that someone who would buy a (first-generation) Linux/Ubuntu tablet would be more lenient with their criticism of available apps, battery life, etc.
just my $0.02
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I'll probably install Ubuntu on my nexus 7 when it looks a bit less skeletal. I currently use Unity on my desktop. It will be good to be able to access all my files and edit them on my tablet.
I've asked several times, but have yet to understand why many open source advocates treat Android as it was based on CP/M or DOS.
....with the open source advocates, it's just that. There is proprietary stuff in most droids. Linux is just a kernel, after all. There are some people out there who feel a lot stronger about software than you and I do. 
As far as I'm concerned, it's just bits and bytes. I'll have to have MUCH more time than I have in my life these days to wax real philosophical about software.
As far as I'm concerned, it's just bits and bytes. I'll have to have MUCH more time than I have in my life these days to wax real philosophical about software. 
"Rather than purchasing software from a major vendor, UNIX users generally download source code and compile an application on their specific platform, allowing for an application to run on a variety of hardware and operating system variants (assuming theyre in the same general family)."
Who wrote this - Loverock Davidson?
*nix users haven't had to compile applications for years.
The major distros take care of this. The Synaptic package manager, for example, currently lists over 41,000 packages, all of which run right out of the box on debian legacy distros (including Mint and Ubuntu).
While "new" hardware that doesn't get Linux support from the vendor may take a while to be supported, most Linux users simply install - in fact it is becoming arguable whether Linux or Windows more easily installs on diverse hardware (except for pre-installs, of course, where hardware driver support generally goes without saying).
Most Linux users these days wouldn't know the command line if they fell over it. For some reason, many Linux posters on the 'net insist on providing command-line instructions even when GUI support exists - probably because it's easier in an article to show a couple lines of code than do successive GUI screen captures.
Antiquated attitudes like those demonstrated in this blog don't do anybody any favors, except the idiots like the above-mentioned Lovey, who only exists to muddy the waters by outright lies about Linux.
Please, if you don't know your subject, don't try to write about it. You only spread FUD and get your blog hijacked by the fanboys - and nobody wants that.
Do they?
Who wrote this - Loverock Davidson?
*nix users haven't had to compile applications for years.
The major distros take care of this. The Synaptic package manager, for example, currently lists over 41,000 packages, all of which run right out of the box on debian legacy distros (including Mint and Ubuntu).
While "new" hardware that doesn't get Linux support from the vendor may take a while to be supported, most Linux users simply install - in fact it is becoming arguable whether Linux or Windows more easily installs on diverse hardware (except for pre-installs, of course, where hardware driver support generally goes without saying).
Most Linux users these days wouldn't know the command line if they fell over it. For some reason, many Linux posters on the 'net insist on providing command-line instructions even when GUI support exists - probably because it's easier in an article to show a couple lines of code than do successive GUI screen captures.
Antiquated attitudes like those demonstrated in this blog don't do anybody any favors, except the idiots like the above-mentioned Lovey, who only exists to muddy the waters by outright lies about Linux.
Please, if you don't know your subject, don't try to write about it. You only spread FUD and get your blog hijacked by the fanboys - and nobody wants that.
Do they?
... it might be that the author was talking about new tablet installs only.
Its unclear, but you really, really need to watch your generalizations.
Its unclear, but you really, really need to watch your generalizations.
Android is a Linux distro but NOT a Gnu Linux distro. Apps are generally (there are exceptions) done in Java and run on Google's Dalvik Java engine (NOT Sun/Oracle).
The Ubuntu is not (yet?) a Ubuntu/Debian Gnu Linux distro, but an adaptation of CynamogenMod cm10.1 Android sans the Dalvik (in other words, will not work with the wealth of available Android apps). As of now, it is a lovely UI with dummy apps, in other words, vaporware. All that anticipation.... As I have suggested, port the "launcher" (UI desktop) to Android and enjoy that much!
Real Ubuntu or Debian can be installed on an Android device, run as chroot with limited UI, usability, and usefulness, leaving the original Android in place. Other Linux-based phone/tablet OS candidates like Meego, Tizen, etc., do not hurry up, just wait.
The Ubuntu is not (yet?) a Ubuntu/Debian Gnu Linux distro, but an adaptation of CynamogenMod cm10.1 Android sans the Dalvik (in other words, will not work with the wealth of available Android apps). As of now, it is a lovely UI with dummy apps, in other words, vaporware. All that anticipation.... As I have suggested, port the "launcher" (UI desktop) to Android and enjoy that much!
Real Ubuntu or Debian can be installed on an Android device, run as chroot with limited UI, usability, and usefulness, leaving the original Android in place. Other Linux-based phone/tablet OS candidates like Meego, Tizen, etc., do not hurry up, just wait.
Might use either, never MS, not because it's MS, 'cause it's TOO annoying. Still waiting a decent price on a tablet. 2X the price of a useable laptop? nah.
I saw on the Ubuntu website that some 25 different tablets have/are getting ports of Linux for tablets. My old Motorola XOOM tablet, that I don't use anymore, is on that list. So I'm going to load the Linux onto it, and start playing with it.
I wouldn't recommend doing this with your actively used primary tablet, but for an old tablet like this, I've got nothing to lose trying it out.
Given that Android demonstrated how fast a new OS can climb up in the smartphone world, and given that Samsung, HTC and other hardware manufacturers are looking to bring out hardware with Linux for its OS (perhaps to sidestep the lawsuits with Apple?), I think Linux could really take off in these markets.
I've never worked with Linux before, but I'm learning it now, with an eye to the future.
I wouldn't recommend doing this with your actively used primary tablet, but for an old tablet like this, I've got nothing to lose trying it out.
Given that Android demonstrated how fast a new OS can climb up in the smartphone world, and given that Samsung, HTC and other hardware manufacturers are looking to bring out hardware with Linux for its OS (perhaps to sidestep the lawsuits with Apple?), I think Linux could really take off in these markets.
I've never worked with Linux before, but I'm learning it now, with an eye to the future.
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