Canonical Bug Report Suggests Audacious Ubuntu For Android Project May Be Dead

Canonical bug report suggests audacious Ubuntu for Android project may be dead   75,446 News Articles Canonical bug report suggests audacious Ubuntu for Android project may be dead The audacious 'One device to rule them all' project may be headed for the bush leagues By Brad Chacos | PC World | 29 April 14 The idea was audacious: Combine Android, the most popular mobile version of Linux, with Ubuntu, the leading Linux desktop operating system, on a single smartphone that swapped between the two depending on whether the device was docked. Alas, Ubuntu for Android seems to have moved off the active roster as Canonical focuses on its own Ubuntu Touch project , and a new exchange on a Ubuntu project-tracking website seems to suggest Ubuntu for Android may be dead. Matthew Paul Thomas, an interface designer with Canonical, opened a bug report on Launchpad.net, stating that "[The website] describes Ubuntu for Android as 'the must-have feature for late-2012 high-end Android phones'. Ubuntu for Android is no longer in development, so this page should be retired." Well, that sounds ominous. (The thread in question has been scrubbed from Launchpad, but you can still see a Google-cached version of it .) Canonical developer Anthony Dillon then asked web director Peter Mahnke to check on the situation. Here's Mahnke's reply: "We do check if this and the tv page should be kept on the site. currently the answer is yes. I have removed the 2012 text." I've asked Canonical to comment on the status of Ubuntu for Android. If the project is indeed joining Ubuntu One  in the bush leagues, it can't quite be called a surprise. Canonical has yet to convince phone makers to preload Ubuntu for Android on phones, while phones running on the company's Ubuntu Touch OS are slated to hit the streets this very year, after thirst for the OS was fueled by Canonical's massive Ubuntu Edge smartphone crowdfunding campaign . There are only so many hands to go around, after all.
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