Ubuntu has long been a favorite Linux desktop operating system for open-source fanatics and those who like to tinker with their technology. Now it's stepping out into a new frontier: Mobile.
Ubuntu developer Canonical unveiled a new interface on Monday re-imagined
for touch devices, with a design that borrows cues from Android and
Windows 8. The hard sell here isn't simply that Ubuntu now works on
mobile devices. Canonical hopes that future devices will not only run the new mobile OS, but will also
boot the desktop variant of Ubuntu when docked to a keyboard, mouse and
monitor.That would let you literally use your phone to power your PC.
This concept isn't entirely new, as Canonical revealed similar plans
last year to attach its desktop software to devices running Android.
Before that, Motorola tried to turn Android phones into laptops with its Atrix line of phones and docks. And let's not forget the hybrid operating system experiment that is Windows 8.
But no one not even Microsoft has attempted to serve up its own phone OS and desktop OS in a
single package. Despite its desktop-like features, Android considers
itself a phone and tablet system, while Microsoft still has Windows
Phone 8 operating autonomously from the tablet and desktop-centric Windows 8.Is Ubuntu's new creation good enough to make even the tiniest inroads against the likes of Android, Apple's iOS and Windows Phone?
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