<p>Ps. I've misread one of those links about VMGL; it looks like VMGL won't work either way round between Ubuntu and Android.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 20, 2012 12:25 AM, "James Haigh" <<a href="mailto:james.r.haigh@gmail.com">james.r.haigh@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<p>Hey, am I missing something?! Today I was told by someone who doesn't use Linux and doesn't have an Android phone that Ubuntu for Android has been released for the Nexus 7!</p>
<p>I'm keeping my eyes peeled for any news, but I haven't seen anything to back this up. The only thing I've noticed is that <a href="http://ubuntu.com/devices/android" target="_blank">http://</a><a href="http://ubuntu.com/devices/android" target="_blank">ubuntu.com</a><a href="http://ubuntu.com/devices/android" target="_blank">/devices/android</a> now has this new video:</p>
<p><a href="http://youtu.be/iv1Z7bf4jXY" target="_blank">http://</a><a href="http://youtu.be/iv1Z7bf4jXY" target="_blank">youtu.be</a><a href="http://youtu.be/iv1Z7bf4jXY" target="_blank">/iv1Z7bf4jXY</a></p>
<p>"...So, get a phone with Ubuntu for Android, and start living a life less complicated."</p>
<p>Err. Where from? And does this mean that some source code has been released somewhere? I can't find anything, but maybe I'm not looking hard enough.</p>
<p>I currently have Ubuntu running on a tablet, but I haven't found a way to get OpenGL hardware acceleration to work (it currently uses VNC into itself). I've looked at VMGL, but it can't work because it needs full OpenGL rather than OpenGLES (see <a href="https://groups.google.com/group/android-porting/browse_thread/thread/d9a7b29f3bfde6be" target="_blank">https://</a><a href="https://groups.google.com/group/android-porting/browse_thread/thread/d9a7b29f3bfde6be" target="_blank">groups.google.com</a><a href="https://groups.google.com/group/android-porting/browse_thread/thread/d9a7b29f3bfde6be" target="_blank">/group/android-porting/</a><a href="https://groups.google.com/group/android-porting/browse_thread/thread/d9a7b29f3bfde6be" target="_blank">browse_thread</a><a href="https://groups.google.com/group/android-porting/browse_thread/thread/d9a7b29f3bfde6be" target="_blank">/thread/d9a7b29f3bfde6be</a>). The reverse looks more likely though (see <a href="https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=6816" target="_blank">https://</a><a href="https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=6816" target="_blank">code.google.com</a><a href="https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=6816" target="_blank">/p/android/issues/detail?</a><a href="https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=6816" target="_blank">id</a><a href="https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=6816" target="_blank">=6816</a>), so maybe Ubuntu could take control of the hardware acceleration as OpenGL and expose this back to Android via VMGL.</p>
<p>It is though quite nice that all I have to do is plug in my ThinkPad USB keyboard and I have a full Ubuntu desktop (albeit slow without OpenGL) with LibreOffice and my other full Ubuntu desktop applications. However, I'm eager to know how Ubuntu for Android, as seen in some videos online, is doing hardware acceleration, and how the Android screen is visible within an Ubuntu window.</p>
<p>James.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Oct 15, 2012 11:48 PM, "Benjamin Kerensa" <<a href="mailto:bkerensa@ubuntu.com" target="_blank">bkerensa@ubuntu.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 3:04 PM, James Haigh <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:james.r.haigh@gmail.com" target="_blank">james.r.haigh@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<p>Hi,</p>
<p>Ubuntu for Android was announced in February and it's now October. It looks like an amazing solution and I can't wait! I think it would really help with college work so the sooner the better.</p>
<p>Does anyone know anything about it? Where is the development / alpha / beta source code? Can I install it on pre-existing rooted devices?</p></blockquote><div>Canonical has not release the source code to the public and there has not been really much discussion about it since the initial announcements.</div>
<div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<p>What is the ETA for the first pre-installed Ubuntu for Android phone? Will I be able to get a Samsung Galaxy Note II with Ubuntu for Android?</p></blockquote><div>Canonical has not provided an ETA yet.</div><div> </div>
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<p>Can the Ubuntu desktop be accessed from the device itself? That would be especially useful for tablets with docking keyboards, or when no monitor or keyboard is to hand.</p>
<p>Are there any UfA mailing lists that I can subscribe to so that I can be informed of progress and availability as soon as is announced?</p></blockquote><div>No there are not. Canonical has keeping the development discussions internal.</div>
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<p>Alternatively, does anyone know of a Free / Open-source alternative to Complete Linux Installer? Does anyone know if VMGL could be used with such a Linux installer to enable hardware acceleration?</p>
<p>Looking forward to UfA,<br>
James Haigh.</p>
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