Ubuntu on mobile devices
Posted on November 10, 2008, under Open-Source.
Ubuntu open source software foundation has announced an alliance with Mobile phone chip designer. Both companies agreed to work on the operating system for netbooks. So far Arm has been best known for designing the chips inside smartphones and feature phones. The new operating system for Arm-powered machines looks set to be available in April 2009.
Rob Coombs, director of mobile marketing at Arm, said he expected to see the first devices running the version of Ubuntu by the time of the Computex show in June. Small form-factor notebooks have proved hugely popular with many people looking for a small device that they can use to go online while out and about. The interest in the market sector is being driven by devices such as the XO laptop from the One Laptop Per Child project and the Eee machine from Asus.
Linux and Intel partnership for mobile devices
Posted on October 19, 2008, under Open-Source.
Linux operating system is getting more and more popular on net-enabled phones and devices.
The Ubuntu Mobile and Embedded project aims to create the open source platform. The operating system will be developed by members of the Ubuntu community, along with staff from chip giant Intel.
“It is clear that new types of device - small, handheld, graphical tablets which are Internet-enabled - are going to change the way we communicate and collaborate,” said Ubuntu CTO Matt Zimmerman. These devices place new demands on open-source software and require innovative graphical interfaces, improved power management and better responsiveness. Mobile firms such as Nokia are already using open source technologies in some of its products.