Internet Devices Get Their Own Ubuntu Version

Barence writes "A version of Ubuntu targeted specifically towards mobile internet devices (MIDs) has been released by Canonical, although there is presently only one product on the market which can use it. According to the company, the pithily titled Mobile Internet Device Edition 8.04 has been optimized for use with handheld internet platforms, and designed to run smoothly on Intel's Atom chips as well as with small touchscreen displays. This follows Canonical's announcement earlier this month that it would be creating a version of Ubuntu for netbook devices such as the Asus Eee PC and the Acer Aspire One called Netbook Remix."

Re:No good OS has been released since late 2007

[bananaquackmoo]

one release? which is that? 2000? XP? server 2003? try again...

Re:No good OS has been released since late 2007

[Max Littlemore]

Vista's better than the playskool stressfest that was XP.

Absolute hogwash. I bought a vista notebook, which now has Hardy on it, and it was slow to do anything. Not only is IO slow, but the way they have laid things out in the UI is slow too. The number of clicks it takes to do any system configuration stuff is painful. Combine that with digital restriction management and the whole experience sucks.

If I was interested in running windows, I would prefer XP. Even better would be 2000, if they had bothered to maintain it and provide updates. Vista is an absolute joke which I found unusable and given that I was only ever exposed to ME for about half an hour, I think it's the worst OS since Windows 1.0. Vista is more of a playskool stressfest - it looks all plasticy and colourful, but it's made entirely of big, bloated clunky pieces that, while they may choke the hardware, won't choke the silly little kiddies that play with them and it is unusable for the task it looks like it should perform. It's so playskool.

Re:Kitchen appliances?

[gawdonblue]

How about Ubuntu: Toaster edition

The Cylons Were Created by Ubuntu. They Rebelled. They Evolved. They Look and Feel Human. Some are programmed to think they are Human. There are many copies. And they have a Plan...

Re:I would be curious...

[gwniobombux]

From Ubuntu Mobile and Embedded FAQ: [ubuntu.com]

# What's the difference between UME packages and regular i386 packages?

• For the kernel there are a few changes to support the LPIA architecture better (TODO: check with Amit). For the user applications, they have a special rule to enable or disable resources when compiled for LPIA. We may use the hildon interface and/or disable something that we don't have/don't need. We want to improve usability for small screens and fingers.

Re:No good OS has been released since late 2007

[gibbsjoh]

Not tried it on new hardware, but I was really impressed last night when I put it on a 3 year old Toshiba Sat Pro - it just worked(tm). Even let me disable trackpad clicking without faffing about. Played AVI and MP4/H.264 with minimal fuss. Wifi will be the next step.

I love tinkering but sometimes just want a distro to work - 8.04, whatever bugs aside, seems to fit the bill, to the point where I can finally recommend it to friends and co-workers.

My 0.02.