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Smartphones to get mobile Ubuntu
news.yahoo.com — Ubuntu Linux developers plan to extend its open-source software development to handheld Internet-enabled devices. Ubuntu programmers will develop a mobile version of their Debian-based Linux operating system in collaboration with Intel Corp.
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- nailer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Interesting, Intel are also switching to Linux for their UMPCs this year (engadget even have a video of the OS, which is rather slick). I wonder if the projects are related? Ubuntu as the platform, Intel Linux engineers providing the UI... or maybe that small-screen version of Gnome.
Personally I'm happy with my Nokia N95. It's way responsive than WM6, has a KHTML based browser that can display real web pages, and SyncML, an open platform so it can sync with most Linux appa via OpenSync. I don't feel the need to run Ubuntu on my phone as I don't think I'd get anything more. But more choices are always good.
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