Thread: Canonical announces Ubuntu for smartphones, we go hands-on
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2013-01-08 , 22:26
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#55
Originally Posted by Flynx View Post
This feels like a dumb question.... but necessary.

From: "http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/07/canonical-narrows-timeframe-for-ubuntu-for-smartphones-February/"

" ...although actually doing something with it might be another story, since there's likely to be very few apps available..."

Am I to understand that Ubuntu Phone won't be able to run Ubuntu applications? That seems really dumb to me... but then I figured Android would leverage linux applications and they never did... sooo.... ?
That's Engadget's way of saying you won't have 100 000 farting apps available.

Of course it will run GNU/Linux desktop applications (if you compile them and their dependencies for the CPU architecture - possibly ARM), but honestly, how many of those are optimized for mobile UI.
Last edited by nodevel; 2013-01-09 at 10:35.
 

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