First of all. I'm not a developer. I consider myself a power user.
With that said. I do love the idea of try Ubuntu OS on my SGS3. And when Canonical announced that they are bringing their Ubuntu to mobile phones, I became very excited.
My question is this. How many developers and power users are interested in getting their hands on Ubuntu OS to try to get it working on the devices they own? As an individual, I have no power to go to Canonical and tell them that I am interested in Ubuntu OS for mobile phones. However if we, as the XDA family of users and developers, among the biggest of hobby developers out there, and probably one of the biggest Beta testers you could find, connected with Canonical, there is a possibility that we could get their attention.
I for one would love to see an image for the S3. As a dual boot or just plain Ubuntu on the phone.
So here is my proposal. I would like to create a petition for XDA to contact Canonical on behalf of the members of the XDA forums, to offer our services to Canonical as Beta testers and to make Ubuntu compatible with our devices that we have in our possession. Android is great, but we still don't have the full power of our devices the way we are individuals are yearning for. Ubuntu to me is representing that freedom.
Your comments and thoughts are appreciative.
Hans-Erik
Count me in! I would like to port Ubuntu for my Xperia Neo xD
I'd love a port of some sort - would be willing to report bugs etc.
Well from what I have read Galaxy Nexus users will be able to install Ubuntu for Android on their device in the coming weeks, and with Ubuntus schedule I am guessing late February. Once the installer is out it will only be a matter of time before there are unofficial images for the SGS3 etc.
One thing I am looking forward to exploring is the porting of Android APKs to the Ububtu software.
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Hope the Galaxy Ace gets a port, I'll try it but I'm kinda worried about Androids apps on Ubuntu OS
Im sure that android apk wont work on ubuntu. Ubuntu has there own softwarecentre
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I've definitely interested in getting my hands on it.
I would love a dual-boot on my Nexus 4 Count me in.
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me tooo..:good:
This thing does a very good job in handling one issue: fragmentation! I'm definitely going to test this out and try to port it to the I9100.
I want it in my Xperia PLAY :3
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Count me in!!! btw ive been thinking about doing the switch from windows 8 to Ubuntu 12.10 on my laptop and getting use to it, just not sure if it would benefit having Ubuntu on my Note 2 and Laptop in terms of any more than just sticking with windows 8 on my laptop. Anyone going through the same thoughts?
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Count me in!!! btw ive been thinking about doing the switch from windows 8 to Ubuntu 12.10 on my laptop and getting use to it, just not sure if it would benefit having Ubuntu on my Note 2 and Laptop in terms of any more than just sticking with windows 8 on my laptop. Anyone going through the same thoughts?
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I would say do it.....i did it a few years a go.....en will never turn back to windows.....the nice thing off ubuntu is ypu easly make a dualboot with windows on your pc...so yoi dont have to give op windows directly....after a while youl see that ubuntu is faster saver and very easy to use....and you start to use windows more less.....then you can decided if you completly delete lacky windows from your pc......with introducing ubuntu phone you will get a complete new experience...because you can use the apps on your phone aswell on you pc...and thats awesome.....
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Hey guys I've started a petition at change.org so of you are interested in getting their attention you should try and sign! Won't hurt to try!
https://www.change.org/petitions/ca...evelopers-com-as-testers-for-ubuntu-for-phone
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I would say do it.....i did it a few years a go.....en will never turn back to windows.....the nice thing off ubuntu is ypu easly make a dualboot with windows on your pc...so yoi dont have to give op windows directly....after a while youl see that ubuntu is faster saver and very easy to use....and you start to use windows more less.....then you can decided if you completly delete lacky windows from your pc......with introducing ubuntu phone you will get a complete new experience...because you can use the apps on your phone aswell on you pc...and thats awesome.....
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I think the longest period ive ever used Ubuntu after installing it was for a month after which i started getting frustrated due to the unavailability of certain programs that i used..not sure what release it was but it was at around the same time the iPhone 3G was released. I could get iTunes to work on it but it had to run through Wine and even then i had issues with the itunes recognizing the phone. Honestly, i felt like i had to go through 10 different steps to perform a simple task whereas on the windows it was as easy as installing and just running the program..quick and very convenient. But im sure those issues have long been tackled so ill still give it another try..i hope this time it would be worth it. Thanks for the input.
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Hope the Galaxy Ace gets a port, I'll try it but I'm kinda worried about Androids apps on Ubuntu OS
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The ace cant run ubuntu.
