Ubuntu 13.04 Will Run on the Google Nexus 7 Tablet

My Thoughts On Running Ubuntu And Kubuntu On Google Nexus 7

"I was actually surprised to find that KDE was more responsive, fast usable compared to Ubuntu Unity. Since you can customize the size of panel, fonts and application buttons and borders you can use KDE on this tablet just with your finger. No mouse or keyboard is needed. So, I found the desktop KDE to be more usable than Unity."

http://www.muktware.com/4679/my-thoughts-running-ubuntu-and-...

"I also installed Kubuntu on this tablet and I was actually surprised to find that KDE was more responsive, fast usable compared to Ubuntu Unity."

Plasma Active should be even better again on a tablet than Plasma desktop.

I wish the KDE team would concentrate more on getting Plasma Active ready on existing hardware like Samsung Galaxy or Google Nexuses instead of worrying getting their own tablet hardware.

Having open hardware or hardware with open source drivers is important, but having a ready and working tablet OS with touch enabled applications is much more important at this point. Trying to tackle the issue of open hardware is spreading themselves too thin and not worth it at this time.

The KDE team is doing an excellent job getting core frameworks on solid grounds. It is now more important to get applications touch interface enabled.

So far, the path taken by the KDE team for KDE 4 Plasma Desktop, Netbook & Plasma Active for tables is the right one.

Edited: Plasma Active 4

E17 folks. Has been finger friendly from the start and is far more resource friendly than both KDE and Unity.

~Jeff

Quoting:E17 folks. Has been finger friendly from the start ...

E17 might be super doper fast and touch friendly and all, but what counts and boils down to is what hardware users have, applications they need, want, like and prefer, the DE they are accustomed to and feel comfortable with, etc, etc, etc. It is a personal choice and we are glad we have so many available.

Quoting:what counts and boils down to is what hardware users have

Well, as E users are fond of saying, "Compositing? We were doing that twelve years ago!" when there was little to no hardware support for it. E can do in software (when needed) what other DE's can do only with hardware support.

KDE plasma may well be better than Ubuntu/Unity on a Tablet, but unfortunately, as much as I want it, and I have an order for 2 tablets, if and or when they finally manufacture, It's not running on anything yet, while Canonical have their Unity desktop, on more than one smart phone device already. So the whole thing is moot. If I have to choose between KDE not yet running on tablets and Ubuntu Unity actually doing so, then I'll choose Unity.

E17 should be here on devices via Tizen next year :)

~Jeff

I am confused by this. Tablets already have a tailor made linux based OS namely Android. I have a Nexus 7 and I don't want to install Ubuntu just because I can. Android serves its purpose fine. If I want a full powered OS I don't want to run it on a portable small screened gadget. I want to run it on a system where using a word processor feels comfortable i.e. a desktop.

Ubuntu have got too obsessed by commercial trends (increasing tablet sales flat PC sales) and forgotten basic functional reality. Personally I think there is still a lot of interesting things you could do on a desktop.

The server/supercomputer market is dominated by Linux.

The tablet market is dominated by Android and iOS

The desktop market has a role and linux should be looking to win there as well.