Ubuntu Touch
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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 | Released |
| Source model | Open source |
| Latest release | 15.04 (Vivid Vervet) / 2015 OTA-15 released 7 February 2017 |
| Latest 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 |
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Ubuntu Touch (also known as Ubuntu Phone) is a mobile version of the Ubuntu operating system developed by Canonical Ltd. and the Ubuntu community. It is designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers.
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). 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.
Ubuntu Touch was released to manufacturers on 16 September 2014.BQ Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition, the world's first Ubuntu-based smartphone went on sale in Europe on 9 February 2015.
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