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Alpha Ubuntu for UMPCs is developer ready

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Practical Technology; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols 		Mail this story
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Canonical isn’t wasting any time getting Ubuntu ready for UMPCs (Ultra Mobile PCs) and MIDs (Mobile Internet Devices). The company just announced on June 24 that the developer release of Ubuntu MID Edition 8.04 is ready for testing. Ubuntu MID, formerly Ubuntu Netbook Remix, based on standard Ubuntu. It has been customized for use with Intel’s new Atom processor, but its heart is pure open-source Ubuntu Linux.

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tymiles ·
From what I understand Ubuntu MID Edition and Ubuntu Netbook Remix are two different versions of Ubuntu.

With MID aimed at devices with touch screens etc and remix aimed at machines like the Eee PC which are sub notebooks.

Please let me know if I have gotten this wrong?

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