Ubuntu! Bless you. No I was talking about Ubuntu smartphones. If you haven’t heard about Ubuntu, you should. It’s time to explore the world outside Windows and OSX and visit the land of Ubuntu, a Linux based Operating System.
I know we have all run into, “I can’t see it on my mac”, or “That file isn’t compatible on Windows”. Ubuntu smartphones are shipping in October 2013, according to the Wall Street Journal, and hopes to gear the masses to a single device that “You can share Windows apps to the phone desktop,” as stated by Mr. Shuttleworth, founder and CEO of Canonical Ltd.
The Ubuntu based smartphone will be able to dock to larger displays and peripherals like keyboards and mice As demonstrated by Canonical back in March last year at the Mobile World Congress and at CES 2013.
Ubuntu for Android is already bridging the gap by integrating Ubuntu seamlessly into the Android OS, giving you the ability to dock your smartphone and integrate your Ubuntu desktop and your Android mobile smartphone.
“Ubuntu for Android is a complete desktop with a full range of desktop applications including office, web browsing, email, media and messaging. Personal information like contacts, calendars, photo galleries and music can be accessed from both the phone and the desktop interface. SMS texts arrive on your desktop if you are docked when they show up, and calls are handled like VoIP if you want to stay working while you chat. Ubuntu for Android brings the desktop world together with the phone world, seamlessly.”
– Ubuntu.com/devices/android
The open source FREE Ubuntu desktop OS has been gaining popularity worldwide, since it is as intuitive a GUI as the other primary OS’s out there and is certainly worth a run if you have a spare hard drive handy. It has been used at the corporate level, as well as military, educational and municipal capacities for it’s reliability and security.
If your already a mac user, the OSX platform is built on the Unix platform, paid brother of the Linux language and is the reason for OSX’s stability. The progression of marrying the two environments, desktop and mobile, is an idea I know every gadget guy can appreciate.
As with any virgining platform, there are limited developers and software available, but definitely has it’s share of supporters. Whether it becomes mainstream, only time will tell but the potential of computing power is huge and very well may lead to some exciting things to come. We’re looking forward to a hands on experience with the Ubuntu smartphone, Stay tuned.
blog.wsj.com
www.ubuntu.com
