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PC gaming comes to Ubuntu Linux with Steam client release
Submitted by l33tdawg on Fri, 2013-02-15 06:05
Since the dawn of the Linux penguin there has been one constant user compliant: "Linux won't run my games!" Those days are now over. Today, February 14th, the Steam gaming client for Ubuntu Linux has arrived.
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Arstechnica is allowed to see but not touch an Ubuntu phone
Submitted by l33tdawg on Wed, 2013-01-09 09:52
We got to see a smartphone running Ubuntu up close for the first time today. It looks like it works and all, but this article will most definitely not be a "hands-on" report—we weren't allowed to put our hands on it.
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Watch Ubuntu Phone OS in Action
Submitted by l33tdawg on Fri, 2013-01-04 00:49
As you all know, Canonical unveiled today, January 2, their gesture-based phone operating system based on the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution.
Many websites are already posting various articles related to this interesting piece of news, but it looks like The Verge has the first hands-on video with the Ubuntu OS for smartphones, as you can see in the video above.
Ubuntu OS for phones is a mobile operating system based on Ubuntu Linux, especially designed for smartphones like Galaxy Nexus, which is also the only supported device, at the moment.
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Canonical prepares Ubuntu for smartphones
Submitted by l33tdawg on Thu, 2013-01-03 08:39
Further expanding from its core mission of providing Linux distributions for desktop computers and servers, Canonical is developing a version of Ubuntu for smartphones.
The company plans to market the OS to smartphone handset manufacturers and wireless phone network operators, in part as an alternative to Android. Ubuntu did not announce any carriers or handset manufacturers that publicly plan to build Ubuntu phones yet.
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Coming in Ubuntu Linux 13.04: instant purchases from the desktop
Submitted by l33tdawg on Wed, 2012-12-12 09:36
Canonical may not have published an official alpha release for its core Ubuntu Linux 13.04 OS last week—or a corresponding list of new features—but on Friday the company did reveal some specifics about what's coming in this next version of its popular Linux distribution.
In fact, Cristian Parrino, Canonical's vice president of online services, outlined three key new features in a post on the Canonical blog.
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