Question #291885 on Ubuntu changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/291885
Liam Proven posted a new comment: Hello from another Ubuntu old-timer, a user since 4.10 "Warty Warthog" in 2004, and an IT professional since 1988. I do not wish to go on the attack or be unjustly ad-hominem, but I think you either have unrealistic expectations of Ubuntu on tablets, or have not done your research. The touch versions of Ubuntu are as-yet unfinished products. They are broadly equivalent to somewhere between Mac OS X Server in the late 1990s, or the OS X Public Beta. This is incomplete prototype code on a non-native platform. As an Ubuntu user you are presumably familiar with Unity. If so, you should know that the touchscreen version (Unity 8), which runs on the Mir GUI engine, is a different branch from the desktop version (Unity 7), which runs on conventional X.11. The desktop releases do not yet use Unity 8 as it is unfinished, although you can try it: http://news.softpedia.com/news/how-to-install-unity-8-on-ubuntu-16-04 -lts-and-ubuntu-15-10-496949.shtml In desktop mode, there is no onscreen keyboard, because being in desktop mode means "having a physical mouse and keyboard connected". Firefox only works in desktop mode; this is a documented restriction. It's been discussed previously on the Ubuntu mailing lists -- but I have never seen you there, I think. The tablet runs on an ARM processor. There is no desktop-Linux Flash player on ARM, as far as I know, only on Android. As for missing apps such as a shell, a file manager, etc. -- this is absolutely standard for phones and tablets. Yes, you will need to re-learn it. This is a new OS, with a new GUI layer and a new desktop and new apps, running on a new processor. It is *not* desktop Ubuntu with touchscreen support. That's why it is taking Canonical a long time to get it working. FOSS-based phone/tablet OSes are very new and immature. If you are expecting mass-market consumer-ready polish, then buy iOS or Android. If you are willing to accept a bumpy ride to be on the bleeding edge, then you might try Jolla's Sailfish tablet. It too is very new, but Sailfish is a somewhat more conventional Linux distro -- it has a window manager and so on, being based on MeeGo, derived from the Nokia-sponsored Maemo and Moblin. Sailfish has been shipping for over a year, I believe, and is thus rather more mature. -- You received this question notification because your team Multi-touch Development is subscribed to the question. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~multi-touch-dev Post to : multi-touch-dev@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~multi-touch-dev More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
