Ubuntu For Android Devcies Will Be Introduced At Mobile World Congress 2012

Just curious...

I'm guessing Tablets and Phones. But, it would be interesting to see "set-top" boxes as well,... Think about it,... Android and Ubuntu Apps running side by side on the same machine,... Now pair that with an X86 version of Android & you have a full Linux distro that runs android apps (think Netflix, GoogleTV, etc.)... And to that add: VirtualBox, VLC, Wine (for those who absolutely HAVE to run M$ Office),... Maybe even a choice of UI... Now that's an M$ killer...

Som knd a devolepor, dev-cies? Definitely not a spell checker. A search for "Devcies" says there are "mobile devcies", "Energy-based Devcies", "Medical Devcies", etc.

As someone with both a native language and a few additional ones, I can certainly appreciate the effort someone takes to communicate in a secondary language. I try to spellcheck at least, but even then, mistakes can happen and go unnoticed.

If I make language mistakes, I hope people will treat me with tolerance, and at least respect me for making the attempt. Remember, language errors don't necessarily reflect on the intelligence level of the writer.

I'm dyslexic, so I never noticed.

You dno't hvae to be dxyiselc to raed txet wrhee irentanl leetrts hvae been cloplteemy rrgeranead.

well that was a conversation stopper.

Not sure why; there's actually been real research into this. Basically, as long as the first and last letters of a word are correct, the letters inside can be rearranged and people will generally be able to read it correctly. Humans are very good at pattern recognition.

I'm the big anti-unity on the desktop kinda guy but this has my head reeling. I think most of us had bigger expectations for arm based pc's but we have really yet to see much going on and now this announcement. Too see the video demonstration really helps to show what unity was destined for in the first place, when folks like myself simply had tunnel vision for the desktop experience.

This announcement is a communication accelerator that will, dare I say, reveal web 3.5.1.0.... ;)

Now: I'm suddenly pro-unity unless canonical decides not to release a public version....

That certainly does look impressive. I have also been a Unity critic and am using cinnamon but credit where credit is due. This looks like a very useful idea. Let's hope Canonical can pull it off commercially.

I am all for the concept, but still would be better if the "desktop" mode had a more of a desktop-friendly aesthetic. Like how KDE4 can have different modes of operation.

@jacog: It'd be nice, except that's completely against their philosophy. Just look at the name: "Unity". They (and the Gnome devs) want to make a single UI that everyone uses on all devices, big and small; a useful phrase here is "one size fits all". So if you have to make some sacrifices in functionality to achieve this goal, that's worth it in their mind. Reminds me MS, and even more, Mac, where customizing your UI is completely against the wishes of the designers and not allowed by the software. Years and years ago, Linux used to be all about choice, but not any more these days.

Maybe the release name should have been "Pernicious Procrustes"?

Quoting:Like how KDE4 can have different modes of operation.

And especially when the same applications are available for different interfaces along with the underpinning code that is suitable for different hardware configurations at times.

Quoting:Years and years ago, Linux used to be all about choice, but not any more these days.

@Khamul.

We didn't lose that choice, did we? With KDE still around, I don't believe we did.