Ubuntu Mobile and Embedded Edition
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Ubuntu Mobile Internet Device Edition was an Ubuntu
distribution planned to run on the Intel Mobile Internet Device platform, x86 mobile computers based on the Intel Atom
processor. It was planned to use the GNOME
framework Hildon
as the basis for its GUI
.
Equipment producers would have been able to customize their distributions, including options such as Flash
, Java
, or custom interfaces.
experience: Web browsing, email, media, camera, VoIP, instant messaging, GPS, blogging, digital TV, games, contacts, dates/calendar, simple software updates will be available periodically. Ubuntu Mobile Edition will only need a touchscreen device and a finger for navigation.
Ubuntu MID Edition ended active development after 9.10 Alpha 6.
The development of MID has stopped, but Ubuntu continues to work on mobile distributions such as Kubuntu Mobile, or the ARM version of ubuntu.
Plasma Mobile. Plasma Mobile is targeted at smartphones and small tablet devices that are mainly used via touch input. It is still being developed with the first stable release expected to be due in 2011, although individual KDE applications may be released earlier as part of the porting effort to MeeGo. Preview releases of the Kontact applications and a document viewer based on KOffice are already available.
Ubuntu (operating system)
Ubuntu is a computer operating system based on the Debian Linux distribution and distributed as free and open source software. It is named after the Southern African philosophy of Ubuntu...
distribution planned to run on the Intel Mobile Internet Device platform, x86 mobile computers based on the Intel Atom
Intel Atom
Intel Atom is the brand name for a line of ultra-low-voltage x86 and x86-64 CPUs from Intel, designed in 45 nm CMOS and used mainly in netbooks, nettops, embedded application ranging from health care to advanced robotics and Mobile Internet devices...
processor. It was planned to use the GNOME
GNOME
GNOME is a desktop environment and graphical user interface that runs on top of a computer operating system. It is composed entirely of free and open source software...
framework Hildon
Hildon
Hildon is an application framework originally developed for mobile devices running the Linux operating system. It was developed by Nokia for the Maemo operating system and is now a part of GNOME. It focuses on providing a finger-friendly interface...
as the basis for its GUI
Gui
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.
Equipment producers would have been able to customize their distributions, including options such as Flash
Adobe Flash
Adobe Flash is a multimedia platform used to add animation, video, and interactivity to web pages. Flash is frequently used for advertisements, games and flash animations for broadcast...
, Java
Java (programming language)
Java is a programming language originally developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems and released in 1995 as a core component of Sun Microsystems' Java platform. The language derives much of its syntax from C and C++ but has a simpler object model and fewer low-level facilities...
, or custom interfaces.
Functionality
According to Canonical, it would provide an uncompromised Web 2.0Web 2.0
The term Web 2.0 is associated with web applications that facilitate participatory information sharing, interoperability, user-centered design, and collaboration on the World Wide Web...
experience: Web browsing, email, media, camera, VoIP, instant messaging, GPS, blogging, digital TV, games, contacts, dates/calendar, simple software updates will be available periodically. Ubuntu Mobile Edition will only need a touchscreen device and a finger for navigation.
Release history
In June 2008, Ubuntu MID Edition 8.04 was released.Ubuntu MID Edition ended active development after 9.10 Alpha 6.
The development of MID has stopped, but Ubuntu continues to work on mobile distributions such as Kubuntu Mobile, or the ARM version of ubuntu.
Kubuntu Mobile
Kubuntu Mobile is available for i386 and ARM platforms and uses the KDEKDE
KDE is an international free software community producing an integrated set of cross-platform applications designed to run on Linux, FreeBSD, Microsoft Windows, Solaris and Mac OS X systems...
Plasma Mobile. Plasma Mobile is targeted at smartphones and small tablet devices that are mainly used via touch input. It is still being developed with the first stable release expected to be due in 2011, although individual KDE applications may be released earlier as part of the porting effort to MeeGo. Preview releases of the Kontact applications and a document viewer based on KOffice are already available.
See also
- Ubuntu Netbook Edition
- KDE Plasma Workspaces#Mobile