Canonical has been offering pre-release builds of Ubuntu Touch for smartphones and tablets for a few months. But these early builds are pretty rough around the edges. Not only are there very few third party apps that can run on Ubuntu Touch at the moment, but the software isn’t really stable enough to run on […]
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Ubuntu Touch preview images now based on Ubuntu 13.04, include some apps
Canonical has released the first builds of Ubuntu Touch for phones and tablets based on the upcoming Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail operating system. The new builds are also some of the first to include actual apps. There are still early test builds and they’re not designed for daily use. So if you’re hoping to turn […]
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Ubuntu Touch preview is about to get its first apps for phones, tablets
Canonical has been offering preview builds of Ubuntu Touch for phones and tablets since February. But up until now there hasn’t actually been much you can do with a device running Ubuntu Touch. That’s because the nightly builds include a user interface and basic functionality… but don’t have many actual apps installed. For instance when […]
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3 Comments on Australia’s Intermatrix is already taking orders for Ubuntu tablets (shipping around October)
Australia’s Intermatrix is already taking orders for Ubuntu tablets (shipping around October)
3 Comments on Australia’s Intermatrix is already taking orders for Ubuntu tablets (shipping around October)Can’t wait to get your hands on a mobile tablet running Ubuntu, and don’t feel like making an Ubuntu tablet yourself by replacing the Android operating system on a Nexus 7 or similar device? No problem. You can already pre-order an Ubuntu tablet from Intermatrix. The only catches? The tabletswill ship from Australia, they won’t […]
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How to install Ubuntu on a Nexus phone or tablet
Canonical has released tools for installing a developer preview version of Ubuntu 12.10 Touch on the latest Google Nexus phones and tablet. If you have a Samsung Galaxy Nexus or Google Nexus 4 smartphone, or a Nexus 7 or Nexus 10 tablet, you can download and install a touch-friendly version of Ubuntu on your device. […]
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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 […]