Ubuntu for phone/tablet doesn't look like it's going to be the answer for free software enthusiast. While the software on the tablet will be free software, Ubuntu is building this to be heavily tied in to their proprietary server side software . . . basically just like Google and Android, except the client side will be free software. Canonical has said they are aiming for the low end smartphone/tablet market, and they are designing their mobile UI with customization for carriers in mind. So it doesn't sound like the Maemo replacement many were hoping for.
http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/phone/operators-and-oems On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 10:07 AM, Intense Red <[email protected]> wrote: > Let's hope so. The tablet market is still pretty open and iOS or > Android or > whoever haven't established a firm lock on the market -- yet. I've > resisted > buying a tablet because I think the two options not are too corporate > controlled and are not fully free. > > Having an open alternative based on fully free software would be great. > There's still time to keep this market open and influence its evolution. > Whether it's Ubuntu that breaks up the evolving duopoly or someone else is > irrelevant, as long as we can avoid that fate. > > > -- > "And the banks - hard to believe in a time when we're facing a banking > crisis > that many of the banks created - are still the most powerful lobby on > Capitol > Hill. And they frankly own the place." -- Illinois Sen. Richard Durbin, > May 8, > 2009. >
