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Re: ubuntu touch for x86 tablet?

 

Assuming it's all the same software stack once you get past Unity Next, it
should be as simple as flipping some switches in a mainlined distro to get
a touch-idealized one, considering something like the Surface Pro.


On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 4:03 PM, Omar B. <estelar57@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Is all about screen size and peripherals.
>
> without a mouse/KB why would you want to use mouse/kb apps on a
> touchscreen ?
>
> if android can work on x86, why can't u-touch ? why give them also that
> market to themselves ?
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 20:59:11 +0100
> From: ryanteck@xxxxxxxxx
> To: shanekpiper@xxxxxxxxx; ubuntu-phone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-phone] ubuntu touch for x86 tablet?
>
>
> If anything most tablets that run x86 would be better off using Ubuntu
> desktop in my view. Will ubuntu touch allow this?
>
>
> On 31 May 2013 10:04, shane piper <shanekpiper@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Is there really any need as Ubuntu is touch orientated as it is now.
> On 31 May 2013 08:07, "Ryan Walmsley" <ryanteck@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> In some ways the question would be how much would x86 be used?
>
> As far as I know there is only 1 android device with an x86 CPU in for
> sale in my local phone shops (Razer I) and is known to have problems, this
> also leads to the question on why most android devices have an ARM CPU and
> is it worth porting Ubuntu Touch to x86?
>
>
> On 16 May 2013 22:22, Alexander Antimonov <
> alexander.antimonov.od.ua@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 6:09 AM, Zhang Weiwu <zhangweiwu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > Sorry for the noise -- there is no search feature on lists.launchpad.net
> 's
> > mailing list archive so I had to risk asking what had been answered.
>
> Google -> site:lists.launchpad.net ubuntu touch for x86 tablet
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