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May 7th, 2012, 10:31 GMT · By

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Canonical demos LibreOffice on Ubuntu for Android

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Richard Collins from Canonical Ltd demonstrated a few days ago how easy is to open, edit and resume a LibreOffice document using Ubuntu for Android on an Android smartphone.

What more can we say? The above video will show you a Motorola Atrix 2 phone running Ubuntu for Android while opening a LibreOffice document.

How it works? Richard Collins explains: "There is a single Linux kernel running in the phone. It's hosting both Android and Ubuntu at the same time. I believe that when a display is connected to the HDMI port, the copy of Ubuntu springs into life and uses a bluetooth keyboard and mouse."

Designed only for mobile phones with dual-core ARM CPUs, Ubuntu for Android offers a complete desktop environment with popular apps like Chromium web browser, VLC media player, Thunderbird e-mail client, Google's Calendar and Docs, Ubuntu's music player and photo viewer, Android dialer or the popular Gwibber social networking software.

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Comment #1 by: Fate on 07 May 2012, 10:51 UTC reply to this comment

So not really ubuntu on the phone u can use it only with pc and its Android? or how im a bid lost

Comment #1.1 by: Marius Nestor on 07 May 2012, 11:14 GMT

All you need is a monitor with HDMI and an USB keyboard and mouse connected in the dock of the Android phone that runs Ubuntu for Android

Comment #1.2 by: Buzz on 07 May 2012, 11:38 GMT

Ubuntu for Android is essentially the Ubuntu stack over Android (or vice-versa). Both run the same Linux Kernel. Upon detecting HDMI out Ubuntu will power on without the need for reboot. Think of it as switching from KDE to Gnome (but not exactly)!


Comment #2 by: RodneyLee on 07 May 2012, 12:37 UTC reply to this comment

Love it, be really neet if you could use the phone as a touch pad while its docked.


Comment #3 by: CloudMe on 07 May 2012, 19:41 UTC reply to this comment

LibreOffice with gDrive....
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hmeppmjdpkakkppbnmjihjcnmgoonpba


Comment #4 by: ingwa on 08 May 2012, 22:03 UTC reply to this comment

It would be much better use of development resources to port the Calligra viewer that already runs on the Nokia N9 and Nokia N900 to Android. It has a touch interface and uses much less resources.


Comment #5 by: SeanParsons on 19 Jun 2012, 13:20 UTC reply to this comment

This is a piece of tech I really want, the only thing that might make me hesitate is finding out whether or not there is a way to connect a projector to it that way I really could use one device for everything as I need to do a lot of presentations (the occupational hazard of being a professor). Regardless, it is still a great piece of tech and I could see myself buying the first solid looking phone that supports this.


Comment #6 by: Alan on 25 Jul 2012, 21:53 UTC reply to this comment

I think that's a Microsoft wireless keyboard...

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