Canonical will release the first developer preview of Ubuntu Phone OS on February 21st, 2013. While the first phones designed for the Linux-based operating system won’t hit the streets until late 2013 at the soonest, you’ll be able to download and install the Touch Developer Preview on the two most recent Google Nexus phones. The […]
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The first Ubuntu smartphones could launch in October
Phones running Ubuntu Phone OS could be available as soon as October. Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth tells the Wall Street Journal that the first phones running the software “will be available in two large geographic markets” that month, but he wouldn’t say which markets. It’s not clear if that includes the US, but the company […]
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Closer look at Ubuntu Phone OS (video)
Ubuntu Phone OS is a Linux-based operating system for smartphones that could show up in handsets that will hit the market in late 2013 or early 2014. But Ubuntu’s parent company Canonical is already showing off early builds of the software running on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphone — and in the coming weeks Canonical […]
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Ubuntu Phone OS coming in 2014, Ubuntu on Android in 2013
Ubuntu maker Canonical is getting into the smartphone business in a big way. The company has announced it’s developing a version of its popular Linux-based operating system designed to run on smartphones, with the first Ubuntu Phone OS handsets scheduled to hit the streets in 2014. Meanwhile, this year the company plans to partner with […]
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Ubuntu is getting touchy feely (or at least touchscreen-friendly)
Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth has made no secret of his plans to make the popular Ubuntu Linux operating system more touchscreen-friendly. The company recently released a tool that makes it easy to install the operating system on the Google Nexus 7 tablet. And last year the company teased software that would let you run Ubuntu […]
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Ubuntu 13.04 release cycle won’t include any alpha builds
Popular Linux distribution Ubuntu is doing things different with Ubuntu 13.04. Up until recently, the developers have pushed out a handful of alpha and beta releases during the development cycle so that testers could kick the tires of the latest features, report bugs, and help improve the operating system. But for the new version of […]
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Ubuntu installer now available for the Nexus 7
As promised, Canonical has released a tool that lets you install Ubuntu Linux on the Google Nexus 7. Cleverly enough, it’s called the Ubuntu Nexus 7 installer, and it’s a relatively simple tool that you can use to install Ubuntu 12.10 on the 7 inch tablet. In order to use the installer you’ll need a […]
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Ubuntu Linux coming to tablets… starting with the Google Nexus 7
The Nexus 7 tablet may be Google’s flagship Android tablet. But it has a bootloader that can be unlocked, a powerful 1.2 GHz NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processor, and 1GB of RAM. In other words, it should be perfectly capable of running other operating systems. So it’s not surprising that the folks at Canonical seem […]
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Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal is now available
Right on schedule, Canonical has released Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal. The latest version of the Linux-based operating system is available for download just over a week before Windows 8 goes on sale. I doubt Microsoft is quaking in its boots, but if you’ve been dreading the switch from Windows 7 to Windows 8, now’s as […]
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Ubuntu’s new donation page helps you set priorities for future development (with cold, hard cash)
3 Comments on Ubuntu’s new donation page helps you set priorities for future development (with cold, hard cash)Canonical has added a step to the process of downloading the Ubuntu Linux operating system. When you visit the Ubuntu website and choose to download the latest version of the popular OS, you’ll first be taken to a donation page where you can opt to make a contribution… or not. You can still download Ubuntu […]