[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu operating system comes to Android smartphones

[Alan Bell]

On 03/01/13 10:49, Simon Greenwood wrote:
> The concept for Ubuntu on Android is essentially an Android phone with 
> an Ubuntu disk image stored on SD card/in memory that allows the phone 
> to be used as a boot device for a PC based system.
not really, it was demonstrated on a Motorola Atrix that had 
virtualisation built in and a webtop operating system running in the VM 
which was swapped out for Ubuntu. The Ubuntu image is an ARM image that 
is running on the phone processor alongside the android bit, with a 
hypervisor sorting them out. It had a docking station with USB and HDMI 
out so could drive a monitor from the phone directly. No PC involved.

Alan.

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