Ubuntu 12.04 Boot Capability (related to BIOS)

2012-11-19 Thread tsukishiro yamazaki
Hello all, I just wanted to ask if it's possible at the level of Ubuntu 12.04 to boot from a specific address in storage or memory. We are doing a small experiment wherein an option is added in BIOS that will load Ubuntu from a specified location. Is this possible? If there are supporting document

Re: Ubuntu for Android

2012-11-19 Thread James Haigh
Hmm, but that isn't UfA right? Would I still be able to run Android apps? Could I perhaps chroot Android onto Ubuntu? Then try to solve hardware acceleration in Android. If that were possible, it would definitely be appealing to me as an alternative to UfA. And thanks Chris for Freenode/#ubuntu-a

Re: Ubuntu for Android

2012-11-19 Thread Jordon Bedwell
On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 6:56 PM, Chris Mosetick wrote: > Hi James, > I too would like to know where to get a Ubuntu for Android phone. Good find > on the new video. At the moment, hardware wise it still seems like vapor. > Let me know if you find out any details. FWIW, I'm in the U.S., but I'm all

Re: Ubuntu for Android

2012-11-19 Thread Chris Mosetick
Hi James, I too would like to know where to get a Ubuntu for Android phone. Good find on the new video. At the moment, hardware wise it still seems like vapor. Let me know if you find out any details. FWIW, I'm in the U.S., but I'm all about international shipping if I need to go that route. James,

Re: Ubuntu for Android

2012-11-19 Thread James Haigh
Ps. I've misread one of those links about VMGL; it looks like VMGL won't work either way round between Ubuntu and Android. On Nov 20, 2012 12:25 AM, "James Haigh" wrote: > Hey, am I missing something?! Today I was told by someone who doesn't use > Linux and doesn't have an Android phone that Ubun

Re: Ubuntu for Android

2012-11-19 Thread James Haigh
Hey, am I missing something?! Today I was told by someone who doesn't use Linux and doesn't have an Android phone that Ubuntu for Android has been released for the Nexus 7! I'm keeping my eyes peeled for any news, but I haven't seen anything to back this up. The only thing I've noticed is that htt

Re: Update manager mandating rebooting

2012-11-19 Thread yannubu...@gmail.com
I could reproduce the bug with 12.10: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/1080722 Regards Yann 2012/11/6 Colin Law : > On 31 October 2012 11:49, Daniel J Blueman wrote: >> I'd love to hear what other users and developers think about this: >> >> The refreshed update mana