Ubuntu Phone
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The Ubuntu Touch home screen showing applications
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| Developer |
Canonical Ltd., Ubuntu community contributors, The Carrier Advisory Group |
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| OS family | Unix-like |
| Working state | Discontinued |
| Source model | Open source |
| Final release | 15.04 (Vivid Vervet) / 2015 OTA-15 released 7 February 2017 |
| Final preview | 17.04 "daily build" / 2016 |
| Marketing target | Smartphones, tablets, mobile, GPS smartnav, in-vehicle infotainment |
| Available in | Multilingual |
| Update method | Click Update Manager, Image Based Updates, apt-get |
| Package manager |
Click packages dpkg |
| Platforms | ARM and x86 |
| Kernel type | Monolithic (Linux kernel) |
| Default user interface | Graphical (Native and Web applications) |
| License | Mainly the GPL and various other open source licenses |
| Official website | ubuntu |
Ubuntu Touch (also known as Ubuntu Phone) is a mobile version of the Ubuntu operating system that was developed by Canonical Ltd. and the Ubuntu community. It was designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers.
The project was started in 2011, but on 5 April 2017 Mark Shuttleworth announced that the project would terminate due to lack of market interest. The project was then picked up by the UBports.
Mark Shuttleworth announced on 31 October 2011 that by Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu will support smartphones, tablets, smart TVs and other smart screens (such as car head units and smartwatches), while so far seems only supported by vendors on a few smartphones (and at least one tablet); and devices hobbyists port to. The "goal for Ubuntu is to reach full convergence (same platform and libraries on all devices), Ubuntu 14.04 and 14.10 are not fully there yet". The Ubuntu platform for phones was unveiled on 2 January 2013. The Ubuntu Touch Developer Preview was released on 21 February 2013.
Canonical released Ubuntu Touch 1.0, the first developer/partner version on 17 October 2013, along with Ubuntu 13.10 that "primarily supports the Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 4 phones, though there are images available for other phones and tablets", and released a "relatively 'stable' build for wider testing and feedback" on 17 April 2014, along with Ubuntu 14.04. A preview version of the software is available for installation on certain additional Android handsets including the Samsung Galaxy S4 Google Edition as a Developer Preview as of 21 February 2013. Developers have access to all of the source code under a license allowing modification and redistribution of the software.
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