Ubuntu now on Nexus 7

[AlphaJohn]

Ubuntu on Nexus 7

So I had exchanged e-mails with Victor Palau who is in charge of the Nexus 7 initiative for Ubuntu and released an early video and today I flashed my Nexus 7 using the instructions that Canonical released. The process was straightforward and just as easy as installing any other custom rom on an android device. You might also be interested to check out Jono’s blog post which talks about the initiative.

After the flash the Nexus 7 will go the a black screen with white text as it starts to build out the filesystem then it will initially boot into Ubuntu. I found the first bug which was Wireless does not seem to work on the first boot (I confirmed with a re-flash) so you will need to reboot for available networks to show up.

Unity works pretty nice aside from the occasional times it becomes unresponsive and the device requires a reboot and for some reasons apps inside the applications lenses cannot be launched so I was not able to use terminal to see all what is running.
omg 300x168 Ubuntu on Nexus 7

Firefox ran excellent on Ubuntu for Nexus 7 while for some reason the default page was Amazon not the usual Google Search page you might be used to. Additionally the Dash did show the new Shopping Lens and so I searched for “Beans”.
beans 300x168 Ubuntu on Nexus 7

and finally a short video (warning: shaky) showing some of the dash issues I ran into which was the unresponsiveness but all in all I really like this so far and look forward to providing some contributions in testing and other areas.

[video=youtube_share;535Bvvjz_NI]http://youtu.be/535Bvvjz_NI[/video]

Note: Flashing Ubuntu to the Nexus 7 takes about 20-25 minutes roughly while flashing Android Stock back takes just over one minute so if you do not like the testing images you can get back to stock in a minute plus the time it takes you to setup your android widgets, apps and settings again.

Source http://benjaminkerensa.com/2012/10/26/ubuntu-on-nexus-7

 

[Avenue]

Is this the android app version of ubuntu or a replacement os?

I enjoy ubuntu on a desktop, but I'm not sure I would choose it over android on a nexus

 

[AlphaJohn]

Is this the android app version of ubuntu or a replacement os?

I enjoy ubuntu on a desktop, but I'm not sure I would choose it over android on a nexus

Replacement, as it states in the instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Nexus7/Installation It takes just a minute to return to original Android if you do not like Ubuntu on it.

Well the whole reason Mark went Unity route was to make it touch friendly, but a Nexus 7 screen is a tad small so I would not even think of going that route unless you have a stylus.

 

[Avenue]

Replacement, as it states in the instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Nexus7/Installation It takes just a minute to return to original Android if you do not like Ubuntu on it.

Well the whole reason Mark went Unity route was to make it touch friendly, but a Nexus 7 screen is a tad small so I would not even think of going that route unless you have a stylus.

I like the idea of an ubuntu tablet, if you can run things like libreoffice/ blender / gimp etc not sure if you can, but otherwise man google has some cool apps.

 

[Park@82]

/wonder if Windows RT will run on any of the android tabs

 

[AlphaJohn]

/wonder if Windows RT will run on any of the android tabs

Nope sorry for you. Windows RT needs secure boot.