Ubuntu + Android What's this about?

When Uncle Mark writes something on his blog, there is an immediate uproar. Well, you all know the news published by Shuttleworth himself about Ubuntu integrated into devices with Android, which will be presented at the Mobile World Congress next month.

What is the idea?

In this case we are not talking about Ubuntu Mobile o Ubuntu Phone. The phone will have OS as Android, but if we plug it into a monitor and keyboard with the appropriate technology, it becomes Unity what we will see on screen.

We are talking about integration at the level of Kernel that will allow us to have the phone contacts synchronized within Ubuntu, which we can see, edit, call or send a text message or email. Notifications of incoming calls and others can be seen in the desktop with the Ubuntu Message Indicator.

That is, we will have everything integrated on one side and the other. For this we will need to have a mobile that has a processor Dual core 1GHz, Video Acceleration, 512 Mb of RAM, USB Host support, and some other cool features. Also, you must have Android 2.3 (Gingerbread).

Among the default applications we will find Chromium y Firefox, Google Calendar, Google Docs, Thunderbird, VLC, Ubuntu Music Player, and Android Dialer the latter to be able to make calls from the Desktop.

My opinion

I think with this Ubuntu will give "The kick to the can" as we say here in my country. shuttleworth said he hopes that Ubuntu have more than 200 million users in 2015, and it seems to me that if this new strategy has the desired effect, the goal will be reached in less time. It's still too early to jump to conclusions, but the idea as shown so far looks great and I'm sure it will be extremely successful.

The only problem will be to see to what extent we will have to depend on a keyboard and a monitor. I mean, I suppose that from what is said, all my documents and files will be available from Android since it will be synchronized with Ubuntu, but what about applications? It's great to be able to carry my computer in a pocket, but it is useless if I have to carry a keyboard and monitor.

What do you think?


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  1.   diego said

    mmm ... weird ... but very interesting,
    at least uncle mark is no longer with that crazy idea of ​​'ubuntu mobile', this combining with android seems right to me,
    I suppose it will be well accepted.

    Cheers(:

  2.   dwarf said

    A point in favor for Ubuntu at the level of things it can do, but I don't know to what extent the experience of freedom will continue to be felt in this distro ... I don't want to predict ugly things, but to me, Ubuntu will end up being paid.

    For now I am still very comfortable with Linux Mint, which is Ubuntu but more to the community.

    1.    Courage said

      I do not want to predict ugly things but to me like Ubuntu will end up being paid.

      Well of course carcamal. Now you realize?

    2.    zimoo354 said

      It seems to me something excellent… they are points in favor for ubuntu! 😀
      By the way nano, you disappeared man! : S

  3.   jose said

    Wow…. Well, this if I find it interesting. I hope it affects the rest of the Distros.

  4.   Mauritius said

    It looks like a good idea. In addition, it does not bother me at all that Ubuntu wants to gain more followers, or even that it becomes paid in the future because, as long as it remains Linux, its popularity will benefit us all. Can you imagine what could happen to Linux if a distro, whatever it is, gets 200 million users? Hardware and software from large companies supporting Linux.
    In this round, I am in favor of Ubuntu.

    1.    KZKG ^ Gaara said

      O_O ... I hadn't seen it this way, that is, in such a "futuristic / promising" way ... O_O
      The problem is whether it becomes paid, and there it tries to be so different (unique) that it departs too much from Linux as such.

      1.    We magno said

        But always… at least what I have seen… Ubuntu has been promoted as free, and ensuring this quality forever, it would be very unwise to become a paid OS.

        1.    KZKG ^ Gaara said

          haha yes yes, I mean ... the possibility of it becoming a paid distro is very, very remote 🙂

        2.    Courage said

          What will become, it is Mark's goal, to get stuffed with Winbuntu.

        3.    Ares said

          But one thing is what they tell you in advertising and another what is kept in reality.

