Ubuntu Touch Developers Aim for Daily Phone Usability Before June 83
colinneagle writes with the latest Ubuntu Touch news. From the article: "The team behind Ubuntu Touch (aka 'Ubuntu for Phones') have committed to pushing forward to a ready-to-use version of the OS, one that the group will use to 'eat their own dog food,' by the end of May. What that means: Over the next few weeks, the team behind Ubuntu Touch is going to be attempting to implement enough functionality to make it possible to use Ubuntu on your phone (such as the Nexus 4) on a day-to-day basis. At which point their development team will be doing exactly that."
The developers are aiming just to have basic functionality working by the end of the month: calls, sms, data over wifi and cellular, a working address book, and preservation of user data across OS flashes.
Re:Is this pre-news? (Score:5, Funny)
Seems like it would be better to report results rather than intentions
Being overly excited leads to premature enunciation.
Anything like desktop version? (Score:3, Funny)
* Daily update nags
* Several hours of reconfiguring software after each update
* Changes to the user interface that you didn't ask for
* Loss of previous functionality after each update
Ubuntu was my first Linux, and it was great for a time, but they just play too fast-and-loose with new software. They've unapologetically wasted many hours of my time on many fronts - I still have nightmares from when they switched me to unity without my consent. Seriously, if I wanted OSX, I would just go and buy a mac. I fear for these poor phone users in advance!
Re:Why (Score:5, Funny)
Is Ubuntu worried about becoming obsolete?
Of course not. They're actively pursuing it.