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I'd like to see it on my Xperia sola. I think it would be great
And I don't know, but if it's a native OS it would work a few times more quickly that Android which is using a dalvik emulator. So it seems to be a great experience.
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Hey guys I've started a petition at change.org so of you are interested in getting their attention you should try and sign! Won't hurt to try!
https://www.change.org/petitions/ca...evelopers-com-as-testers-for-ubuntu-for-phone
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Not that I think it will make much a difference, but I did sign your petition. Source will be out soon and our guys over here will be all over it. I miss Ubuntu dearly, my companies software will only run from windows and worse yet internet explorer, so I cant wait for a couple of our awesome devs. to take a crack at this.
Hopefully Ubuntu for phones will make an even bigger hit than android and get more Americans running Ubuntu. Then maybe big corporations and companies will stop forcing its employees to use Micro$oft products.
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I think the longest period ive ever used Ubuntu after installing it was for a month after which i started getting frustrated due to the unavailability of certain programs that i used..not sure what release it was but it was at around the same time the iPhone 3G was released. I could get iTunes to work on it but it had to run through Wine and even then i had issues with the itunes recognizing the phone. Honestly, i felt like i had to go through 10 different steps to perform a simple task whereas on the windows it was as easy as installing and just running the program..quick and very convenient. But im sure those issues have long been tackled so ill still give it another try..i hope this time it would be worth it. Thanks for the input.
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The trick with ubuntu is you dont want to learn how to use windows apps in ubuntu....but how to learn working with de apps those are provided in ubuntu....almost for 98% of the windows apps is a ubuntu alternative...learn to work with them and u dont need windows...
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Hello,
I was just about to buy a cheap desktop to run ubuntu. However I thought now that my phone can be overclocked to 1.5 ghz. This makes it easily fast enough to run ubuntu when my hd2 can run ubuntu fast enough. So why couldnt we have ubuntu running on our sgs2 as well as running the phone os through kies or something similar? However we dont have the mhl cable cable but when it is released then webtop would be very useful and save people a lot of money. If you agree then please make a comment so hopefully developers will not feel like it is a waste of time developing it.
Thanks,
Billy
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I guess were not getting webtop ported then
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Even if somebody developed a webtop-esque environment for the SGS2, how would you control it? The one port would already be taken up by an mhl/hdmi cable and there is no Bluetooth HID profile.
I would like to see this, have seen videos of youtube of people running windows 7 / linux environments on their smartphones such as HTC HD2 & Nexus One, saw the article of the X10i getting some linux love and wouldn't mind trying it out as well.
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I guess were not getting webtop ported then
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You would need to find somebody to spend their time carrying out such a task .
Offer a $7000 reward somebody might .
jje
Hi All,
Is it possible that install windows 7 rom on neo ?
Very improbable.....:
Wm7 is proprietary closed software, even if you found one for similar hardware you wouldn't have the exact drivers, they would have to be written from scratch, which lets face it phones are obsolete within a year or two so can't really see anyone reverse engineering....
And before anyone mentions hd2 that was a windows phone that has android ported to it a completely different kettle of cats.
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Very improbable.....:
Wm7 is proprietary closed software, even if you found one for similar hardware you wouldn't have the exact drivers, they would have to be written from scratch, which lets face it phones are obsolete within a year or two so can't really see anyone reverse engineering....
And before anyone mentions hd2 that was a windows phone that has android ported to it a completely different kettle of cats.
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Ok man, thanks a lot. what about iOS ?
Same answer for same reasons.....
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what about ubuntu?
That's been done search the forums
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WP7 on Xperia Neo is a waste of good hardware,because,excepting UI,WP 7 is much weaker platform than Android.Trust me,i've worked 1 week with a Lumia 710,and it was horrible.If you want WP7 UI,you can install Launcher 7 from Market,MILocker with WP7 theme,zune player,wp7 contacts,messaging 7 and wp7 email,and you'll have a complete wp7 ui,with Android OS. This is how my phone looks like http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1264324&page=26
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WP7 on Xperia Neo is a waste of good hardware,because,excepting UI,WP 7 is much weaker platform than Android.Trust me,i've worked 1 week with a Lumia 710,and it was horrible.If you want WP7 UI,you can install Launcher 7 from Market,MILocker with WP7 theme,zune player,wp7 contacts,messaging 7 and wp7 email,and you'll have a complete wp7 ui,with Android OS. This is how my phone looks like http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1264324&page=26
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Its ok, i just want clarify my question. I know we are on the better platform and i love it,
Thanks to all !!!
