Ubuntu for mobile phones

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Ubuntu for mobile phones

Ubuntu Linux could well be appearing on mobile phones soon.

 

[theJonster]

sweet, don't suppose it means the phone will be cheaper

 

[<moLe>]

everyone in the Ubuntu community anticipated this for quite a while now, I'll give it a shot for sure.

 

[The_Unbeliever]

Good news

 

[Rouxenator]

Windows Mobile is the only Microsoft based sollution that runs on ARM. I wonder if windows 7 will support ARM ? Symbian is doing pretty well on ARM.

 

[smokey]

Hopefully this works on the HTC P4350 - then I'll be overjoyed! Wheeeee

 

[rehd]

Bring it on...!!!!!!!

 

[headsore]

and windows (mobile) gets more competition from Linux...

 

[AntiThesis]

everyone in the Ubuntu community anticipated this for quite a while now, I'll give it a shot for sure.

Yeah I'll give it a go. Could be useful. *hopes for HTC support*

 

[tjunyat]

Nice.. the more devices that get *nix on them and the more people aware the better!
Only problem being, will it interface with sExchange, which is what most people want their smartphones to do in a business environment.

 

[.Froot.]

This will be pretty cool... just imagine the speed at which the phones will run then

 

[TheRoDent]

Uhmmm.... http://www.debian.org/ports/arm/

Nice to have the debian folk doing the hard work...

 

[Tux]

Good news.. Very good news.

 

[<moLe>]

Uhmmm.... http://www.debian.org/ports/arm/

Nice to have the debian folk doing the hard work...

Isn't that always the thing with Ubuntu..Ubuntu really is just Debian made easy with minor tweaks. I personally prefer Debian over Ubuntu (just not so bloated), but using Gentoo (pretty much as lightweight as a distro ca be)

 

[The_Unbeliever]

Windows Mobile is the only Microsoft based sollution that runs on ARM. I wonder if windows 7 will support ARM ? Symbian is doing pretty well on ARM.

Windows 7 will need to be completely rewritten for ARM. I think they'll spruce up Windows Mobile rather than trying to convert W7.

Nice to have a bit of competition in that market segment. Now you'll be able to enable all your cellphone functions and not worry about picking up a nasty trojan or virus

 

[<moLe>]

haha can just imagine a nice port of pidgin to the mobile..sigh..

 

[justinlawrence]

i hope the iphone derivative will be able to run it's existing apps. that way, there'll be no reason to stay in apple's little monopolistic prison.

 

[Rouxenator]

Windows 7 will need to be completely rewritten for ARM. I think they'll spruce up Windows Mobile rather than trying to convert W7.

So Micro$haft has no answer then - cuase winmo is crap - and if you spruce up crap you get more crap. This is a sweet move to get rid of Mickey$not on netbooks.

I just hope that camp Symbian will rise to the occasion - especially with the touchscreen abilities of V5. I waited for ARM based PC for a while now - good to see Linux pushing for it.