Ubuntu Might Get A New Simplified Packaging Format And App Installer

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--gSOQcOODGM/UYo06NcQBLI/AAAAAAAAPJo/h2Rg4wyyaug/s1600/ubuntu-packaging.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--gSOQcOODGM/UYo06NcQBLI/AAAAAAAAPJo/h2Rg4wyyaug/s400/ubuntu-packaging.png" title="Ubuntu packaging" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">According to a recent message posted on the Ubuntu Devel mailing list by Colin Watson, Installer Team leader, <b>Ubuntu might get a new, simplified packaging format and app installer </b>which should make it easier for developers to get their software into Ubuntu. This <b>will target, at least initially, the Ubuntu phone/tablet but it should be usable elsewhere too, even on non-Ubuntu or non-Linux systems</b>. </div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The already existing packages won't change and Ubuntu will continue to use dpkg and apt, syncing with Debian and so on. </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"<b>Click packages</b>" (the new packaging format) is aimed at making it easier to build packages for Ubuntu: no dependencies between applications, no maintainer scripts and each app will be installed in its own directory.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The new package format needs a new installer and there's already a <b>proof of concept low-level app package installer</b> that's entirely new code - highlights of what it can do so far:</div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">no dependencies between apps; single implicit dependency on the base system by way of a Click-Base-System field;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">installs each app to an entirely separate directory;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">entirely declarative: maintainer scripts are forbidden;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">base package manager overhead, i.e. the time required to install a trivial package containing a single small file, is about 0.15 seconds on a newish x86 laptop and about 0.6 seconds on a Nexus 7 (and that's with the current prototype implementation in Python; a later implementation could be in C and would then be faster still);</li><li style="text-align: justify;">not limited to installing as root, although there may be similar constraints elsewhere to ensure that apps can't edit their own code at run-time</li><li style="text-align: justify;">packages built by feeding the intended output directory tree to a simple Python tool, plus a manifest.json file;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">building packages requires only the Python standard library, with the intent that it should be possible to build these packages quite easily on non-Ubuntu or even non-Linux systems;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">binary packaging format sufficiently similar to existing one that we could add support to higher-level tools with minimal effort;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">strawman design for hooks into system packages, which will be entirely declarative from the app's point of view;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">unit-tested from the start. </li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The Ubuntu developers have also looked into similar existing tools such as <a href="http://listaller.tenstral.net/">Listaller</a> or <a href="http://0install.net/">0install</a> but there are some things which they prefer to do differently; e.g.: Listaller is dependency-based and they prefer this to be as independent as possible and 0install would also need some system integration problems to be solved, so instead, they've decided to create a new installer.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The proof of concept installer is currently under 300 lines of code (Python) and obviously, still needs work. The prototype will be ready in time for <a href="http://uds.ubuntu.com/">UDS</a> next week and there's also going to be an UDS session to discuss this.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For more info, see Colin Watson's message @ <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2013-May/037074.html">Ubuntu Devel mailing list</a>. </b><br /></div>

Ubuntu Might Get A New Simplified Packaging Format And App Installer

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Ubuntu Touch Daily Builds Available For Download

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bImMSPcBj30/US0RC1Qf0lI/AAAAAAAAONg/kcrrUKsNMb0/s1600/ubuntu-phablet.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu phablet" border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bImMSPcBj30/US0RC1Qf0lI/AAAAAAAAONg/kcrrUKsNMb0/s500/ubuntu-phablet.png" title="ubuntu phablet" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu Touch Developer Preview daily builds (images) are now available for developers and enthusiasts.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The Ubuntu Touch (also known as "phablet") daily builds aren't tested so they may contain new features and bug fixes but also new bugs and regressions:</div><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">Hey guys, just wanted to mentioned that daily builds are in place. ogra made it so our build servers are checked every hour and if updates are found, it will copy them over to cdimage.<br /><br />What this means? Well you can go and break or check out new things as they come.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>- Canonical Quality Engineer Sergio Schvezov @ Ubuntu Phone <a href="https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-phone/msg00492.html">mailing list</a></i></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">If you've installed the latest phablet-tools package (0.6) from the <a href="https://launchpad.net/~phablet-team/+archive/tools">Phablet Tools PPA</a>, you can run the following command to get the latest Ubuntu Touch for your device (presuming you've already installed Ubuntu Touch):</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>phablet-flash -l</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The packages used to built the images are also available in a PPA - <a href="https://launchpad.net/~phablet-team/+archive/ppa">check it out</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Download the Ubuntu Touch Developer Preview daily images from <a href="http://cdimages.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-touch-preview/daily-preinstalled/current/">HERE</a>.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For more information, see Sergio Schvezov's <a href="http://sergiusens.github.com/posts/daily-builds-and-updates-to-phablet-tools.html">post</a> about this.</div><br /><br /><i>Also see: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/02/ubuntu-touch-developer-preview-and.html">Ubuntu Touch Developer Preview And Ubuntu SDK Released</a>.</i>

