[GRLUG] Ubuntu Mobile OS

[John Wesorick]

The other thing I like is the idea of being able to dock my phone and use
it as my desktop (i.e. with a full desktop OS, not a mobile
OS that's bigger). My phone is nearly as fast as my daily use laptop. I'm
sure my next phone will be much faster. As far as I know, Ubuntu mobile is
just a DE for an existing OS, so there isn't as much manpower necessary to
keep it developed. Whether or not it has staying power is irrelevant. It's
fun to have choice and try new things. If it sucks, I can always put
Android back on my phone. This is why a lot of people choose Linux to begin
with. Don't like Ubuntu? Try Suse, Fedora, Mint, Debian, etc. etc.  At any
rate, I'm not trying to start a flameware or anything, I just thought that
you guys and gals would find it interesting.


On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 10:42 AM, Kyle <dontwantspam1 at earthlink.net> wrote:

>  Freedom and Choice are both largely true of Android, Open webOS, Firefox
> OS, Meego, and Tizen.  Cross-platform app design is true of Open webOS,
> Firefox OS, and Tizen, as well as probably others.  I don't mean to put
> them down for contributing to more Freedom and Choice, but as much market
> share as webOS lost, which for a while was well-supported by carriers, had
> a large Palm fanbase behind it, and sold reasonably well, Ubuntu Phone OS
> has a huge uphill battle ahead of them to develop a user base capable of
> sustaining a project like that into the future.
>
> My $0.02, for what it's worth.
>
> - Kyle
>
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> On 01/03/2013 10:03 AM, John Wesorick wrote:
>
> Freedom. Choice. Truly cross-device app design. It doesn't need to be
> successful in an x% of marketshare way. We, as Linux users, got pretty
> excited when we had 1-2% marketshare on the desktop. TBH, I'm more excited
> about Ubuntu for Android, but I'm definitely going to try this out once
> they release the image for my phone.
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 9:53 PM, Jonathan Jesse <jjesse at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Why?  This is the question I'm asking....  What will make this
>> device successful in the tight market that is already dominated by Android
>> and iOS with Blackberry and Windows Phone trailing in 3rd place.  I don't
>> think the "geeks" will rush out to adopt this phone as there seems to be
>> declining excitement in things Canonical/Ubuntu related.
>> There doesn't seem to be a committed carrier either which I think won't
>> drive adoption as well.  If they can't get VZW or AT&T selling/pushing this
>> phone then it will have even worse traction in the US than Windows Phone.
>>
>>  Or is it all an Europe/Asia thing?
>>
>>
>>  On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 3:54 PM, John Wesorick <john at wesorick.com> wrote:
>>
>>>  So Ubuntu announced their Mobile OS today. Not the Ubuntu for Android,
>>> but a full OS. Here's a link to the video,
>>> http://youtu.be/cpWHJDLsqTU?t=6m30s I had read that they will be
>>> releasing images for Nexus devices in the coming weeks. Anyone else thinks
>>> it's worth a try?
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