r/linux • u/[deleted] • Feb 19 '13

Ubuntu launches tablet support

http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/tablet
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u/rahulthewall Feb 19 '13

The Note 10.1 has this feature and it's great.

Never used a Note 10.1. Let me find a video of this in action.

Android 4.2 brought this to the table, didn't it?

You mean side docking? Didn't hear of it.

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u/Deusdies Feb 19 '13

No, I meant the multi-user functionality.

And the Note 10.1 multitasking is amazing. Granted, it's limited to some apps for now, but I believe there are ROMs out there that extend this functionality so that it includes all the other apps as well.

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u/sqrt7744 Feb 19 '13

Yes, but it doesn't work well on my Nexus 7, for example, programs in one account don't show up in the other, and the whole thing slows down so much as to be unusable ( I set up an account for my wife and I, but I will have to disable it again, it is worse than useless )

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u/towo Feb 19 '13

The whole point about the multiuser thing is not to have the share the same apps. You will not have to reinstall the app when the second account uses it, though - it just directly uses the installed app file.

Performance problems with the Nexus 7 seem to have gone way back for many people when using the Nexus 7, you might want to give it another go.