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The mysterious "so close you can almost touch" countdown that appeared a few days ago on the Ubuntu website has just expired, revealing a new operating system for mobile phones: Ubuntu Phone OS. |
Check out Mark Shuttleworth's Ubuntu Phone OS trailer and presentation:
Ubuntu Phone OS depends on the Android kernel and drivers, but it does not use the Java Virtual Machine (which would, in principle, make it faster than Android) and supports ARM and x86 processors. Also, in addition to supporting "native" applications in Qt / QML, for which the applications have already been made available. development tools Ubuntu Phone OS also supports HTML 5 applications.
While it is not clear from the videos, Jono Bacon clarified that Ubuntu Phone OS will also come with the same technology that we met in Ubuntu for Android, which will allow us to have a fully functional desktop operating system in the palm of our hand, not to mention that from there we can access all the data stored in it. smartphone, including contacts, media files, etc.
On the other hand, Canonical said on its blog that "there are still no Ubuntu phones available for purchase, but we are ready to work with our partners to bring the first Ubuntu phones to market before the end of 2013."
From Canonical they also promise a development model similar to Ubuntu. This means that Ubuntu Phone OS will be free software and that the community will be able to make their contributions to improve the system.