Yuan Meng: Welcome to the ubiquitous bright future of Ubuntu

In the near future, where (or aspect) Will Ubuntu be applied )? This is the main topic of this fall "Ubuntu developer Summit" (I .e. "UDS-P2011 developer Summit. At this UDS summit, the core content of MarkShuttleworth's keynote speech was: where?tuwillland? Let's make it clear: in the near future, what electronic devices will Ubuntu "reside" on? We know that there are many types of consumer electronic devices today: desktops, notes

In the near future, where (or aspect) Will Ubuntu be applied )? This is the main topic of this fall "Ubuntu developer Summit" (I .e. "UDS-P2011 developer Summit.

At this UDS summit, the core content of Mark Shuttleworth's keynote speech was: Where Ubuntu will land? Let's make it clear: in the near future, what electronic devices will Ubuntu "reside" on? We know that there are many types of consumer electronic devices today: desktops, laptops, tablets, netbooks, smart phones, on-board systems, Smart TVs, and even medical and kitchen electronic devices. We are dealing with these devices in the following ways: keyboard, mouse, input on the screen with an electronic pen, or use your fingers to draw on the screen "Bi" (so-called "Touch "), physical language, and so on. We also know that the size of the electronic screen is large, small, and different. Mark's basic idea is actually very simple: unify the "man-machine interfaces" of all these electronic devices to facilitate convenient use. Can this ideal be achieved? Mark is confident in himself. Why?

In order to realize this lofty ideal, Mark himself has gone into battle in recent years, focusing on the so-called "Unity" Development Project ." Unity "means" unified world. As the size of the screen varies depending on the electronic device, the display form of Unity may be slightly "changed", but its internal "kernel" (internal logic) but there will be no changes. Mark's keynote speech repeatedly emphasizes this. The following is an image of Mark Shuttleworth's live speech at the UDS 2011 conference:

In Mark's view, it takes about two years to fully implement this ideal. That is to say, at that time, you will see Ubuntu 12.04 (LTS) almost all types of "Consumer Electronics" products have a "Unity" (or style) user interface ). In short, in Mark's mind: Ubuntu = Linux + Unity. This is everything: Ubuntu will be everywhere!

We have to ask: Is there any factual basis for the Utopia "ideal" like Mark? The answer is: the fact that Unity is based on the inevitable rise of "cloud computing" on the Internet. The formula symbol is as follows:

Ubuntu = Linux + Unity (in the Internet Cloud)

Let's ask: What is Mark's "foothold" in reality? The answer is: Ubuntu (which includes the specific implementation of Unity and the "cloud service" Application of UbuntuOne ). Some people say they are not used to the Unity screen style. This is a natural phenomenon. No one in the world will naturally get used to the future. People can only get used to the past, not the future. At present, some people in China are still cursing Ubuntu as "no diagram" (meaning no future ). I don't think so. In my opinion, Ubuntu is the "Scientific Outlook on Development" of free software and the only way forward.

Note: in essence, this UDS Conference sent a clear signal to the world that the Ubuntu World Community is about to enter the mobile Internet world. This development direction is clear.