[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu operating system comes to Android smartphones

2013-01-03 Thread Andy Braben
The Ubuntu operating system has been adapted to run on smartphones. Article at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20891868 -- Regards, Andy -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu operating system comes to Android smartphones

2013-01-03 Thread javadayaz
i cannot wait for this! I hope this is done well! On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 9:09 AM, Andy Braben andybra...@gmail.com wrote: The Ubuntu operating system has been adapted to run on smartphones. Article at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20891868 -- Regards, Andy --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu operating system comes to Android smartphones

2013-01-03 Thread alan c
On 03/01/13 09:09, Andy Braben wrote: The Ubuntu operating system has been adapted to run on smartphones. Article at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20891868 I am confused by the difference - if any - between the 'Ubuntu on android' and the proposed Ubuntu (OS) phone? I have a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu operating system comes to Android smartphones

2013-01-03 Thread Simon Greenwood
The concept for Ubuntu on Android is essentially an Android phone with an Ubuntu disk image stored on SD card/in memory that allows the phone to be used as a boot device for a PC based system. Ubuntu OS for phones is an ARM based distribution of Ubuntu that is designed to run a phone - in the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu operating system comes to Android smartphones

2013-01-03 Thread Andy Braben
On 3 January 2013 10:33, alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote: On 03/01/13 09:09, Andy Braben wrote: The Ubuntu operating system has been adapted to run on smartphones. Article at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/**technology-20891868http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20891868 I am

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu operating system comes to Android smartphones

2013-01-03 Thread Tyler J. Wagner
On 2013-01-03 10:49, Simon Greenwood wrote: ... the reason that Google are selling the Nexus 4 directly and unlocked is that they had difficulty in getting the US carriers to accept it, so they decided to go around them. [cite needed] Regards, Tyler -- [...] freedom is kind of a hobby with

[ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Ubuntu operating system comes to Android smartphones

2013-01-03 Thread Simon Greenwood
-- Forwarded message -- From: Simon Greenwood sfgreenw...@gmail.com Date: 3 January 2013 11:48 Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu operating system comes to Android smartphones To: Tyler J. Wagner ty...@tolaris.com I can't find the story that I saw that in now, and searching for it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu operating system comes to Android smartphones

2013-01-03 Thread Alan Bell
On 03/01/13 10:49, Simon Greenwood wrote: The concept for Ubuntu on Android is essentially an Android phone with an Ubuntu disk image stored on SD card/in memory that allows the phone to be used as a boot device for a PC based system. not really, it was demonstrated on a Motorola Atrix that had

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu operating system comes to Android smartphones

2013-01-03 Thread Simon Greenwood
No worries :) On 3 January 2013 11:54, Tyler J. Wagner ty...@tolaris.com wrote: Sorry for coming off so snarky. I would like to know more about it. From what I've seen from previous Google phones, and their unwillingness to lock the platform (yay!), I doubt they're particularly interested in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu operating system comes to Android smartphones

2013-01-03 Thread Simon Greenwood
Ah, that's very interesting - the customer site doesn't go into much detail about the technology. I didn't even know the Atrix ran like that - quite fancied one of those but they weren't taken up much in the UK and I believe Motorola have killed off the line now. s/ On 3 January 2013 12:10,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu operating system comes to Android smartphones

2013-01-03 Thread Liam Proven
On 3 January 2013 10:49, Simon Greenwood sfgreenw...@gmail.com wrote: The concept for Ubuntu on Android is essentially an Android phone with an Ubuntu disk image stored on SD card/in memory that allows the phone to be used as a boot device for a PC based system. [1] Please do not top-quote.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu operating system comes to Android smartphones

2013-01-03 Thread Simon Greenwood
On 3 January 2013 13:15, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: On 3 January 2013 10:49, Simon Greenwood sfgreenw...@gmail.com wrote: The concept for Ubuntu on Android is essentially an Android phone with an Ubuntu disk image stored on SD card/in memory that allows the phone to be used as a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu operating system comes to Android smartphones

2013-01-03 Thread Alan Pope
On 03/01/13 09:09, Andy Braben wrote: The Ubuntu operating system has been adapted to run on smartphones. Article at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20891868 Here's an interview recorded a few minutes ago by Simon Phipps with the Product Manager for Ubuntu Phone, Richard Collins.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu operating system comes to Android smartphones

2013-01-03 Thread Bruno Girin
On 03/01/13 13:57, Alan Pope wrote: On 03/01/13 09:09, Andy Braben wrote: The Ubuntu operating system has been adapted to run on smartphones. Article at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20891868 Here's an interview recorded a few minutes ago by Simon Phipps with the Product Manager

[ubuntu-uk] Any recommendations for an xhtml editor

2013-01-03 Thread Mike Hingley
Hello people... I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for a wysiwyg editor for ubuntu? Ideally I was looking for something like kompozer, but without the KDE requirement (it does have a KDE requirement right?) cheers! Mike Hingley --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Any recommendations for an xhtml editor

2013-01-03 Thread Sean Miller
XHTML is markup... there is not really such a thing as a WYSIWYG... anything you use is gong to, ultimately, give you an inferior end result to simply writing the XHTML from scratch. Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Any recommendations for an xhtml editor

2013-01-03 Thread Alan Lord
On 04/01/13 06:16, Sean Miller wrote: XHTML is markup... there is not really such a thing as a WYSIWYG... anything you use is gong to, ultimately, give you an inferior end result to simply writing the XHTML from scratch. +1 I have tried (in the long and distant past) various so called wysiwyg