          Ubuntu has always been promoted as Free, however when he began to show his little loyalty at the beginning and how dedicated he is to putting private things, they came to justify it, to pamper it and to minimize it.

          Ubuntu had always promoted it as a Community, however when the owner's fingers began to show, there were not a few who now came to accept it, justify it and even hide it.

          And about the free, they have always been promoted as such, however since there have been no shortage of those who justify and minimize the possibility that they charge and manipulate so that we give money to the poor Shuttlerwork.

          Really about the gratuitousness of Ubuntu is that Canonical has made the promotion that it will not use (the word) Ubuntu for anything commercial, from there it follows as a collateral that (the distro) Ubuntu would be free forever; however the original promise has already been violated when Canonical has used Ubuntu for various commercial purposes (such as Ubuntu One for example) and even proprietary.

    2.    Ares said

      I don't think that benefits everyone and less take it for granted as automatic.

      1) If Ubuntu becomes paid (or even not) nothing guarantees that it will remain "Linux".

      2) The popularity of Ubuntu only benefits Ubuntu, not the rest, but hurts them. Let's go to the current events, Ubuntu has stolen the fame of achievements from others and has only left the image of Linux and the other worst distro, as if they were the most primitive there is, except Ubuntu, which is the one that has all the advances and achievements.

      I have even seen people (many) who even think that the other distros have rejected all the things "that Ubuntu has done" out of simple rebellion and that is how they remain on console and anchored in 1990 denying "Ubuntu graphics".
      I sometimes think that Canonical created a shell (Unity) just to give some support to that fallacy, which goes without saying that it is historical from long before Canonical had thought of making such a shell.

      3) Assuming that "the hardware of the big companies" supports Linux, that would be exclusive, with the karmas that this has always brought. And although I do not know much about the landscape of proprietary drivers and others, I think (and I say I think) that the current support is quite up to date. If it has disadvantages compared to Windows, it is because with Windows it already brings them installed in the Windows of the machine and if not Windows will download them if it needs them; On the other hand, in Linux new driver = new kernel, if you need a driver you must wait for it to be added to the kernel and for it to be in repos and then update the kernel.

      4) Assuming that "the software of the big companies" supports Linux Ubuntu, because the first thing is that it will continue to be proprietary software and second is that it will be Ubuntu. Except perhaps its derivatives the rest is going to have to watch or go see how it would be.

  5.   anubis_linux said

    It seems interesting hehe a shame that not all of us can try it probar

  6.   altair said

    Hello people, I'm new here in Desde Linux and I would like to congratulate this excellent site, which provides a lot of help to those who are delving into free software.

    Regarding the article it seems interesting, but it does not convince me, also I have never been a fan of Ubuntu, and I do not like the path it has taken since it started with Unity. Well it's just my opinion, everyone has their own.

    See you guys.

    1.    KZKG ^ Gaara said

      O_O ... wow, a great pleasure to have you here partner, really 😀

      With this news, now I understand why to use (impose) Unity as the default desktop ... Did Canonical have planned to take this step before? . If you want to bring Ubuntu to desktops, tablets, laptops, TVs and also smartphones, using the same desktop environment is not a totally crazy idea ... mmm ... where have I seen this before? … (Windows…) ¬_¬

      Now, that the courteous does not take away the brave 😀
      I like the idea, I like it a lot, it reminds me of a Motorola model (I don't remember the exact model) that does nothing but this, something extremely similar. Be that as it may, the concept they handle here does attract me, they have hit the spot according to me hahaha.

