Ubuntu goes to smartphones and tablets

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At the Ubuntu Developer Summit conference on November 7, Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth will announce plans to port Ubuntu to smartphones, tablets and TVs. More precisely, to release a universal version of the OS, which is suitable for desktops and mobile devices on ARM-processors (like Windows 8).

Canonical has been in negotiations with the hardware manufacturers for a year and a half, and now Shuttleworth will apparently announce the results of these negotiations.

For the next few months, the main goal of Canonical is to improve support for corporate users. In April, there should be a version of Ubuntu 12.04 with an extended period of support for corporate users. After that, Canonical will fully concentrate on developing a mobile version of Ubuntu.
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Most likely, a new Unity shell will play a key role in the new system on small screens. The Qt ( Unity 2D ) user interface is best suited for implementing UI on mobile devices.


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The universal version of Ubuntu (for desktops and mobile devices) will not appear soon. Shuttleworth believes that this may be Ubuntu 14.04, which is scheduled for release in April 2014.