Ubuntu Touch Daily Builds Available For Download

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How To Flash Ubuntu Touch From Windows

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lfKdtCihZAA/USeqrBr_35I/AAAAAAAAOEs/RtcZMSL0L2Q/s1600/ubuntu-touch.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu touch" border="0" height="231" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lfKdtCihZAA/USeqrBr_35I/AAAAAAAAOEs/RtcZMSL0L2Q/s320/ubuntu-touch.png" title="ubuntu touch" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The official <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/02/ubuntu-touch-developer-preview-and.html">Ubuntu Touch</a> <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/Install">installation</a> instructions are only for Ubuntu, so if you're running Windows, the instructions won't work for you. So here's how to install Ubuntu Touch if you're using Windows.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><b>Firstly, download the images for your device from <a href="http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-touch-preview/quantal/mwc-demo/">HERE</a>:</b><br /><ul><li>You'll need to download the files specific for your device as well as "quantal-preinstalled-phablet-armhf.zip".</li><li>The files which have "maguro" in the filename are for Galaxy Nexus, "mako" for Nexus 4, "grouper" for Nexus 7 and "manta" for Nexus 10.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Now you can get started. Please note that I didn't test these instructions as I don't own a Nexus device (and I'm not using Windows either) - <b>the instructions are thanks to Omer Akram</b>, via Ubuntu-phone <a href="https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-phone/msg00222.html">mailing list</a>.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Before proceeding, remember that the Ubuntu Touch interface is currently only available as a preview, for developers</b> and you shouldn't install it for every day usage! Some things have <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/02/ubuntu-touch-developer-preview-and.html">not been implemented yet</a> and there are many bugs!</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>1.</b> Unlock the device using <a href="http://www.android.gs/how-to-unlock-galaxy-nexus-bootloader/">THESE</a> instructions which should work with Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 4, 7 and 10, even though the article mentions only Galaxy Nexus. The article also mentions how to install fastboot which you'll need later on.</div><br /><b>2.</b> (If you already have Clockworkmod Recovery installed, you can skip this step)<br /><br />While in the <a href="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=6124522">boatloader mode</a>, only flash the recovery file (<i>quantal-preinstalled-recovery-armel+DEVICE_CODENAME.img</i>) which you've previously downloaded, by using the following command in the command prompt window:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>fastboot flash recovery quantal-preinstalled-recovery-armel+DEVICE_CODENAME.img</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In the command above, replace "DEVICE_CODENAME" with the codename for your device as it's explained above.</div><br /><b>3.</b> Reboot and copy the following files to the phone / tablet: <br /><ul><li>quantal-preinstalled-phablet-armhf.zip</li><li>quantal-preinstalled-armel+DEVICE_CODENAME.zip</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>4.</b> Power off the Nexus device, start the bootloader mode, navigate to "Recovery" and press the power button to select it. This will start the Clockworkmod Recovery.</div><br />Here, select "install zip from sdcard", then select "Choose zip from sdcard" and firstly select "quantal-preinstalled-armel+DEVICE_CODENAME.zip" and flash it, then flash "quantal-preinstalled-phablet-armhf.zip"<br /><br /><b>5.</b> Reboot the device and you're done.

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Ubuntu Touch Developer Preview And Ubuntu SDK Released, Developers Can Now Flash Ubuntu On Nexus Devices

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gDCsfZoj_XU/USOnt9uP66I/AAAAAAAAN4o/9k0uIJ1zsJ0/s1600/tablet-search.png"><img alt="Ubuntu touch developer preview" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gDCsfZoj_XU/USOnt9uP66I/AAAAAAAAN4o/9k0uIJ1zsJ0/s320/tablet-search.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The Ubuntu Touch Developer Preview has been released. This includes the source code and images for both the phone and tablet interfaces and are aimed at developers</b> so it's not something you should install for actual every day usage. For now you'll find that some features are missing, like playing music, no mobile data connection, PIN/PUK support, etc., there are bugs and so on.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><b>The images support the following devices: Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 4, 7 and 10</b>.<br /><br />To flash the Ubuntu Touch Developer Preview on your device, you'll need to use a PPA which supports Ubuntu Precise, Quantal and Raring. For complete instructions, see <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/Install">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/Install</a>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">After flasing, you'll get the shell and core applications, working connection to GSM network, working phone calls and SMS, networking and Wifi and a functional camera. Also, you'll be able to use adb, just like on Android.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Along with the Ubuntu Touch Developer Preview, developers can also download the <a href="http://developer.ubuntu.com/get-started/gomobile/">Ubuntu SDK</a>, currently in alpha, which lets you deploy and execute the apps as they create them, from the IDE.</div><br />Links:<br /><ul><li><a href="http://developer.ubuntu.com/2013/02/releasing-the-ubuntu-touch-developer-preview-and-sdk-alpha/">Releasing the Ubuntu Touch Developer Preview and SDK Alpha</a></li><li><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/Install">Instructions for flashing a phone or tablet device with Ubuntu</a></li><li><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu Touch release notes</a></li><li>Ubuntu Touch Developer Preview source code is available on <a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-touch-preview">Launchpad</a></li></ul>

