The company Canonical, developer of Linux distributions for desktops and servers, will release a mobile operating system Ubuntu. It is designed for smartphones with ARM processors and x86, said in a blog Canonical.
At the core of mobile Ubuntu (the official name of the system - Ubuntu for phones) is the core of Android, but will not be part of the OS virtual machine, Java (JVM). According to Canonical, the lack of JVM provides fast application performance even on devices with average characteristics.
Ubuntu mobile interface will be different from the interface of Android. The new OS provides the main screen - it displays the objects of recently accessed by the user: software, music, pictures, contacts and so on.
The user will interact with the system using special gestures (movements of the finger from the edge of the screen to the center). Gestures to switch between running programs, the call settings menu, and so on.
Minimum Requirements Ubuntu to smartphones - it GHz processor Cortex A9, 512 MB of RAM and four gigabytes of internal memory. Powerful smart phones based on Ubuntu can play the role of the system unit: connecting to the device monitor, mouse and keyboard, the user will receive a desktop computer.
The head of Canonical, Mark Shuttleworth (Mark Shuttleworth) said that smartphones Ubuntu will be released in early 2014, reports The Verge. Who are the manufacturers will collaborate Canonical, is still unknown. Shuttleworth, however, mentioned that the first device on Ubuntu do the same company that produces advanced smartphones on Android.
The new operating system is not the first mobile project Canonical. In early 2012, the company announced Ubuntu for Android - addition to the popular operating system that allows you to use your smartphone as a system unit. Ubuntu for Android will be released in 2013. In addition, Canonical is developing an operating system for TVs.
