With the increasing population of Mobile and Embedded Device around the world, Canonical is now readying mobile and embedded edition of Ubuntu. More detailed planning will be done at the next Ubuntu Development Summit which begins next week in Seville, Spain. The first release of this edition will coincide with the release of Ubuntu 7.10 Gusty Gibbon in October 2007.
Canonical and the Ubuntu Development community will collaborate with Intel to build these editions. Intel recently unveiled low-energy chip codenamed “Silverthorn†which are specifically meant for mobiles and other portable computers. According to Intel, Silverthorn will consume just 10% of the power compared to today’s conventional CPUs. Surprisingly, Intel already has a new mobile device prototype which runs on Ubuntu.
The forthcoming mobile edition of Ubuntu platform will focus on maximizing battery life for portable device which are capable of running sophisticated applications while offering graphical interface in the small screen.
Ubuntu CTO Matt Zimmerman said that their “a central goal” has always been in bringing user-friendly, open source operating accessible to users across wide range of devices. Canonical is hiring Mobile Developers to work on this project. More details are expected to come out next week after the Ubuntu Developers Summit in Seville, Spain from 6th to 11th May.
Ubuntu is not the first one to peep into the mobile world. Last month, GNOME Foundation announced their plans to build mobile and embedded version of Linux. In the past, we’ve already seen web-tablet products like Nokia 770, N800 and Nicholas Negroponte’s 100$ laptop which runs on Linux OS.
Via: Linux Devices [Image Source: pthree.org]
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