Comments On: Ubuntu Arrives at the Future for Tech by Paul Constant http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/02/19/ubuntu-arrives-at-the-future-for-tech Comments On: Ubuntu Arrives at the Future for Tech by Paul Constant en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:00:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss <![CDATA[Re: Ubuntu Arrives at the Future for Tech]]> Posted by watchout5]]> Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:18:12 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Ubuntu Arrives at the Future for Tech]]>
Although as a Linux enthusiast I am aaaall for Ubuntu making some splash.

@8 Oooooh tell me about it. I work as an illustrator (as well as some graphic design) and the problem there is that sometimes its fine to work on a tablet (my husband owns a Galaxy Note 10.1 - the one with the stylus), but it will quickly just bog down after a while and trying to do anything more complex than "some picture, about X size" is just impossible.
Posted by JensR]]> Wed, 20 Feb 2013 00:58:10 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Ubuntu Arrives at the Future for Tech]]> Posted by sven forkbeard]]> Tue, 19 Feb 2013 23:05:14 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Ubuntu Arrives at the Future for Tech]]> Posted by w7ngman]]> Tue, 19 Feb 2013 22:57:27 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Ubuntu Arrives at the Future for Tech]]> Posted by SchmuckyTheCat]]> Tue, 19 Feb 2013 22:52:30 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Ubuntu Arrives at the Future for Tech]]> Posted by undead ayn rand]]> Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:09:14 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Ubuntu Arrives at the Future for Tech]]> Posted by JonnoN]]> Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:03:16 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Ubuntu Arrives at the Future for Tech]]>
This is why I avoid Engadget.
Posted by undead ayn rand]]> Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:25:38 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Ubuntu Arrives at the Future for Tech]]> Posted by WestSeven]]> Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:24:36 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Ubuntu Arrives at the Future for Tech]]>
Uhhhhhh what? Pretty sure that's not true at all. Unless it's in a high-level interpreted/VMed language. If it's an actual compiled binary, it's gonna need to be compiled for each architecture.

Android gets away with this mostly because it's almost entirely Java and all apps are written in or sitting on Java. But for example your binary executable for LibreOffice on Ubuntu for PC can't be copied to your Ubuntu on Kindle Fire (say) and still be expected to work. The CPUs are fundamentally different.
Posted by K]]> Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:31:33 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Ubuntu Arrives at the Future for Tech]]>
I occasionally do some graphic design work that requires a fair amount of computing power, and generally have to maintain a relatively new, relatively powerful desktop computer. Not the bleeding edge of power, but a cheap laptop or 5 year old desktop just won't keep up.

Tablets are great for some things. Light and handy. Fine for general browsing and light word processing. Tablets are getting close to making many laptops obsolete. But they are a long way from having the computing power necessary for some of the more intensive programs running on my desktop machine. I think a merging of OS is a long way off yet.
Posted by Reverse Polarity]]> Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:12:01 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Ubuntu Arrives at the Future for Tech]]>
Microsoft is trying a different strategy, to some degree, and it doesn't look like it will work out to be worthwhile.
Posted by senor chris]]> Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:07:00 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Ubuntu Arrives at the Future for Tech]]>
As you can see, im really not impressed with the do it yourself Android Upgrade option.
Posted by Kinison]]> Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:52:01 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Ubuntu Arrives at the Future for Tech]]> Posted by Pope Peabrain]]> Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:45:53 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Ubuntu Arrives at the Future for Tech]]> Posted by Tom]]> Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:42:58 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Ubuntu Arrives at the Future for Tech]]>
For example, "Microsoft and Apple both seem to be trying to reach the point where they have one operating system that runs on everything" is just wrong. Microsoft is attempting that with Windows 8, but they are getting bitch-slapped for their efforts. Apple is most certainly not. They divide their OS between OS X on the PC and iOS on mobile devices. Yes, I'm aware that iOS uses a similar kernel and some of the unix underpinnings are shared with OS X, but they are vastly different at the public API and UI level, and it would be silly to argue that they are "one operating system".

p.s. I shall allow you to review e-readers.
Posted by ohthetrees]]> Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:40:07 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Ubuntu Arrives at the Future for Tech]]> Tizen 2.0 operating system released to developers


The Intel and Samsung backed operating system is seen as potential competition to Android in some markets


http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9…

Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe]]> Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:13:48 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Ubuntu Arrives at the Future for Tech]]> Posted by arbeck]]> Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:49:01 -0800 The Stranger