Ubuntu on Android soon?

Orcvader · 24 Feb 2013 at 21:53

Monserrat said:
Will this mean that phones will be able to run WINE on top of Ubuntu and thus EXE files? I'm intrigued. That aside, you will also effectively have your very own graphics tablet device for GIMP, even better that it's on-screen graphics tablet!

Would be quite tricky due to the whole x86/ARM thing. However, considering there's this for Android then it may be possible for Ubuntu.

Sanchez · 24 Feb 2013 at 22:14

dbmzk1 said:
The UI might look good in a video, but watching it being used in practice it looks terrible.

It's really not that bad. It takes a bit of getting used to but I quite like the gesture UI. It's a shame the OS has little functionality right now but it does give you an idea of how it's going to wirk, I managed about 3 hours before I had to put Android back on my Nexus 4 though. I hope it evolves into a great OS, the more choice the better.

englishpremier · 25 Feb 2013 at 08:37

Orcvader said:
Would be quite tricky due to the whole x86/ARM thing. However, considering there's this for Android then it may be possible for Ubuntu.

Since there are linux distros for arm, I'd imagine that most of the popular applications are also available.

Pawnless Endgame · 25 Feb 2013 at 18:19

Orcvader said:
Would be quite tricky due to the whole x86/ARM thing. However, considering there's this for Android then it may be possible for Ubuntu.

Thanks!! I'm going to give this lark a try :-)