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Take a listen to this week's episode as we discuss topics such as the HTC One camera specs and Samsung's dominance in the world of Android. Should Google be concerned about this? This week's hosts include producer Mat Lee, Seth Heringer, Shane Brady, Eric Finkenbiner and me.
The developer preview of Linux distro Ubuntu is now available for tablets and mobile phones. Excited? I am. Well, I was initially. Sadly, I'm a Galaxy Nexus (Toro) owner. The preview is available to Nexus devices but only the GSM variants. I own the Nexus 7 tablet but I decline to install the preview for now.
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The OS demostrations I've seen of late seem to be promising, offering yet another open platform for our mobile devices. Ubuntu's video details more on the features of the OS for tablets and phones. My first glance at the real world views of Ubuntu Phone lead me to think the OS was slightly lagging in performance. The UI is nice, but the devices being tested showed slow transitions from screen to screen and app to app.
I had to take this first look with a grain of salt. I mean, the OS is in preview. It's not going to be perfect just yet.
I shared the information about the developer preview to my circles on Google+ It was received with mixed reactions from my wonderful geek followers. Some felt that removing the Nexus experience from current devices was pointless. Others were just curious to see what the OS had to offer.
Darryl Barnes is clearly excited about the OS preview. "Downloaded. Installing to Nexus 4 tonight ... can't wait to dump Android," he says. There are concerns that the preview will not allow for the radio to handle cell calls. It will be a WiFi device only. Barnes has other ideas.
"I will have data working on mine by this weekend," he says. "It's nothing to reverse-engineer the radio for use under Ubuntu."
I can't wait to hear about Barnes' progress on getting the radios to work for him. Hopefully he will keep us in the community updated.
If I catch a wild streak in my personality, I may take the dive in formatting my Nexus 7 to play around with the OS preview, but I won't make any promises. What are your thoughts on the preview? Will you experiment with the images available for your Nexus device? Leave me a comment with your plan and thoughts on Ubuntu Tablet/Phone Developer Preview.
I'm Ant Pruitt and this is aGNUdomain.
Jordan Keyes of TWILDOTTV installed the preview on his Nexus 7 to give us his first look. Check out the video below from his channel.
The Chromebook has been an interesting topic of discussion in the mainstream world of tech. Why? First off, the price. Next, the hardware and software.
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I personally would love to get my hands on one of the Chromebooks available on the market today. As a computer hobbyist, I would enjoy diving in and trying to discover more and more about the Chrome OS. What about you? Is this a great OS for everyone else?
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Ant Pruitt: Linux. Why Do You Run It? Readers Respond, Complain
aGnuDomain, the aNewDomain.net spinoff soon to launch with a focus on Linux, today brings you Ant Pruitt -- and a question no one in his or her right mind would ignore.
By Ant Pruitt, aGnuDomain.net: I've been a fan of the Linux operating system for several years now. I discussed how much I enjoy using the Ubuntu Linux distro in an aNewDomain.net article and, thanks to you readers, the piece is reaching a lot of folks. I'm humbled.
I believe my first version was 9.x, but I am now up to version 12.10 and the Unity interface.
Originally, I installed Linux because my PC at the time had very limited hardware. The CPU was a single core chip and the memory was barely useful with just 1GB on board. There wasn't much else I could do to the rig that would allow Windows XP to run better or even upgrade to a newer version of Windows. Via my Google+ and Twitter feed, I polled my followers and circles. I asked "Why are you using Linux on your computer?" The feedback was tremendous from my fellow geeks. Here are the results.
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I based the poll question on the three fairly-broad parameters above:
As you can see from the pie chart, my circles and followers wanted to just geek-out. I can't disagree. I enjoy playing around with my Linux distro as well as adding different free and open source software (FOSS) for daily use.
Those that voted also had an opportunity to comment on the poll. Sure, geeking-out on something new was the poll's leading vote recipient, but most of the comments were dealing more with how powerful Linux can be, as well as support for FOSS. Hobbyist developer and XDA-Developers contributer Adam Outler says via Google+:
Patrick Archibald loves to geek-out with the multimedia options such as XBMC and MythTV software packages, he told me.
So the verdict is in, so far. Those of us currently running a Linux distro are believers of supporting the free and open source platform, and we enjoy getting more performance out of computers that other operating systems haven't been able to provide.
Thank you to everyone that participated in the reader poll. You rock. For anewdomain.net and aGnuDomain.net unplugged -- aGNUdomain.net is launching soon, I'm Ant Pruitt
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