I wanted to know if we can port Windows 7.5 OS or symbian.
I know and I agree android is the net and that is why I am use Xperia Neo
Btw, symbian wasn't bad. I used more than 6 symbian phone
I also have iPhone 3G but I gave it to my sister cuz ios is really pain in the neck.
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Very improbable.....:
Wm7 is proprietary closed software, even if you found one for similar hardware you wouldn't have the exact drivers, they would have to be written from scratch, which lets face it phones are obsolete within a year or two so can't really see anyone reverse engineering....
And before anyone mentions hd2 that was a windows phone that has android ported to it a completely different kettle of cats.
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Totally agree with this... android is Open Source and hence can be worked on and ported to some devices.
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Very improbable.....:
Wm7 is proprietary closed software, even if you found one for similar hardware you wouldn't have the exact drivers, they would have to be written from scratch, which lets face it phones are obsolete within a year or two so can't really see anyone reverse engineering....
And before anyone mentions hd2 that was a windows phone that has android ported to it a completely different kettle of cats.
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Yeap very different kettle of fish..mine sitting in my hand now with wm7. Bloody amazing phone really but just to old now for my liking ashame
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I don't think so!
Thnks for the launcher 7 idea, i would try it if it feels the same. but i believe it wont have the same push mail service as wm7.
I don't understand...
Why?
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Why?
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Because android is open source it can be ported to other devices... However wp7, iOS, symbian are not open source so they cannot be ported.
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Because android is open source it can be ported to other devices... However wp7, iOS, symbian are not open source so they cannot be ported.
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i dont know why we r having this topic in 1st place
Pretty improbable to happen. WM7 is not open source, so you would need to spend a lot of time (and probably money too...)
And just to remember that it is very difficult to a different system, such as the WP7 android on a device, fully functional, stable ... you will have many problems with incompatible ...
CAN SOMEBODY MAKE A ROM THAT RUNS WINDOWS 7 & ANDROID OR IS THERE ONE ALREADY LOVE BOTH SYSTEMS AND WOULD BE NICE TO RUN THEM ON MY GALAXY NOTE AT&T IM WILLING TO DONATE
What use would windows bring?
Would rather run linux/unix natively. Can do much more than windows any day.
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CAN SOMEBODY MAKE A ROM THAT RUNS WINDOWS 7 & ANDROID OR IS THERE ONE ALREADY LOVE BOTH SYSTEMS AND WOULD BE NICE TO RUN THEM ON MY GALAXY NOTE AT&T IM WILLING TO DONATE
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Not going to happen and stop yelling
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Holy caps lock!!!!!!!
Windows phone 7 has a single core limitation...
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CAN SOMEBODY MAKE A ROM THAT RUNS WINDOWS 7 & ANDROID OR IS THERE ONE ALREADY LOVE BOTH SYSTEMS AND WOULD BE NICE TO RUN THEM ON MY GALAXY NOTE AT&T IM WILLING TO DONATE
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If you wanna dual boot Android and Windows why not just buy an HD2? You can buy them for under $250 NIB. I do not think were gonna get WP7 on the Note but maybe we will get windows mobile which would be much easier to accomplish. I still doubt we will get either. Wait a few months and I bet we will be dual booting two Android roms and have a full desktop version of Ubuntu running. Ubuntu For Android is coming! Turns your Android device into a computer that can be plugged into a monitor and run just like a desktop. http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/android For all I know though there could be some techy working on what your looking for right now.
Maybe?
Did the OP maybe mean Windows 8? I know they are releasing Arm and Intel versions. Just a typo hopefully.
Hi gang.
Here is an idea brewing in my head. I know it will spin your head. I am embarking on a mission to bring AOSP to this forsaken land... Fair warning. As you see, there is no "recognized developer" tag underneath my name and for a good reason, I am not one! An average newb here as far as AOSP deving is concerned. I do know the very basics, I did build a couple AOSP builds for the Dinc2 and Transformer prime, but that was trivial as those devices were already supported. This device is not. So, I'll need to figure out how to first setup the environment for this and then learn to make a kernel from the source HTC has (if they released it that is).
So, anyone here who can point me to the right direction to kick this off!?
This thread is intended to be a platform for all those interested in helping bring AOSP to our device. Any and all helpful suggestions in this regard will be appreciated!
