Canonical Should Focus on Desktop, Not Mobile | Linux Today

Canonical Should Focus on Desktop, Not Mobile

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 9, 2007

“This week, developers for the Ubuntu operating system are
meeting in Seville, Spain to begin work on a new version of the
distribution, Mobile Ubuntu. Designed to work with Intel’s
recently-announced low-power processor and chipset architecture,
Ubuntu plans to allow developers creating mobile software the
ability to create software utilizing the Gnome Mobile and Embedded
Initiative. This software will help extend Linux’s reach into a
relatively underdeveloped area of computing, but this fact does not
necessarily mean that Canonical, Ubuntu’s corporate sponsor, should
be pursuing Mobile Ubuntu…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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