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[Rasmus Eneman <Rasmus@xxxxxxxxx>]

http://www.geek.com/microsoft/how-to-install-ubuntu-on-the-surface-pro-1539262/
Ubuntu Touch as in Unity 8 works great on x86.
However there are no prebuilt images or any guide on how to set it up as
your primary desktop.
But this will come later on, right now the focus is to develop it.


2013/6/1 Lars Christian Schmidt <kallewhoever@xxxxxxxxx>

> I googled for this CPU while evaluating to buy a Windows 8 tablet and
> found out this CPU does  not support Linux in an way. Somehow its enough
> x86 for the tablet version of Windows but not a true x86CPU at all. We need
> linux in this new Tablet Atom before we can have Ubuntu Touch on the whole
> Tablet. Please share futher research, I am very intrested in this topic.
> Beste regards.
> Am 31.05.2013 22:59 schrieb "Joey Carlini" <moocow1452@xxxxxxxxx>:
>
> 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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