Ubuntu 10.10 Multitouch Support Demo 104
Timothy found a news report and a little video demonstrating the multi-touch capabilities of Ubuntu. It's attached below if you're curious what the new Unity Netbook UI is looking like these days.
Best looking dead OS I've seen (Score:5, Funny)
For a dead operating system there are some exciting advancements coming out.
Patent Violations Galore (Score:5, Funny)
I'm pretty sure that video broke 2-3 patents that were just granted to Apple. Apple should totally sue them and take 10% of their revenue from selling downloads of Ub... Nevermind.
Re:That's great but... (Score:4, Funny)
Just do like I do. All your files on your desktop. :-)
Re:Didn't Ubuntu Hear? (Score:2, Funny)
No, you're just not touching it the right way.
Re:But Linux on the desktop is dead. (Score:3, Funny)
Oh, hey, look... An article. I just sort of watched the embedded video and assumed that was the whole thing. That answers more of my questions, and also tells me that this isn't quite what I was looking for. What I really want is an iPad style device with a full OS on it. I want the full OS to have UI optimized for the small screen real estate (which it looks like this Ubuntu WM is). This is definitely getting there, but I want a different form factor and a much larger gesture library. Maybe in a year or so then...