Architecturally similar to the OS operating system Android.
The heart of Ubuntu Mobile supports kernel Linux, but not using a virtual
machine. In addition, the smartphone manufacturers Canonical assure that the
system will work fine with the existing kernel and drivers for popular
systems-on-chip, used in smartphones to Android. This is to avoid long work on
the special adaptation OS specific processors.
The interface of Ubuntu Mobile is actively used swipe
gesture from the four edges of the screen navigation system is basically
similar gestures. The developers admit that the platform will be a weak point
ecosystem. At the start of the OS will ship with 5 customary applications, with
Google Maps, Facebook, Gmail and Spotify. The biggest problem at the initial
stage will be to convince users prefer Ubuntu more mature OS like iOS, Android
or Windows Phone.
Canonical has made a bet on HTML5-programs, which are very
easy to move to other operating systems. And a special application API can
interact with system services unit. But Ubuntu is not limited to HTML5. For
advanced applications and games, actively using resources smartphone, Ubuntu
offers the opportunity to develop C / C + +, and full use of OpenGL. The
company stresses that Ubuntu on a PC and on your phone is essentially the same,
so that one application written in native code, can run on both operating
systems with different interfaces.
Minimum system requirements for the mobile version of Ubuntu
- the single-core Cortex A9 processor with 1 GHz, 512 MB RAM, 8.4 GB of
internal memory. When you connect your smartphone to monitor the mobile device
will turn into a desktop system. Requirements for such devices is much higher:
a quad-core Cortex A9 or Intel Atom, more than 1 GB of RAM, 32 GB of flash
memory and support for memory cards SD.
Release of the first device running Ubuntu is expected by
2014. According to the official website, the system will be ready for launch at
the end of this year. Learn more about Ubuntu for mobile devices, you can link
to ubuntu.com / Devices / phone .
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