MarkShuttleworth: Ubuntu on the tablet may be much better than Windows 8.

After Ubuntu announced its expansion plan in 2013, it successfully emerged on smartphones and tablets and quickly achieved support. Therefore, ZDnet interviewed the man behind the Ubuntu system-MarkShuttleworth, I want to see what kind of future Ubuntu should look like. UbuntuOS is rapidly becoming a well-known brand in the desktop system. It has a long history in the open-source community, but it is not limited to a platform, but it is delivered on a variety of platforms with the same kernel, including smartphones, tablets, desktops, and TVs. Very

After announcing its expansion plan in 2013, Ubuntu successfully emerged on smartphones and tablets and quickly gained support. For this reason, ZDnet interviewed the man behind the Ubuntu system-Mark Shuttleworth, I want to see what kind of future Ubuntu should look like.

Ubuntu OS is rapidly becoming a well-known brand in the desktop system. It has a long history in the open-source community, but it is not limited to a platform. Instead, it is delivered on various platforms with the same kernel, including smartphones, tablets, desktops, and TVs.

It is obvious that Shuttleworth was not the first space tourist to reject the challenge, so he had the courage to step by step look at his platform on smartphones and tablets.

Ubuntu on the tablet may be much better than Windows 8.

Q: Before the MWC conference, I had a lot of discussions about Ubuntu and Its device strategy. Is there any other news to announce?

A: This is very important to us. We will announce at the meeting that our Silicon Valley partners will play A significant role in the mobile ecosystem and help optimize the Ubuntu prototype.

What Will Ubuntu bring?

About four years ago, we outlined this vision: "mobile phones, tablets, PCs, TVs, and our own design team, looking at our mobile phone and PC operations six weeks ago, we knew we were missing this link on the tablet, But we quickly picked it up. "

Between tablets and smartphones, do we see retailers bundling Ubuntu tablets and Ubuntu phones?

This is possible. If you only buy a smart phone, the screen is a tablet. If you collect it, it is the smart phone. The two functions are in one.

What is its enterprise perspective?

Enterprises will adopt full disk encryption technology, while users will adopt separate encryption technology. Therefore, from this enterprise perspective, it will become an unprecedented security tablet for the military, financial, traditional Chinese medicine, sensitive, and compliant intensive use of the market. (Another popular reason for Ubuntu compared to Windows is its stable upgrade mode. For enterprises, predictable and stable upgrades and reliable technical support are one of the most important factors to choose an operating system .)

Do you want Ubuntu to gradually penetrate into the enterprise through the BYOD route?

Of course, there are some good reasons for enterprises to choose it. In terms of security, BYOD is becoming more and more likely for individuals to work on devices, however, malware is an important issue on Android. Therefore, users have reason to choose a secure platform. What we do is based entirely on the user's point of view.

When can we get a Ubuntu mobile phone or tablet?

From the developer's Progress prediction, you can get the mobile phone in January 2014 and the tablet in April.

Currently, Ubuntu Touch provides a Developer Preview version for Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 4, Nexus 7, and Nexus 10, which will soon support more than 20 other devices, this allows users and developers to quickly perform operations on the system.

Do you know how many people will download it?

At present, I know that we have received 75000 click downloads within 6 hours after the release, which is great. Although there are still many things to do, we are glad that we have some great partners, which makes us hopeful to change the situation of Linux as a follower in the PC era. In terms of tablet experience, this is better than Windows 8, which is not an exaggeration at all. Important people in the industry say it is better than Windows 8.

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