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PonyoPenguin · 2013-01-02 12:52:16

I don't use Ubuntu but I like watching countdowns. xD

fire219 · 2013-01-02 13:04:22

Their servers are screwed up now. Too much load. tongue

PonyoPenguin · 2013-01-02 13:13:49

Ubuntu...for phones?

scratchisthebest · 2013-01-02 13:26:18

Ummm...

Well, yeah, that's understandable.

slinger · 2013-01-02 13:28:19

Yeah it appears to be stuck tongue

scratchisthebest · 2013-01-02 13:31:51

veggieman001 wrote:
Oh, wow. That just seems physics-breaking and unnatural to me—with LXDE and Windows XP, everything's down on the ground, where it belongs!

But in #! you can put it wherever you want tongue

Then again, as of now it *is* on the bottom, and there isn't an application menu on it either. There's one in the right click menu though, or super+space smile

Anyway, on topic:

Whatever they're counting down to (or apparently already did count down to ^^^ ) probably is the Ubuntu for Android thing. It's been quietly out on their website for quite some time now with a big orange "GET IN TOUCH!" button, and maybe some big manufacturer clicked it. Hope it's Toshiba because that's my tablet brand right now tongue

16Skittles · 2013-01-02 13:35:41

Ubuntu for smartphones Hands-On

technoboy10 · 2013-01-02 13:58:23

Wow, bit of a let-down. Y U NO HAVE UBUNTU FOR PHONE DOWNLOAD
Edit:
The design looks cool though.

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jji7skyline · 2013-01-02 17:09:12

It would be cool to install it on an android device, if it's possible.

fire219 · 2013-01-02 17:33:18

jji7skyline wrote:
It would be cool to install it on an android device, if it's possible.

I've got a spare android device I've been looking for something to do with, and this would be perfect.

If this device wasn't an ancient Motorola Backflip that can barely run Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), that is. tongue

jji7skyline · 2013-01-03 04:27:58

fire219 wrote:
jji7skyline wrote:
It would be cool to install it on an android device, if it's possible.
I've got a spare android device I've been looking for something to do with, and this would be perfect.

If this device wasn't an ancient Motorola Backflip that can barely run Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), that is.

I remember you telling me about it tongue

But potentially, this could run faster than Android since it runs native code, rather than Java which is notoriously slow.

fire219 · 2013-01-03 08:40:36

jji7skyline wrote:
fire219 wrote:
jji7skyline wrote:
It would be cool to install it on an android device, if it's possible.
I've got a spare android device I've been looking for something to do with, and this would be perfect.

If this device wasn't an ancient Motorola Backflip that can barely run Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), that is.
I remember you telling me about it

But potentially, this could run faster than Android since it runs native code, rather than Java which is notoriously slow.

That makes sense, but Canonical has already posted the minimum specs needed to run it, which is a dualcore (Cortex A9 and up) CPU, 1GB of RAM, and an 800x400 screen.

Which means that there is absolutely no way it would run on something with a single 528Mhz core (actually 768, I overclocked it) and 256MB of RAM. sad

Though if the sourcecode isn't massive, I may get it and try to make something out of it. tongue

resistance · 2013-01-03 13:41:56

16Skittles wrote:
It would appear to be moving towards touch optimization. PLEASE don't make something like Windows 8, don't ruin Ubuntu by copying MS's bad ideas.

i like windows 8 :c

Codebreaker · 2013-01-03 13:53:27

Yeah, Windows 8 is original. I like it.

16Skittles · 2013-01-03 15:13:05

Do you have touchscreens? That makes a big difference, IMO. I like the idea for phones and tablets, but I like my desktop (the software one, not a physical one) on my keyboard/mouse/tracpad machines.

Thinking about it, both Apple and Microsoft made a big mistake in their most recent generations: they released a product before the required technology was widespread. Apple's retina displays were released without sufficient graphics power and without enough retina-supporting apps to be as good as it should be, while Microsoft released a touch OS before touchscreens had any major presence in Laptops and Desktops.

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transparent · 2013-01-03 15:38:39

What was it?

Luigitailsdoll45 · 2013-01-03 16:50:22

A phone.

jji7skyline · 2013-01-03 17:27:35

fire219 wrote:
jji7skyline wrote:
fire219 wrote:

I've got a spare android device I've been looking for something to do with, and this would be perfect.

If this device wasn't an ancient Motorola Backflip that can barely run Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), that is.
I remember you telling me about it

But potentially, this could run faster than Android since it runs native code, rather than Java which is notoriously slow.
That makes sense, but Canonical has already posted the minimum specs needed to run it, which is a dualcore (Cortex A9 and up) CPU, 1GB of RAM, and an 800x400 screen.

Which means that there is absolutely no way it would run on something with a single 528Mhz core (actually 768, I overclocked it) and 256MB of RAM.

Though if the sourcecode isn't massive, I may get it and try to make something out of it.

Well I'm going to try installing it on my kindle ice.

16Skittles · 2013-01-03 19:34:21

transparent wrote:
What was it?

I think my link to the Engadget post was the last reply on the first page. Basically, it's an Ubuntu competitor to iOS and Android. Not a phone as stated above, but an operating system. (The demo Engadgget had was on a Galaxy Nexus, a Samsung/Android phone)

stevetheipad · 2013-01-04 10:41:41

Looks cool - I'd like to get my hands on it to try it out.

technoguyx · 2013-01-04 13:21:35

transparent wrote:
What was it?

Ubuntu for smartphones. And any Android capable device, I guess.

16Skittles · 2013-01-04 13:56:03

technoguyx wrote:
transparent wrote:
What was it?
Ubuntu for smartphones. And any Android capable device, I guess.

Engadget wrote:
Any new phone built for Android with at least a dual Cortex-A9 cores, a gig of RAM and 800 x 400

Not quite any android device, but most modern ones.

technoguyx · 2013-01-04 17:10:32

Well, yeah. tongue

By 2014 (the intended release date) most of the market should have smartphones that meet these specs, though. Technology advances quickly and decreases in cost at the same rate big_smile

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jji7skyline · 2013-01-04 17:28:17

It doesn't seem to actually let you install it on your phone. You have to buy a phone with it preinstalled.

technoguyx · 2013-01-04 17:56:09

But there's always people figuring out ways around that tongue

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