Ubuntu OS Phone with video link about download in next couple of weeks for Google Nexus devices

Hi, This looks very promising, what do others here think? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXWnMTm7We8#t=1m08s "Canonical promise that they'll have the images for you to download and install on your Galaxy Nexus within the next couple of weeks..." Ubuntu is working on a base of the Google Nexus device and the GN port will be available for anyone to use very soon. Ubuntu's "own" hardware will follow later, but anybody whom wants to be involved, can be ... soon. Engadget did a video with Mark Shuttleworth: Ubuntu On A Galaxy Nexus - Engadget Hands On Review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLtcj7FdIYA XDA has even got a new forum area just for Ubuntu OS phone. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36190363 Ubuntu will also be taking phones to CES and talking with people there too, not that I'll be there... ;) Ubuntu's own site (they have their own longer video): http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/phone Cheers -- Kind Regards AndrewM Andrew McGlashan Broadband Solutions now including VoIP Current Land Line No: 03 9012 2102 Mobile: 04 2574 1827 Fax: 03 9012 2178 National No: 1300 85 3804 Affinity Vision Australia Pty Ltd http://affinityvision.com.au http://securemywireless.com.au http://adsl2choice.net.au In Case of Emergency -- http://affinityvision.com.au/ice.html

I also think it looks really promising. I have been reading the commentary and analysis from the various tech websites on how they believe its going to go with interest. If OEMs, carriers and developers are interested enough in it then it could become a viable option. There is not a snowflake's chance in hell that Ubuntu is going to wipe out Android and iOS, but a small share of the market would be a win and they can work on growing it from there. I think one of the key things will be - will Linux desktop/laptop/ARM users want this as their phone in preference to Android? For me its an emphatic yes, the ability to contribute upstream and having a much closer fit to a full Linux distribution is a clear winner for me. For others the fact that it is Ubuntu might be cause to reject it, but I have always been pretty happy with Ubuntu as a distribution (though I use the KDE version exclusively). If I can get my hands on a Nexus, I will be installing this straight away. I do love Firefox too, and they have managed to get donations from me by offering enticements of tshirts. Without open source projects offering tshirts, how would I ever get new clothes :) I was really impressed by the quality of their shirts too - organic cotton, carbon neutral and made using fair trade labour.
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Andrew McGlashan
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