So Ubuntu decides to take on Android and iOS and Windows Phone etc etc.
Introducing Ubuntu on your phone. Rejoice!
The OS they couldn’t get on desktops are now being pushed to phones 
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It ain’t a bad OS 
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I’m curious to find out how it does on Androids.
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Was discussing it with colleagues at work today since we all have Ubuntu at work and it would be great to integrate phone with desktops…
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wasnt android supposed to be linux tailormade for mobile devices? is ubuntu going to have a separate mobile kernel?
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its gonna be very unique os but its in very early stages
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Ok so even for mobile phones we are going in to same black hole of ‘‘a different app for a different OS’’ . Now a company would have to come up with four different apps for iOS, Android, Ubuntu, J2ME etc.
I predict that in the end we’ll all fall back to one platform for all i.e. WEB . Companies would be way better off if they invest in mobile websites than apps .
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Doesnt look like it. This is what it says on the site:
Ubuntu and Android share the same kernel. When docked, the Ubuntu OS boots and runs concurrently with Android. This allows both mobile and desktop functionality to co-exist in different runtimes.
Shared services and applications are delivered using a Convergence API module which ensures the tight integration between desktop and mobile environments. Work is balanced across the cores of the phone. When the handset is not docked, both CPU cores transfer their full power to Android.
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Jumped the gun too soon on this one. This is ubuntu for phones and is a total OS instead of ubuntu for android.
I have signed up to know when it comes out…
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I wonder what devices it can support.
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Here you go..
System requirements for smartphones Entry level Ubuntu smartphone High-end Ubuntu “superphone”
Processor architecture 1Ghz Cortex A9 Quad-core A9 or Intel Atom
Memory 512MB – 1GB Min 1GB
Flash storage 4-8GB eMMC + SD Min 32GB eMMC + SD
Multi-touch Yes Yes
Desktop convergence No Yes
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Which company would be behind the OS since ubuntu is heavily run by the community.
Cool story bro.
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Actually ubuntu is from Canonical
Backed by Canonical
Canonical is the global software vendor that provides commercial and design support to the Ubuntu project. Today, our hardware enablement team supports the pre-installation of Ubuntu on millions of new PCs shipped worldwide, annually.
Thanks to Canonical’s relationships with its OEM partners, Ubuntu has an enormous retail presence in key emerging economies, with branded merchandising and trained retail staff in over 1,000 stores.
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Of course, nice words since you work there! 
But seriously, with all the fanboi love, Linux really has no penetration in the consumer market. As a friend put it best, Linux kids were the ones boasting in the nineties that how they are free compared to the evil Microsoft, but who has time for figuring out driver issues (lack thereof) just to save a few bucks? Fast forward a few years later, many of these Linux lovers now are Mac users and can’t stop gushing about the Linux familiarity of OS X though the cost and lack of choice argument in appledom has suddenly vanished. Btw, I have had used little bit of Ubuntu and it left a bad taste in the mouth like a bad version of OS X. The only Linux form that I have liked is Linux mint.
Work where?