Ubuntu announces mobile and embedded edition

by admin May 8, 2007 at 12:05 pm

Ubuntu CTO Matt Zimmerman has announced plans for a mobile edition of the increasingly popular Ubuntu Linux distribution. The Ubuntu development community will be collaborating with Intel to make Ubuntu a viable platform for net-enabled mobile and embedded hardware devices. According to Zimmerman, detailed planning for the Ubuntu mobile edition will begin at the upcoming Ubuntu Developer Summit, and an initial release is planned for October, to coincide with the release of Ubuntu 7.10, codenamed Gutsy Gibbon. Canonical, the company that supports Ubuntu development, is looking for mobile developers to work on the project.

Full article: Ars Technica