Ubuntu ported to the Nexus 7

Re:Ubuntu ported to the Nexus 7 by Breakthrough on Saturday October 20, 2012 @09:12AM (#4676988)

I love how you say "the Nexus 7's OS" when clearly, Android is used on a wide variety of devices (who calls the software on their phone the Droid Razr's OS or the Galaxy SII's OS? just saying...).

Oh, and honest answer: It's a full-suited desktop OS, so you're right - it's not different than throwing Windows on it (aside from the obvious differences in the Windows/Linux software architecture and distribution models). You still get all the benefits of a full desktop OS :)

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Re:Ubuntu ported to the Nexus 7 by lloeki on Saturday October 20, 2012 @09:40AM (#4677036)

I bet he meant the "Nexus 7's OS" as opposed to TouchWiz or Sense or whatever UI has been bolted on top of the Android innards.

> You still get all the benefits of a full desktop OS

like hunt-and-pecking in the smallish menus on a 7" screen? this is just ridiculous, and (given their UI plans) way too early to be useful.

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Re:Ubuntu ported to the Nexus 7 by RShiki on Sunday October 21, 2012 @04:15AM (#4679264)

Even if it's a nexus device it's pretty different from what we were used to with stock android : it's a blend of both the phone and tablet UI. Some apps are using the tablet UI, while others use the phone UI, and the launcher itself is based on the phone UI, rather than the tablet UI. What runs on the Nexus 7 is a form of Android that has never been seen before, and there isn't any other Android tablet that behaves in such a way, even those from Asus that are as close to stock android as an OEM can be.

Even with TouchWiz, the Tab 7.0 feels more like what we were used to than the N7.

I'm just stating facts though because I actually like the changes made for the N7 better, I think it fits a 7" screen more than the old tablet UI and I hope those changes will be copied by the others.

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Re:Ubuntu ported to the Nexus 7 by Breakthrough on Saturday October 20, 2012 @09:56AM (#4677068)

"... as opposed to TouchWiz or Sense or whatever UI has been bolted on top of the Android innards."

Uh, what? This is a Google/ASUS device, you won't find any of that stuff here. I'm pretty sure the Nexus 7 is as close to AOSP as you can get...

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Re:Ubuntu ported to the Nexus 7 by ChrisClark on Saturday October 20, 2012 @05:33PM (#4678281)

That's exactly what he said... I think you misunderstood and thought he said the exact opposite.

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Re:Ubuntu ported to the Nexus 7 by 4as198sGxV on Saturday October 20, 2012 @02:28PM (#4677805)

Woosh...

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Re:Ubuntu ported to the Nexus 7 by bookwormAT on Saturday October 20, 2012 @10:21AM (#4677114)

"who calls the software on their phone the Droid Razr's OS or the Galaxy SII's OS?"

I do. "operating system" is a very ambiguous term. Depending on who you ask, Linux, GNU, Gnome and Ubuntu are all called an "operating systems".

Android is not a operating system in the sense the term is used for Windows 7 or iOS. The comparable OS to those systems is what Samsung, HTC, Google etc. ship with their devices. Different operating systems based on a common platform.

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