Hell yeah! I'm pretty sure if we all pull together we can get something cooking. I was wondering though obviously we aren't on jelly bean. Would it be easier to build an ics cm9 and then add select features like the lock screen, camera, animations etc?
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Hell yeah! I'm pretty sure if we all pull together we can get something cooking. I was wondering though obviously we aren't on jelly bean. Would it be easier to build an ics cm9 and then add select features like the lock screen, camera, animations etc?
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Dunno. I was actually thinking if it is better to build Jellybean 4.1 rather than the latest and greatest 4.2.1. But if there aren't significant changes, may be we can pull off a 4.2 build. I just want to first learn to compile AOSP so that it even boots. I believe I need to mod files to build it for our environment... I wonder where I can learn this stuff..
Nits, Andy, help please!
My new laptop is running Windows 8 and I believe it will be a PITA to get Linux running natively on that due to the UEFI fiasco... I wonder if VM linux will be as fast as native... If not, I'll use my current machine to build and use the new one to due my regular stuff...
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Dunno. I was actually thinking if it is better to build Jellybean 4.1 rather than the latest and greatest 4.2.1. But if there aren't significant changes, may be we can pull off a 4.2 build. I just want to first learn to compile AOSP so that it even boots. I believe I need to mod files to build it for our environment... I wonder where I can learn this stuff..
Nits, Andy, help please!
My new laptop is running Windows 8 and I believe it will be a PITA to get Linux running natively on that due to the UEFI fiasco... I wonder if VM linux will be as fast as native... If not, I'll use my current machine to build and use the new one to due my regular stuff...
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I don't know as there are significant changes but most of the changes are with the lock screen and launcher.
Im up my incredible comes friday
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Im up my incredible comes friday
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My new laptop has just arrived. I wanna ask, will building android be significantly hampered on a virtual machine instead of natively? This new machine comes with windows 8 and potentially will be a pain to load Linux on it. Plus this laptop is meant for someone else and I dont think they will be pleased with Linux on their PC...
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My new laptop has just arrived. I wanna ask, will building android be significantly hampered on a virtual machine instead of natively? This new machine comes with windows 8 and potentially will be a pain to load Linux on it. Plus this laptop is meant for someone else and I dont think they will be pleased with Linux on their PC...
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its always better to have full ubuntu, personally i have win8 too but i installed wubi for ubuntu and everything looks fine(for being a pentium) ubuntu doesnt take much
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its always better to have full ubuntu, personally i have win8 too but i installed wubi for ubuntu and everything looks fine(for being a pentium) ubuntu doesnt take much
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OMG! First build in progress. The damn thing is ACTUALLY building, I think! But still, if I were you, I wouldn't hold my breath. 99.9% sure the end result will most likely not boot!
EDIT: Of course, all that I said before is of any value only if this thing finishes compiling without errors. And I already had a few errors (which I was able to fix). God, I hope this thing compiles! :fingers-crossed:
Update: Several compilation errors. Failure guys :/ Will retry tomorrow...
Hey litetaker, just wanna say thanks so much for doing this I really appreciate it and I'm sure many others do too!
Ill work with him today on my free time, also welcome the new team fireballas member litetaker
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Ill work with him today on my free time, also welcome the new team fireballas member litetaker
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Thanks buddy! Let's do this!
Watching you guys closely love what your doing for this community so for this and all future projects you may have plesse know I'm always willing to load up (Flash) any software you create no matter what beta stage it may be in, it is the least I can do for you and the rest of this great community since I can't develop which I wish I could oh do I wish but seriously keep that in mind my friends.
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Watching you guys closely love what your doing for this community so for this and all future projects you may have plesse know I'm always willing to load up (Flash) any software you create no matter what beta stage it may be in, it is the least I can do for you and the rest of this great community since I can't develop which I wish I could oh do I wish but seriously keep that in mind my friends.
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Great to have volunteers, but by now we are just getting close to get a booteable cm10, will tell you when it boots
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Great to have volunteers, but by now we are just getting close to get a booteable cm10, will tell you when it boots
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Awesome, just awesome.
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I've been informed that AOSP has booted on our phone..
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I've been informed that AOSP has booted on our phone..
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First, news of s-off. Now, AOSP has booted. I don't know how this day can get any better.
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Like I said I'm really starting to love this phone very happy with all the activity in this forum.
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I've been informed that AOSP has booted on our phone..
