I'd say that it can be done, however, I think you need to opt for Ubuntu shipping with Mir and Unity 8. This is a video made at the end of Feb. 2015 by Will Cooke, who I believe is the "Ubuntu Desktop Manager".
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=c3PUYoa1c9M Wiki info here about installing the whole thing from an Ubuntu PPA as an LXC container available for login from a modified lightdm.. Looks like it has packages for existing systems 14.04 - 15.10 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Unity8inLXC Good luck, as this is still alpha. If you do get it working, I'd be interested in a report back... Joe, I assumed you were talking about a generic windows x86_64 tablet PC/ touchscreen laptop/desktop as opposed to an arm based tablet/phablet/phone device etc.. If you are after the latter, using https://developer.ubuntu.com/en/start/ubuntu-for-devices/installing-ubuntu-for-devices/ may result in frustration and significant numbers of late nights trying to get it to work on an unsupported device. ;) -Andy On Monday, June 22, 2015, chris yarger <[email protected]> wrote: > Ive seen a lot of interesting tablet / multitouch additions to unity, and > onboard is probably the best on screen keyboard ive seen yet, > > Warmest Regards, > > > Christopher P. Yarger > > Phone: 802-505-7574 > Skype: cpyarger > > /************************************ > Based upon email reliability concerns, > please send an acknowledgment in response to this note. > > Chris Yarger > 30 Averill St #3 > Barre, VT > 05641 > > On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 3:39 PM, Anthony Carrico <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: > >> On 06/22/2015 03:09 PM, Joe Golden wrote: >> > The tablet needs to be able to >> > * Browse the web >> > * Print using Cups drivers >> > * Use WiFi to access the world wide internets >> > * Use Bluetooth >> >> I'd love to hear what you come up with. I have a 11" Lenovo Miix 2, >> which is great for Linux desktop (8G+256G), but in tablet mode it isn't >> great. Chromium (web), Evince (pdf) have some support. As of Winter >> 2015, most window managers/desktop environments had poor/frustrating >> touchscreen support, so I am just using xfce4 with the keyboard. >> >> Windows 8 is much better. I actually tried using Windows 8/w Linux >> virtual machine initially--at least you get a decent virtual keyboard >> that way! >> >> See if you can stomach the gnome stuff. I'm not sure how far KDE has >> come. It was difficult to tell what was what as far as touchscreen >> support a few months ago. I recommend you experiment in Arch, not >> Debian, it is much more up-to-date. >> >> Maybe use Chromium as the window manager and try to get some virtual >> keyboard working. But this stuff is changing fast. I'd love to be wrong. >> Report back! >> >> -- >> Anthony Carrico >> >> >> >
