad Pro or the Pixel C but the office apps on them are crippled (I regularly use regex, mail merges, macros, etc.). So an Ubuntu tablet with an attachable keyboard would be perfect for my usage. Looking forward to it!

    1. Re:I would love an Ubuntu tablet by Lumpy · · Score: 5, Interesting

      You have been able to have one for years. Just go buy a intel based tablet and install ubuntu.

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  6. First commercial product..... by Lumpy · · Score: 2

    Ubuntu runs brilliantly on the Microsoft Surface line. it in fact runs better than Windows 10 does. and I've been running ubuntu on Fujitsu Stylistics for well over 6 years now.

    honestly building a dedicated tablet for it stupid. just install ubuntu on one of the China $199 core duo surface tablets and call it done.

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    1. Re:First commercial product..... by umafuckit · · Score: 2

      This has certainly been my (limited) experience with Linux on Apple laptops. I've had annoying touchpad behavior and random failure to enter suspend on lid close (about 1% to 5% of the time). Twice I put the machine in my bag and pulled it out very hot because it failed to suspend.

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  7. Please Canonical - by MrKrillls · · Score: 2

    Please Canonical, please release this tablet worldwide. Please don't exclude important markets like was done with the phones. It is frustrating to have Linux phones only partially available (not full functioned in US). I am dying to use Linux for all my computing needs.

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  8. Re:how does it in any way an improvement? by greenfruitsalad · · Score: 3, Insightful

    there's gnu/linux and there's googlecrap/linux. i, for one, want as many parts of my OS to be free as possible. i don't really care if my image editor is free or not but when it comes to my OS and communications apps, i want those open and free.

    btw, in android, aosp apps have 1/10 the functionality of their closed sourced googleapps versions. i know, because i'm paying the bitter price of freedom. i run cyanogenmod without any gapps, with fdroid and amazon as my software sources.