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 first instance dual core A9 processors such as the Google Nexus 4, which from reports appears to be the reference model. It's unlikely that it will run on a Samsung Galaxy S3 for various reasons and as yet there are no companies even planning to offer a phone running the OS or Ubuntu for Android: getting a new OS onto a phone isn't as simple as with a PC or laptop. After that there will be similar issues with getting phone companies behind the new OS - 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. s/ 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-20891868<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 Samsung galaxy S3 android phone, which is near to a top of the > range item, and I would like to make use of this in a ubuntu way, and not > have to await another different phone in a year's time.... > > -- > alan cocks > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/**mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk<https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/**UKTeam/ <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/> > -- Twitter: @sfgreenwood "TBA are particularly glib"
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