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----- Forwarded Message ---- > From: Turgut Durduran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Oliver Grawert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, October 6, 2008 5:45:52 PM > Subject: Re: Feedback on Ubuntu Mobile - 7-9" device edition. > > Hi Oliver, > > Fantastic job with Ubuntu-Mobile. I have just tested it from a live USB and > decided to install it. Everything seems to go smoothly, except, I am > disappointed that I still can not suspend and/or hibernate. That was the main > gripe I had with the previous image I tried from hard heron's initial release. > > Any suggestions? > > A minor thing (since I do not really have any use for it) is that > webcam/camera > does not seem to work either. > > > > I will provide more detailed feedback later on and will think about the > "science" package we mention below. > > Turgut > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: Oliver Grawert > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 1:46:49 PM > > Subject: Re: Feedback on Ubuntu Mobile - 7-9" device edition. > > > > hi, > > On Do, 2008-09-25 at 01:11 -0700, Turgut Durduran wrote: > > > 1 - Can I upgrade from existing installation? If so, is it a > > > "dist-upgrade" > > like regular ubuntu? Is it going to create troubles? (I have some amount of > > customization but not too much). > > the ubuntu-mobile flavour as a metapackage didnt exist before, you can > > indeed upgrade to 9.04 (or the final 8.10) if you have installed from > > the image (which seems to have installer issues atm, i will resolve > > these before release in october)... if you have a stardard ubuntu > > desktop installation it should be possible to just install the > > ubuntu-mobile package on top which should get you all applications and > > the setup for ubuntu mobile. > > > > > > 2 - Which of the two would work "better" on Samsung Q1? I donot care too > much > > about video, webcam etc. I mostly want to use this as a note-taking (both > > via > an > > external keyboard and via the touch screen -- using xournal), internet > > (mainly > > > to check e-mail on the go and some web-sites), storage, pdf-viewer, > > projection/presentation. > > > > > it really depends on your taste and the set of apps you expect to get, > > ubuntu-mobile has the advantage of not needing any modifications, apps > > will directly register into your menu etc, the old 8.04 hildonized > > desktop had issues with xdg compatibility (solved in the intrepid > > version) for example ... > > > Also, are there people here interested in customizing this for > > > "scientific" > > use? (include some touchscreen calculators, plotting utilities, xournal, > perhaps > > some voice recording, presentation software etc) > > sure, for now ubuntu-mobile is thought as a first shot thing to generate > > as much feedback as possible and gain us hardware info and info about > > apps that need love, it might change a lot in jaunty (9.04) and we can > > easily create a ubuntu-mobile-science addon package that pulls in the > > selected apps ... (btw xournal is included by default already) > > > > ciao > > oli -- Ubuntu-mobile mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-mobile