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Do you know who else is working with this?(only if you can tell)
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Aosp booted
Heres a video of my progress on aosp on this device(never developed a rom without proper files so this is new to me)
will put right here when it uploads
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ_AmZJ5Fu4
The evo 4g lte seems similar in specs to our phone in some regards and it has aosp. Could any of their work help us?
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I am wondering why people would want to use Ubuntu Touch over android. I don't see many (if any) benefits of using it over Android.
I see that the section isn't very popular, but I hope someone can answer my question.
Thank you
I want a change. I'm tired of Android in a way. I'm the kind of guy that used to install a new Linux distribution every week. Not anymore though, no distro is compatible with my wireless adapter.
The prospect of a swipe based OS excites me. Plus, it's Ubuntu. I actually don't need a reason more than that.
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I want a change. I'm tired of Android in a way. I'm the kind of guy that used to install a new Linux distribution every week. Not anymore though, no distro is compatible with my wireless adapter.
The prospect of a swipe based OS excites me. Plus, it's Ubuntu. I actually don't need a reason more than that.
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These are exactly the reasons why I am using Ubuntu Touch as well (except that I've never installed another Linux distribution than Ubuntu).
And I like the community. There's one on Google Plus and for bugs, you've got Launchpad. That way you can contribute to the project and discuss bugs very easily. Moreover, Canonical is very open towards ideas from the community. They do weekly Q&A sessions and they give you many information about what they actually do. And there are these daily updates which you can install if you want to (I do ).
Additionally, I like how simple app development is for Ubuntu Touch (at least what I've seen so far, working on my first real app).
You should, however, keep in mind that it's still in a very early stage. There's no native email app yet, you need to use webapps (there's one for Google Mail for example). Nevertheless, there are new apps every day.
If you're lucky there's a dual-boot solution for your phone. For a lot of Nexus devices there's MultiROM by @Tasssadar. This is what I currently use. I rarely reboot to Android though.
I'm looking for a more open alternative to google/android. Google is building a walled garden as they move their apps to close source and more tightly integrate google with the device. Try using stock aosp without a google account. I like being able to customize and mod my phone, but lately, I can feel uncle google getting a little too pushy about what I can and can not do on my phone. I can understand google's business model and the individual users who choose, knowingly or unknowingly, to subscribe to it, although it is not to my taste, so I am looking for alternatives that are truly open where my data and privacy are under my control.
Putting aside my issues with google, other advantages of ubuntu touch would be a linux based OS that integrates with my desktop (also linux). I think Canonical/Ubuntu/Shuttleworth has hit the nail on the head with device convergence. To me, the phone and the desktop are just hardware that I happen to use in different places. The content, the data, and the connectivity are the things that are important to my user experience. The hardware is merely the finger pointing to the moon.
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I'm looking for a more open alternative to google/android. Google is building a walled garden as they move their apps to close source and more tightly integrate google with the device. Try using stock aosp without a google account. I like being able to customize and mod my phone, but lately, I can feel uncle google getting a little too pushy about what I can and can not do on my phone. I can understand google's business model and the individual users who choose, knowingly or unknowingly, to subscribe to it, although it is not to my taste, so I am looking for alternatives that are truly open where my data and privacy are under my control.
Putting aside my issues with google, other advantages of ubuntu touch would be a linux based OS that integrates with my desktop (also linux). I think Canonical/Ubuntu/Shuttleworth has hit the nail on the head with device convergence. To me, the phone and the desktop are just hardware that I happen to use in different places. The content, the data, and the connectivity are the things that are important to my user experience. The hardware is merely the finger pointing to the moon.
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Completely true. We definitely need more privacy and the convergence idea is great. :good:
can't wait one minute more
Androids Google+ integration gets more and more annoying. Don't wanna deal with that social media crap.
...and I will never forgive Google for ditching Talk which was a huge opportunity to establish an open format.
Alucai Vivorvel said:
I want a change. I'm tired of Android in a way. I'm the kind of guy that used to install a new Linux distribution every week. Not anymore though, no distro is compatible with my wireless adapter.
The prospect of a swipe based OS excites me. Plus, it's Ubuntu. I actually don't need a reason more than that.
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Broadcom got you too eh? Haha, and I agree. The first Ubuntu distro I installed on a PC was 8.04 LTS. After having to mess around with the terminal to get ANY wireless adapter to work back then, really set me up for the era of Android smart phones. I love Ubuntu, I love the philosophy of Ubuntu. And when Ubuntu touch takes off, I'll definitely be excited to flash it onto a phone. Like you said, I don't need any more of a reason other than it's Ubuntu.