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Ubuntu For Tablets Hands-On Videos

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eiLQVu7ZymE/USY-kqMXJMI/AAAAAAAAOAE/UKS-TdDbCr8/s1600/ubuntu-for-tablets.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ubuntu for Tablets" border="0" height="172" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eiLQVu7ZymE/USY-kqMXJMI/AAAAAAAAOAE/UKS-TdDbCr8/s320/ubuntu-for-tablets.png" title="Ubuntu for Tablets" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The Ubuntu Touch Developer Preview should be available for download later today and although I've found some daily images which can already be downloaded (I won't give you a download link but if you can't wait for the official release, you can do a Google search), I unfortunately don't have a Nexus device to test them on.<br /><br />Update: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/02/ubuntu-touch-developer-preview-and.html">the Ubuntu Touch Developer Preview has been released</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But some Ubuntu for tablets hands-on videos have already started to show up on YouTube and below you can watch two of them, via <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/20/ubuntu-dev-preview-hands-on/">Engadget</a> and <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2013/2/20/4010412/ubuntu-for-tablets-hands-on-video">TheVerge</a>:</div><br /><a name='more'></a><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/b7i6EpOPGR0" width="560"></iframe><br />(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7i6EpOPGR0">direct video link</a>)</center><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/XkyYKqKUYXA" width="560"></iframe><br />(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkyYKqKUYXA">direct video link</a>)</center>

Ubuntu For Tablets Hands-On Videos

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Canonical Unveils New Ubuntu Tablet Interface

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0VQbBVxYxw4/USOlWgQozTI/AAAAAAAAN4E/Dzk-xPRybOA/s1600/tablet-hero.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ubuntu Tablet interface" border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0VQbBVxYxw4/USOlWgQozTI/AAAAAAAAN4E/Dzk-xPRybOA/s500/tablet-hero.jpg" title="Ubuntu Tablet interface" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Canonical has unveiled a new Ubuntu tablet interface today, which shares some of the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/01/ubuntu-for-phones-announced.html">Ubuntu Phone OS</a> elements, but it also comes with new features such as a "Side Stage" which lets you use phone and tablet apps in the same time.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br /><h2>Side Stage - use phone and tablet apps in the same time</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Side Stage is a new feature introduced with Ubuntu for tablets that allows users to "<i>swipe through the right edge and you reveal phone apps running on your tablet. [...] Any tablet app that supports the phone layout will also fit in the Side Stage. You can have it loose or split the screen between the tablet and phone layout</i>", says Mark Shuttleworth in the Ubuntu for tablets presentation video which you can watch at the end of the post.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IwDvGmLIzmI/USOlaR4kpiI/AAAAAAAAN4M/iRjY5LXw9DA/s1600/tablet-multi-tasking.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu Tablet interface" border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IwDvGmLIzmI/USOlaR4kpiI/AAAAAAAAN4M/iRjY5LXw9DA/s500/tablet-multi-tasking.png" title="Ubuntu Tablet interface" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Side stage</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The Ubuntu tablet will also share the Ubuntu Phone OS indicators design, home screen, lenses, <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/01/hud-ubuntus-new-smart-menus-announced.html">HUD</a> access via voice control and so on:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WdB2RjVO8xI/USOldB-GT-I/AAAAAAAAN4U/H3fEfwvoNdo/s1600/tablet-voice-control-HUD.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu Tablet interface" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WdB2RjVO8xI/USOldB-GT-I/AAAAAAAAN4U/H3fEfwvoNdo/s500/tablet-voice-control-HUD.png" title="Ubuntu Tablet interface" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">HUD - accessing the menu via voice control</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you dock the phone to a larger touch interface, and Ubuntu presents the tablet interface with the phone apps running in the Side Stage. Add a keyboard and mouse and the tablet becomes a full PC, running all Ubuntu desktop applications or connect it to a TV and get Ubuntu for TV, all in one device.</div><br />More Ubuntu for tablet interface images:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2NP8LAkMiU0/USOntnJkhsI/AAAAAAAAN4g/HfP3hfp3d2M/s1600/tablet-home-portrait.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ubuntu Tablet interface" border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2NP8LAkMiU0/USOntnJkhsI/AAAAAAAAN4g/HfP3hfp3d2M/s320/tablet-home-portrait.jpg" title="Ubuntu Tablet interface" width="246" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZTRf4LONczM/USOntrSFQWI/AAAAAAAAN4k/Qg7WvFZlcQo/s1600/tablet-share-menu.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ubuntu Tablet interface" border="0" height="309" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZTRf4LONczM/USOntrSFQWI/AAAAAAAAN4k/Qg7WvFZlcQo/s320/tablet-share-menu.png" title="Ubuntu Tablet interface" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gDCsfZoj_XU/USOnt9uP66I/AAAAAAAAN4o/9k0uIJ1zsJ0/s1600/tablet-search.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ubuntu Tablet interface" border="0" height="202" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gDCsfZoj_XU/USOnt9uP66I/AAAAAAAAN4o/9k0uIJ1zsJ0/s320/tablet-search.png" title="Ubuntu Tablet interface" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-co_Fo_G_etk/USOnutio7BI/AAAAAAAAN40/G9T8ZCRaRrs/s1600/ubuntu-tablet-interface.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ubuntu Tablet interface" border="0" height="228" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-co_Fo_G_etk/USOnutio7BI/AAAAAAAAN40/G9T8ZCRaRrs/s320/ubuntu-tablet-interface.png" title="Ubuntu Tablet interface" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Ubuntu tablet hardware requirements</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The entry level consumer Ubuntu tablet (it doesn't support full desktop convergence) requires: dual-core Cortex A15 processor, 2GB RAM, minimum 8GB flash storage, 7-10 inch screen size and 4 fingers multi-touch.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">High-end enterprise tablet (supports full desktop convergence) requirements: Quad-core A15 or Intel x86, 4GB of RAM, minimum 8GB of flash storage, 10-12 inch screen size and 4-10 fingers multi-touch.</div><br /><br />Check out Mark Shuttleworth explaining Ubuntu for tablets in the video below:<br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/h384z7Ph0gU" width="560"></iframe><br />(<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h384z7Ph0gU">direct video link</a>)</center><br />Ubuntu for tablets trailer:<br /><br /><center><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/5_4fXQcxFRs" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />(<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_4fXQcxFRs">direct video link</a>)</center><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TouchInstallProcess">Touch Developer preview,</a> which includes the phone and tablet interfaces, should be available for download on 21st February 2013.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ubuntu on tablets will be showcased at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next week (25-28 February).</div><br />For more information, see: <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/tablet">http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/tablet</a>

