Ubuntu for Android could be available this year, but only for manufacturers

Canonical developers earlier this year showed a surprising idea: turn a latest generation smartphone in our PC desktop using Ubuntu for Android software, which allows to enjoy both Android and Ubuntu as we need them.

At the Computex trade show being held in Taipei one of the heads of Canonical, John Barnard, said the development of this solution was ongoing, although neither he nor Mark Shuttleworth confirmed a specific date, saying that Ubuntu for Android could come "possibly" before the end of the year.

Of course, as already mentioned in the initial announcement of this development, Canonical has no intention of "liberating" Ubuntu for Android so you can use any interested: those manufacturers will have the option of preinstalarlo on their smartphones, so that at least in the first instance who wants to exploit the potential of this interesting concept will have to buy one of the terminals to come with that feature.

I do not think that means a lot: in forums such as the famous XDA Developers often achieve what seemed complicated, so maybe with a little luck that wants to impose that limitation Canonical look overwhelmed by the interest of the user community and that ability of some cibergurús Android community.