Ars Technica reports that Canonical is ending all work on phones, tablets, and “convergence,” which was a project to make the same operating system run across those platforms as well as desktop and notebook computers.
In other words, if you want to buy a phone that can also work as a desktop computer, you’re going to have to look elsewhere. Interestingly, while Canonical was one of the first companies to focus on bringing that vision to life, several other companies have made progress in recent years.
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This is unfortunate. But, it is sometimes better to know when to stop working on an mobile operating system like Ubuntu Mobile, Blackberry OS, Windows Phone, and Symbian which is not getting many new users, and the existing users are switching to Android and iOS.
I wonder if the Ubuntu desktop operating system is endangered of being dead in the future when users rather use Alternative Desktop operating systems based on Android like Remix OS which is compatible with thousands of Android apps, and games which can be used on a large monitor where apps are opened in resizeble, and movable windows.
Android has a lot more apps, games, and services which people want to use compared to Ubuntu Linux where there is only a few online game and software stores like Steam for Linux, GOG for Linux, SourceForge, and the Ubuntu Software center. Linux game and software store don't have a huge selection of software and games to choose from unlike Windows, Apple Mac and iOS, and Android which has many thousands of software and game titles to choose from.
Windows 10 is also free for tablet makers, and maybe some mini-PC makers, so most people may not buy a Linux-based desktop computer when they can buy a cheap Windows 10 PC which comes with a free version of Windows 10.
In other words, if you want to buy a phone that can also work as a desktop computer, you’re going to have to look elsewhere. Interestingly, while Canonical was one of the first companies to focus on bringing that vision to life, several other companies have made progress in recent years.
Read More
This is unfortunate. But, it is sometimes better to know when to stop working on an mobile operating system like Ubuntu Mobile, Blackberry OS, Windows Phone, and Symbian which is not getting many new users, and the existing users are switching to Android and iOS.
I wonder if the Ubuntu desktop operating system is endangered of being dead in the future when users rather use Alternative Desktop operating systems based on Android like Remix OS which is compatible with thousands of Android apps, and games which can be used on a large monitor where apps are opened in resizeble, and movable windows.
Android has a lot more apps, games, and services which people want to use compared to Ubuntu Linux where there is only a few online game and software stores like Steam for Linux, GOG for Linux, SourceForge, and the Ubuntu Software center. Linux game and software store don't have a huge selection of software and games to choose from unlike Windows, Apple Mac and iOS, and Android which has many thousands of software and game titles to choose from.
Windows 10 is also free for tablet makers, and maybe some mini-PC makers, so most people may not buy a Linux-based desktop computer when they can buy a cheap Windows 10 PC which comes with a free version of Windows 10.