Ubuntu for Android

#1

Post by dave1010uk » Tue, Feb 21, 2012, 5:29 PM UTC

Ubuntu for Android
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Re: Ubuntu for Android

#2

Post by dave1010uk » Tue, Feb 21, 2012, 5:31 PM UTC

Not 100% sure but I think this is a chroot.

From the features page [0]:

    Ubuntu and Android share the same kernel. When docked,
    the Ubuntu OS boots and runs concurrently with Android. 
    This allows both mobile and desktop functionality to 
    co-exist in different runtimes.

[0] http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/android/features-and-specs

Re: Ubuntu for Android

#3

Post by sl4yerr » Tue, Feb 21, 2012, 6:02 PM UTC

Does anyone have any real-world experience with this? It looks amazing, but I'd like to hear from someone who's lived with it (if you're out there)...

Re: Ubuntu for Android

#4

Post by maytc » Tue, Feb 21, 2012, 6:19 PM UTC

sl4yerr wrote: post #3

Does anyone have any real-world experience with this? It looks amazing, but I'd like to hear from someone who's lived with it (if you're out there)...

Only if it comes with a wireless keyboard and mouse...

Re: Ubuntu for Android

#5

Post by nextparadigms » Tue, Feb 21, 2012, 6:19 PM UTC

dave1010uk wrote: post #2

Not 100% sure but I think this is a chroot. From the features page [0]: Ubuntu and Android share the same kernel. When docked, the Ubuntu OS boots and runs concurrently with Android. This allows both mobile and desktop functionality to co-exist in different runtimes. [0] http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/android/features-and-specs

It looks great, but I still think Google needs to make it so when docked like this, what you see on the PC screen is the "tablet UI" of Android. It makes more sense, and you don't even have to waste resources running 2 OS's on a mobile processor.

Re: Ubuntu for Android

#6

Post by fredsted » Tue, Feb 21, 2012, 6:22 PM UTC

Is this the way Apple is headed? Just dock your iPhone, boom, OS X on the monitor.

Re: Ubuntu for Android

#7

Post by joejohnson » Tue, Feb 21, 2012, 6:31 PM UTC

I don't understand what you use for input devices? Bluetooth keyboard and mouse paired with the phone?

Re: Ubuntu for Android

#8

Post by JoelSutherland » Tue, Feb 21, 2012, 6:35 PM UTC

joejohnson wrote: post #7

I don't understand what you use for input devices? Bluetooth keyboard and mouse paired with the phone?

Yep.

For what it's worth, Android 4.0 (ICS) supports a bluetooth keyboard and mouse natively:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rK7sK0qCDqI

Re: Ubuntu for Android

#9

Post by tylerritchie » Tue, Feb 21, 2012, 6:37 PM UTC

fredsted wrote: post #6

Is this the way Apple is headed? Just dock your iPhone, boom, OS X on the monitor.

That's where the whole world is headed. As a general consumer, why have a desktop when you can dock your phone/tablet and playback or stream videos, edit content and browse the web?

Re: Ubuntu for Android

#10

Post by lifeisstillgood » Tue, Feb 21, 2012, 6:49 PM UTC

We have struggled to get a BIOS that is Free / Libre And where does this leave us now? Just because Ubuntu is free, if the phone manufacturers start to get trusted mobile computing (tm) disease, we are still in trouble.

"Curated" is still not free

And there are some obvious holes - you cant carry a monitor around with you. So you need docking stations to plug into. Do you trust the keyboard in the Public library not to watch your keystrokes?