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diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.07.07/Tue/ubuntumobile.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.07.07/Tue/ubuntumobile.txt deleted file mode 100644 index c2afe10..0000000 --- a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.07.07/Tue/ubuntumobile.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,14 +0,0 @@ -Ubuntu Linux is coming to a mobile device near you. Earlier this week CTO Matt Zimmerman announced plans to build a mobile version of the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution. In the announcement, Zimmerman specifically mentions the new low-power processor from Intel, code-named Silverthorn, which will allow full internet use on mobile devices. - -Ubuntu's [announcement][1] comes just a month after the GNOME foundation, which makes the desktop environment used by Ubuntu, announced a similar mobile platform proposal. Like the the [GNOME Mobile and Embedded Initiative][2], the Ubuntu plan will see developers working closely with Intel and other hardware manufacturers. - -With [Dell now shipping Ubuntu pre-installed][3] on a number of its laptop computers and the new drive into mobile computing, Ubuntu seems poised to become the first mainstream success for the Linux community. - -But the mobile platform presents some new challenges for Ubuntu developers, including the need for an intuitive and easy-to-se graphical interface, something critics frequently cite as a shortcoming of Linux systems. - -The mobile edition of Ubuntu is scheduled for release in October, alongside a new version the regular Ubuntu distribution. - - -[1]: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2007-May/000289.html "Ubuntu Mobile and Embedded Edition" -[2]: http://gnomedesktop.org/node/3056 "The GNOME Mobile & Embedded Initative" -[3]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/05/ubuntu_fiesty_f.html "Ubuntu Fiesty Fawn Coming to Dell Laptops"
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