Hi Emmet,
Thanks for the reply. That's actually very sad to hear, as Ubuntu UMPC
seems to have a much cleaner and faster interface for touchscreens, unless
I am missing something.
>That said, there's no good reason why one
>couldn't adjust the intrepid ubuntu-mobile-default-settings package to
>work with 9.04, or continue development.
I'm not really a developer, but studied programming in the past, to a
certain degree :-S
So basic in a sense, but I usually fool around files and tweak things here
and there when it makes sense to me.
How would I make these modifications to make a Ubuntu Jaunty UMPC version
for example? Is there a HOWTO page?
As for further development, I actually would like to take part in terms of
what I can at least.
Since I am not a developer, what other means can I take part in?
I can even try looking at the code and see if I can learn something if
someone is willing to show me the way.
>It was decided that only IMG files would be distributed, as so
>many of the target devices didn't have on board optical drives, yet were
>capable of booting from USB.
Isn't ISO more supported though, and easier to modify, edit, etc.. in the
GNU/Linux world?
Thanks for the help.
Emmet Hikory <per...@ubuntu.com> wrote on 9 Mar 2009, 05:56 AM:
Subject: Re: Ubuntu UMPC status
>Ramaddan wrote:
>> However, I can't seem to find enough official pages about this project,
>> so I was wondering if the project is still ongoing?
>
> There's not been a lot of people both excited about it and
>committing their changes to the repo, and it's at least not listed as a
>target release with 9.04. That said, there's no good reason why one
>couldn't adjust the intrepid ubuntu-mobile-default-settings package to
>work with 9.04, or continue development. I believe most people are
>looking more at the netbook remix solution.
>
>> The only problem I have is that it seemed to have detected an eGalax
>> touchscreen, however, the Y coordinates seems to be reversed.
><...>
> Please do file a bug about this, if it doesn't already exist.
>Regardless of the activity of the Ubuntu UMPC effort, it represents a
>bug in core Ubuntu that should be solved.
>
>> Any ISOs instead of IMG? Any source files?
>
> There was a fair bit of debate about ISO vs. IMG at the UDS for
>Jaunty. It was decided that only IMG files would be distributed, as so
>many of the target devices didn't have onboard optical drives, yet were
>capable of booting from USB.
>
> The source is just the standard Ubuntu sources. In general, apt-get
>source ${package} will get you the source for a given package (although
>you may need to add deb-src lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list). You
>can see which packages are currently installed with `dpkg -l` (be
>warned: this will be a long list).
>
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