On 5 March 2013 12:05, Geoffrey Wilfred Combes <[email protected]> wrote:
> Is it true that an operating system by Canonical or another is available > for someone to produce a tablet comparable with others on the market? > If so how soon should be reasonably expect one to appear? > Presently I own neither a tablet nor a mobile phone. I'm not in a hurry > to buy such time-wasting toys but I guess I must soon. Should I buy a > tablet (say, rather than a notebook) for portable use I would prefer > that it has a Linux operating system. > By the way I am an engineer and a licensed radio amateur (time-wasting, > yes, but also a thinking hobby) so I am not averse to wireless > communication. > Your views would be of interest to me. > Geoffrey Combes > > > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > There is currently a very basic shell of an operating system that developers are working on building. For more details please see http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/tablet and https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch Please note, it is currently not a replacement for a tablet or a phone, just a platform intended for enthusiasts who want to contribute testing and building the platform. There is no set time frame that I'm aware of for a finished product. As the wiki site mentions though, it's currently being actively developed by Canonical for the Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 4 and for the tablets Nexus 7 & 10. So if you were hoping to run Ubuntu Touch on your device those would be the safest options for now. I personally would be keen to purchase the Nexus 10 (nice piece of hardware - if only Google Play ever had it in stock) to have a play, if that ever happens I'll definitely shoot a report to the list. I'd also encourage anyone else to feel free to write up their experiences with the new platform. -- Regards, Jared Norris https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris
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