Ubuntu – all of it – running Eclipse on a phone, and a DeX dock

Ubuntu Unity is dead: Desktop will switch back to GNOME next year
Ubuntu phones and tablets also dead, but the desktop, server, and cloud live on.
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/04/ubuntu-unity-is-dead-desktop-will-switch-back-to-gnome-next-year/

Six years after making Unity the default user interface on Ubuntu desktops, Canonical is giving up on the project and will switch the default Ubuntu desktop back to GNOME next year. Canonical is also ending development of Ubuntu software for phones and tablets, spelling doom for the goal of creating a converged experience with phones acting as desktops when docked with the right equipment.

Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth explained the move in a blog post Wednesday. “I’m writing to let you know that we will end our investment in Unity8, the phone and convergence shell,” he wrote. “We will shift our default Ubuntu desktop back to GNOME for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS,” which will ship in April 2018.

Growing Ubuntu for cloud and IoT, rather than phone and convergence
https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/04/05/growing-ubuntu-for-cloud-and-iot-rather-than-phone-and-convergence/

The Ubuntu community is UBPorts says that it would launch a new operating system Fairphonelle, because it wants to combine the ethics of sustainability device open platform. Normal operating system in a new Fiarphone2 for Android 5.1.

Source: http://www.etn.fi/index.php/13-news/5823-eettinen-alypuhelin-osa-2-toimii-myos-ubuntulla

Ubuntu Phone is available on a growing range of commercial handsets.

Meizu Pro 5

BQ Aquaris E5 HD

BQ Aquaris E4.5

Meizu MX4 Ubuntu Edition

The world’s first Ubuntu Tablet will go on pre-sale this coming Monday, March 28.

The Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Edition tablet will be available to pre-order in two versions: a HD (1280 x 800) model and a high-spec FHD (1920 x 1200) model.

Pricing will be announced on Monday. The tablet will, as with the phone, be sold direct by Bq through its international website.

The Meizu Pro 5 Ubuntu Edition may have been met by a frosty reception during its MWC debut. but the M10 was dealt a far warmer response.

Ubuntu powered BQ Aquaris available in US
http://www.linuxveda.com/2015/08/07/ubuntu-powered-bq-aquaris-available-us/

BQ just announced on their Google Plus page that their Aquaris Ubuntu Edition phones will be available ‘wherever you live’, this makes it the first Ubuntu device available in the Americas, Australia, Africa and some of Asia (China already has the MX4).

Now onto the caveat, frequencies. One major pain with mobile phones is the frequencies they operate on, say you see a really cool phone that’s only available in China, you find a reseller, buy it and get it delivered to your door. You rip open the packaging, pop in the SIM and find out the best internet connection you can get is EDGE (2G) because your mobile carrier doesn’t operate on frequencies that are compatible with your phone.

The BQ devices that have just been announced as internationally available do not support 4G in the US because carriers run on a different frequency, the devices were targeted for Europe and this is why the issue exists, it is recommended that you check your carrier first to make sure you can even get 3G connectivity.

CANONICAL HAS ANNOUNCED that the Meizu MX4 Ubuntu Edition will be available to buy in Europe this week, but you’ll need an invitation to bag one.

Following in the footsteps of the OnePlus One, Canonical has said that those interested in picking up the Ubuntu-powered Meizu MX4 when it goes on sale on Thursday will need to get themselves an invitation.

Cristian Parrino, VP of mobile at Canonical, said during a briefing with The INQUIRER: “This is a device for enthusiasts. We want to make sure the right people are buying the Meizu MX4 Ubuntu Edition, for the right reasons.”

“Despite the recent announcement that Windows 10 phones will be able to be used as PCs when connected to an external monitor, Ubuntu—the first operating system to toy with the idea—hasn’t conceded the smartphone-PC convergence race to Microsoft just yet. ‘While I enjoy the race, I also like to win,’ Ubuntu Foundation founder Mark Shuttleworth said during a Ubuntu Online Summit keynote, before announcing that Canonical will partner with a hardware manufacturer to release a Ubuntu Phone with smartphone-PC convergence features this year.

Ubuntu may beat Windows 10 to phone-PC convergence after all
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2919552/ubuntu-may-beat-windows-10-to-phone-pc-convergence-after-all.html

Windows 10 for phones is slipping

Windows 10 for PCs will ship this summer—in late July, according to AMD’s CEO. But Microsoft recently announced that Windows 10 for phones will be released after Windows 10 for PCs. Microsoft called this a “staggered launch,” which is just another way of saying the phone version isn’t done yet and will be released later.

This is no surprise, as the phone version is in much rougher shape than the PC version. We don’t know when the phone version will ship, but we can probably expect to see Windows 10 for phones arrive later in 2015.

Microsoft isn’t waiting for third-party manufacturers to take advantage of the convergence features. It will reportedly release a flagship phone codenamed “Cityman” with support for Continuum for Windows 10 phones

Canonical’s schedules have been slipping, too

There are reasons to be a bit skeptical. The Unity 8 desktop interface and Mir are still in fairly rough, unpolished shape—you can see it for yourself by trying the Ubuntu Desktop Next images.

Unity 8 and Mir were supposed to have been part of the default Ubuntu desktop image for several releases now, but this is clearly taking longer than expected. Unity 8 and Mir may be ready for Ubuntu 15.10, “Wily Werewolf,” in October. We’ll see.

On the Ubuntu Phone front, the BQ Aquaris is still the only Ubuntu phone that’s ever been released, and it’s only available in Europe. The first Ubuntu phone for the rest of the world, the Meizu MX4, still isn’t out. Meizu and Canonical haven’t even announced a release date for it yet.

Canonical will probably still get there, but Microsoft might beat Ubuntu to convergence even if it does launch the new phone this year. If the phone slips to 2016, Microsoft will almost certainly beat them to market