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2010-04-27 , 00:19
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Originally Posted by Dunsurfin View Post
I would love to have the ability to dual-boot into Ubuntu, but I don't see this happening. I would be more interested in the option to dual-boot into Android - which would open up the option to run Android's apps.

Was there anything in particular that you wanted to do in Ubuntu that Maemo does not allow?
ubuntu already runs natively on the n900 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMwlchuqsXo
And I beleive the Gnome based Ubuntu Netbook Edition desktop would work better, the user interface is optimized for small screens and few cpu cycles http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22iFG5D3kXU

Maemo can do a lot of things if you compile a bunch of already released binaries, but It could do a lot more if you installed Ubuntu on it (assuming that all the drivers will work soon, you could use it as a guitar tabulatur notebook, and run loads more apps without compiling them)

It would be awesome to see phone and sms integrated with the envelope icon on the ubuntu netbook edition

EDIT:
also the scrolling in the menu in Ubuntu Netbook Edition will work well on a touch screen, have just tried it with a mouse but drag and throw scrolling works nice

and apps that does not start right away will have a splash screen automatically
Last edited by Siggen; 2010-04-27 at 00:22.
 

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