Friday, February 22, 2013

Released a preliminary version of Ubuntu for smartphones and tablets Nexus

Canonical has released a preliminary version of the Ubuntu operating system , designed for smartphones and tablets Samsung. Take advantage of the new platform can anyone, Which has a device Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 4, Nexus 7 or Nexus 10.

Before the release of Ubuntu Touch Developer Preview company introduced a version of its operating system for tablet computers . Among the short list of its capabilities creators talk about multitasking called Side Stage, full encryption of disk access, support for different user accounts on the same device, as well as interoperability and unified interface for system versions for phones, televisions, and personal computers.

What are the advantages of the new mobile operating system? For business users, it offers various opportunities to secure access to data, such as encryption of user data. When connected to a docking station device on Ubuntu turned into full-fledged computer, allowing remote access to Windows applications using protocols from companies Microsoft, Citrix, VMWare and Wyse. This commonality makes Ubuntu, by and large, as the only universal OS.
 
iOS and Android can not boast of the work on the desktop, and Microsoft had to release several subspecies Windows (8, RT, Phone), to try to cover all segments at once. For application developers, the unity of the interface is especially useful, for example, they can check the operation of applications for smartphones to a PC with a touch screen, which simplifies the process of creating and debugging. Work to complete unification of interfaces on different platforms to be completed in the version Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, due in April next year.

On the Web site has been available  Ubuntu Touch Developer Preview  with instructions for installing it on the plates Nexus 7, Nexus 10 and Nexus 4 smartphones and Galaxy Nexus. Source code and images with instructions can be downloaded from the official website of the developers.

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