      Greetings and welcome bro, we hope to read you more 🙂

  7.   Alba said

    Ubuntu swears and perjures that it will be free and always free, I already look at the Dream Studio software center (what I use for now) many paid apps ... they still give Ubuntu their cut, but Ubuntu itself does not charge. With how cute Android is and the one that synchronizes so beautifully on the PC, nothing, many people will start to look beautiful at Linux in general, and in the future we will see equipment in department stores with the option of Windows or Ubuntu (for something begins) and I believe that with the certainty of seeing a Linux OS working 100% on a pc, curious people will start to use other distros, other environments ... Something, to look for an identity in the Linux world (like me, just I can't find my ideal studio OS without as much chaff as Dream Studio or Ubuntu Studio)

  8.   perseus said

    Great, really great. Some KDEra distro should release something similar (I can think of XD chakra) to make it really COOL: D. Preferably a tablet, I don't like smartphones very much ¬¬

  9.   ubuntero said

    This is great, @elav the point is not to load your keyboard and mouse (and the monitor; P) the point is to work with your android mobile, take photos, video, documents, contacts, etc. etc. and get to your home (connect your mobile docking station style, as many companies work) and work comfortably on your desktop pc or laptop (in a very, very comfortable way for my liking) access all the information you collected;). What I don't like is that you require a mobile with certain characteristics (I fall short because I have a Huawei with cold) but I hope this may change over time 😉 greetings!

  10.   nerjamartin said

    Sounds great to me, really. Also here you have a video where you can see it in operation:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3pZUCKt0RKc

    A brilliant idea and I think with a great future.
    As for what is said about the problem that Ubuntu can present when it becomes paid ... well, the truth is that I do not see the problem when wanting to charge for a job well done, for me the problem would be that it stopped being open, no Let's confuse Free with Free 🙂

    All the best

    . Absence of accents and enyes courtesy of the Belgian keyboard at work (also the Windows thing hehehe)

  11.   Courage said

    In my case a point against to use Android. And I hope that Mr. $ huttlegates does not stick his nose in other Google products, because I see myself migrating email accounts.

    1.    elav <° Linux said

      I really don't understand so much fanaticism sometimes. I understand that you don't like Uncle Mark, but what did you expect? If I put my millions in function of something, the least I hope is to get them back one day. That's not why you have to stop using Android, in fact, you use Ubuntu in Andy if you feel like it. Come on, sometimes you wear….

      1.    Courage said

        I've been explaining the same story for a whole year and you don't hear about it. The problem is not making money (Red Hat and Novell do it and it does not bother me), the problem is violating the principles of GNU / Linux, the "This is not a democracy" and wanting to monopolize.

        Remember a certain article about 20Gb, everything was explained there

  12.   nerjamartin said

    Yours with Canonical is sick Courage! 🙂

    1.    Courage said

      They are clever people who violate the principles of GNU / Linux, but since they have money, then nothing can be done to them

  13.   Gabriel said

    Hopefully in the future it can be used with any distro.

  14.   Yoyo said

    It seems perfect to me, the bad thing will be the battery theme on the phone, it will eat it with potatoes 😛

    1.    nerjamartin said

      I imagine that it will recharge at the same time that it is connected to the dock ... but of course, that will cause the battery capacity to drop a lot ...
      Today the main problem of smartphones is precisely that, for all the possibilities they offer, current batteries stay small.
      I suppose they would soon invent another material ... I read "nosedonde" that apple was working on a system that would extend the life of the battery a lot.
      Anyway, I am one of calls and messages and period and for my cousin the lightness of the mobile and the duration of the battery above all things, and I still have a sony ericsson w910i (hey, I just looked at the model eh! I'm not that geek hehehe) for 3 years !!! and I do not change it for anything! The battery lasts a week and gives me everything I need! 🙂

  15.   Jordi said

    Well ... interesting, to be able to carry your operating system and files in your pocket. But indeed, it could be done before with LiveUSB. If we configure it with memory persistence, the system will remember all the changes we make in it ... and it will allow us to become Linux-nomads: we will simply need someone to lend us their equipment wherever we go. And to work from our LiveUSB.
    (I use Xubuntu 11.10 that way: in it I carry my files, bookmarks, applications ... and thus I avoid loading with Winbugs in my work center)