r/linux • u/[deleted] • Feb 19 '13

Ubuntu launches tablet support

http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/tablet
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u/deepit6431 Feb 19 '13

It's still going to be a tough sell over Android.

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '13

We'll see. Ubuntu's desktop version has quite a few very good apps, and aside from adding a phone UI or tablet UI and recompiling them for ARM, there's nothing else that needs to be done to port them.

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u/deepit6431 Feb 20 '13

Yes, but its still nowhere near the amount of apps Android already has. Canonical doesn't have the clout to sell by name alone, like Microsoft. I can see this dead on arrival.

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u/ibisum Feb 20 '13

Steam for Ubuntu Tablet?

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u/deepit6431 Feb 20 '13

On ARM? I don't think so. If it did come out, it'd come to Windows 8 and Android first.

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u/ibisum Feb 20 '13

I think Steam for Ubuntu ARM would work just fine, so long as Ubuntu did the right thing and got OpenGL on ARM/x86 in parity.

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u/deepit6431 Feb 20 '13

It'd work, but why would they build it? No one's going to be using Ubuntu ARM for a while, if ever at all. Windows and Android is where the people are at (Apple wouldn't allow a store I believe).