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Tick, Tock, Tablet Time [Important Ubuntu Announcement Coming Tomorrow]

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4xcztruGRa0/USJcxSzueFI/AAAAAAAAN1U/fM-83IU4Qpo/s1600/tablet-time.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4xcztruGRa0/USJcxSzueFI/AAAAAAAAN1U/fM-83IU4Qpo/s500/tablet-time.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Just like more than a month ago, when <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/01/ubuntu-for-phones-announced.html">Ubuntu Phone OS was announced</a>, a countdown is displayed on the <a href="http://ubuntu.com/">Ubuntu.com</a> homepage, and this time it says: "<b><i>Tick, tock, tablet time!</i></b>". <br /><br />So what could this be? An Ubuntu tablet is about to be released? Or more likely, an optimized Ubuntu Phone OS for tablets?</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Update:</b> this might be a coincidence (?), but if it's not, it's big (via <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/102516876442697589191/posts">+Nate Carpenter</a>)! Below is a screenshot of <a href="http://ubuntu.com/">ubuntu.com</a> and <a href="http://htc.com/">htc.com</a>, side by side:</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EfB3QsDHInc/USJ4gETg9xI/AAAAAAAAN2s/6c3J2ssl9a8/s1600/mmm.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EfB3QsDHInc/USJ4gETg9xI/AAAAAAAAN2s/6c3J2ssl9a8/s500/mmm.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The Ubuntu and HTC announcements are not only in the same day, but also at the same time (well, not synced to the second, but pretty close).<br /><br /><b>Update 2:</b> Ubuntu and HTC sharing the mysterious announcement date and time might just be a coincidence because if you go <a href="https://plus.google.com/photos/+HTC/albums/5844115985411341505/5844115988981404850?authkey=CMfl7bnDrbO15gE">here</a> and select to download the full image, you'll notice the filename is <i>Tease_Cover_Global_M7</i>... And <a href="http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/htc-m7-htc-one-release-date-news-and-rumours-1129182">M7</a> is supposed to be a 4.7 inch phone, not a tablet. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>The announcement will go live tomorrow at around 4 P.M. GMT / 8 A.M. PST. We'll let you know when more info is available.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="http://www.chimerarevo.com/ubuntu-anche-sui-tablet-lo-annuncia-la-homepage/">chimerarevo.com</a></i></div>

Tick, Tock, Tablet Time [Important Ubuntu Announcement Coming Tomorrow]

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