A new OS, it's Ubuntu!!!, awesome gestures, and when ACL is setup you'll be able to have all your favourite android apps on Ubuntu Touch.
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A new OS, it's Ubuntu!!!, awesome gestures, and when ACL is setup you'll be able to have all your favourite android apps on Ubuntu Touch.
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Sure about that? I heard that Ubuntu will never support Android apps. Sailfish and Tizen do, but not Ubuntu. Correct me if I'm wrong (sources?).
I agree with you though. The gestures are much more fun than Android's soft buttons.
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A new OS, it's Ubuntu!!!, awesome gestures, and when ACL is setup you'll be able to have all your favourite android apps on Ubuntu Touch.
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I can't see why they wouldn't be easily ported to Ubuntu. Both are Linux based
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I thought the same thing with webOS. It's Linux, why not port? But even though the core is the same the code on top is not. Difference between c++, qml, java, and JavaScript. For ACL, There is a sense of moving towards other Mobile Linux OS's. Money is the factor.
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I can't see why they wouldn't be easily ported to Ubuntu. Both are Linux based
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Well, they removed Dalvik and ART from that part of Android which they are using in Ubuntu for phones. So there won't be Android apps. (The Android design wouldn't fit into Ubuntu as well.)
Quote from an Engadget interview:
Since Android is also Linux-based, is there any plan for Ubuntu to run Android apps?
Many Android developers already use Ubuntu as their desktop OS and we have a very close affinity with them. We intend to encourage them to make their Android applications run on Ubuntu, but we won't engineer any middleware for running Android apps. Developers are intelligent and capable enough to make their apps run on our devices. We have an active initiative right now to directly help them achieve this.
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EDIT: Have a look at this as well: http://askubuntu.com/questions/247973/will-android-apps-be-compatible-with-the-ubuntu-phone-os
I want to switch because I want all my devices to be uniform and work with each other in a way Apple and Microsoft are failing to do. Having Ubuntu on my laptops, tablets, phones, desktops and televisions, and them working flawlessly together is going to be killer. Too bad this won't happen for another couple of years or so.
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'Murica said:
I want to switch because I want all my devices to be uniform and work with each other in a way Apple and Microsoft are failing to do. Having Ubuntu on my laptops, tablets, phones, desktops and televisions, and them working flawlessly together is going to be killer. Too bad this won't happen for another couple of years or so.
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You could technically already do this with android and chromium no?
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atmu5fear said:
You could technically already do this with android and chromium no?
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Not completely. You can't have all your devices (TV, Mobile devices, computers, etc.) Running one unified platform. What Canonical wants to do is use one OS across all devices with changes to the UI so it fits with whatever you are using. So you will (in the future) be running Ubuntu desktop across all your devices with changes to the UI.
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Not completely. You can't have all your devices (TV, Mobile devices, computers, etc.) Running one unified platform. What Canonical wants to do is use one OS across all devices with changes to the UI so it fits with whatever you are using. So you will (in the future) be running Ubuntu desktop across all your devices with changes to the UI.
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You already do, except those 5 % which Unity makes up.
The Unity version is the only thing that's still different.
Nothing yet?
No news about this? D: i need Ubuntu on my phone xDDDD
nikwen said:
You already do, except those 5 % which Unity makes up.
The Unity version is the only thing that's still different.
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I want complete uniformity. And that's what Canonical is doing.
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Blakebn2012 said:
I am wondering why people would want to use Ubuntu Touch over android. I don't see many (if any) benefits of using it over Android.
I see that the section isn't very popular, but I hope someone can answer my question.
Thank you
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I want the Ubuntu Touch for my Samsung Galaxy S3 do to the fact it's able to sync to the desktop, this would all be work-friendly as I use Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and have this setup as my OS.
Still looks underdeveloped and I don't want to flash as I think my bootloader is jammed. I'm happy with the android but would like to venture into this.
Hope that answers your question for you.
Kent C.
I want to see Ubuntu on my phone and tablet because then once the real initial hurdle happens it will be fork season. If there are only small changes needed underneath to make Ubuntu run on any android device that can already run cyanogen mod it will be trivial to modifty each new version quickly to run on compatible devices. When forking the distro takes off we will probably see an automated system to build the needed underparts for each device pop up.