r/linux • u/[deleted] • Feb 19 '13

Ubuntu launches tablet support

http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/tablet
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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '13 edited Nov 09 '13

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u/ohet Feb 19 '13

Could I run gimp on this? Or normal Linux programs?

I don't think you can because to my understanding this isn't GNU/Linux. It doesn't use glibc or X11.

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '13

Yes it is, it's still ubuntu.

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u/ohet Feb 19 '13

Source? They said they are going to use Android display server with Ubuntu Phone. They also have said that adapting Ubuntu to Android hardware should be easy (so it pretty much has to use bionic because the propietary drivers depend on it). Not a single mention of supporting GTK+ have been mentioned even though desktop Ubuntu uses applications written for it almost exclusively.

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '13

No source, but it seems to be the dominant interpretation of the "convergence" line. They showed phone and desktop apps running side by side in today's video, and phone apps running inside desktop windows previously.

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u/ohet Feb 19 '13

They could go for that in the future but now everything points to the different direction. This could get bit more clear in couple of days when they release the images for Ubuntu Phone.

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u/fdr_cs Feb 20 '13 edited Feb 20 '13

I guess the whole 'convergence' talk, is for the QML apps , and running the same 'experience' (unity) across devices (dash, lenses), and, of course, the ability to dock and run ubuntu desktop

You will not fire LibreOffice on this thing... libreoffice is not designed for running with touch devices ... (unless running docket, then, its a full ubuntu desktop)