| === android is now known as jussi | ||
| Baribal | Hi. I just heard of this channel (when I asked whether there was a phone on which Ubuntu can run natively; the answer was "No"), so... What's the state of things? | 16:17 |
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| jussi | Baribal: there is no phone interface yet | 16:49 |
| Baribal | Okay... What *is* there? | 16:49 |
| jussi | they had ubuntu running with android on some motorola, but thats entirely different | 16:49 |
| jussi | Baribal: http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/android | 16:50 |
| Baribal | Wasn't that just using the phone as another screen? | 16:50 |
| jussi | Baribal: basically using the phone as a mini pc | 16:50 |
| Baribal | Well, that's pretty much exactly what I want. :) | 16:51 |
| jussi | Baribal: ok, dont think source has been released for that yet | 16:51 |
| Baribal | Also, wouldn't running that on Android not just be a makeover of appearance? One of the most importa | 16:52 |
| Baribal | important reasons why I don't have a smartphone yet is that AFAIK Android is anything but a GNU/Linux as I'd expect it; I was told it had no multiuser capability, that apps couldn't access each others APIs, etc. | 16:53 |
| Baribal | (..and I don't really understand why that would be; after all, modern cell phones *are* *real* *computers*, so why not run a real OS on them?) | 16:54 |
| jussi | Baribal: dunno, Im not really here to talk about android ;) | 16:55 |
| Baribal | jussi, so this channel is about native Linux/GNU/Ubuntu? That'd be great indeed. | 17:02 |
| Baribal | Is there any hardware platform in sight? | 17:03 |
| jussi | Baribal: Discussion for all things regarding Ubuntu in smartphone form factor (from the topic) | 17:03 |
| jussi | Baribal: I expect that hw manufacturers will pick this up at some pointg | 17:04 |
| Baribal | Ah... Oh... ####. | 17:05 |
| Baribal | I think that at this point phone manufacturers would rather be threatened by an open platform; Apple and Google have shown how much money can be made with walled gardens. | 17:09 |
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