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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 07, 2012
Back in December we first had a look at CMC (CyanogenMod Compiler), and it's come a long way since. What started as a command line tool to help download, sync, and build CyanogenMod for any...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 12, 2012
The folks at Canonical (the masterminds behind the Ubuntu Linux project) have been kicking around the idea of a mobile version of Ubuntu for about four years now. First hearing about it back in 2008...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 27, 2012
There's been quite a bit of buzz since the announcement of Ubuntu for Android, and there's quite a bit of buzz in Hall 7 here at Mobile World Congress. That's where Canonical is showing ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 23, 2012
There's been a lot of talk about Ubuntu since they let it out that they're working on some goodies for Android devices, and it got us to thinking. In the real world (you know, that one that ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 22, 2012
Check out our Ubuntu for Android forums!
Many a sleepless night has been spent by Android hackers getting Ubuntu to run natively on our Android devices. It's hard work, but fun and the end r...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 22, 2012
You probably heard the big news about Canonical's plans to build Ubuntu for Android devices. It's something I'm extremely excited about and have been tinkering with myself since the days...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 21, 2012
This, folks, is Ubuntu on Android. An honest-to-goodness, not janky or VNC'd, full build of the Linux distro powered by an Android smartphone.
We'll let that sink in.
Canonical -- the comp...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 22, 2011
It appears that a U.S. customer has gotten his hands on an HP TouchPad running Android, courtesy of Qualcomm. Details are a bit sketchy, but we can see an HP TouchPad, still in the protective fi...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 29, 2011
Youtube link for mobile viewingWe've seen Ubuntu running on many an Android device, but it's especially interesting when it's on a tablet. Well, add the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 to the list...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 06, 2011
We all love Google's new cloud music service, but I'm not loving that Linux was forgotten when the Music Manager client was written. It's one of those things where I'll have to sit down and conf...
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by Chris Parsons
Mar 06, 2011
Since the Motorola Xoom can be rooted and unlocked it was only a matter of time before someone tried loading an OS that shouldn't be on there, onto one. As such, the above video shows us that Ubuntu c...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 19, 2011
The Ubuntu One service is a pretty cool thing. Think of it a Dropbox, but written by the open source people at Canonical. Maybe one of it's coolest, yet least known features is the ability...
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by Chris Parsons
Jan 10, 2011
We've seen this happen in the past on many devices, but this is a first for the Samsung Nexus S. Yes, the beautiful Samsung Nexus S that runs Gingerbread out of the box has now been persuaded to run ...
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by Ali Fazel
Jul 09, 2010
If Windows 3.1 on your Droid isn't good enough for you, how about a modern desktop OS running on your Nexus One or Sprint Evo 4G? Braniac Max from NexusOneHacks.net managed to shoehorn Ubuntu o...
